taken to a world where they are compelled to accept being completely subordinated to someone else—God. If you keep this reality in mind, your life will be totally transformed. It will make you realize

The rest of the universe has no such freedom. In accordance with this plan of freedom of choice, God created man. By ‘the Trust’ in the above Quranic passage is meant freedom of choice or free-will. A

that he became an adventurist. It is this reality that is referred to as ‘unjust’ and ‘ignorant’.  God’s giving man the blessing of ‘the Trust’ was for man a great mercy. There was an apprehension that on

in which a desirable human being is produced, referred to in the Quran as a ‘momin’, or believer. God’s giving man the blessing of ‘the Trust’ was for man a great mercy. Man is no angel, and it is only

weight of a grain of mustard seed and though it be hidden in a rock, or in the heavens or on the earth, God will bring it forth…Say your prayers, and enjoin good, and forbid evil, and endure patiently whatever

behold, God does not love arrogant and boastful people. Walk modestly and lower your voice, for the ugliest of all voices is the braying of the ass. (31: 16-19) The advice can be summarised thus: God is all-knowing:

all-knowing: God knows everything, hidden and open. This belief inculcates a strong sense of accountability in every individual. It motivates everyone to adopt a disciplined life and follow the guidance

amoeba is cut in two, it turns into two live amoebae. This is surely a sign from God, showing us the wealth of opportunity that God has kept in store for us live human beings in this world. For a human being

GOD HELPS THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVESA Universal Principle A YOUNG aspiring Muslim student from Azamgarh, A.M. Khan by name, stood nervously before the Principal of Hindu College. ‘Sir, I should very much

fail to find the place you truly deserve. Anyone who wants success to come his way in this world of God will first have to make himself deserving of it. He must know himself and his circumstances. He must

in the universal dustbin. God did not want to create this world by a miracle, but rather through cause and effect, in the full sense. For example, Moses was the Prophet of God. He cast a piece of wood on

on the ground and by God’s decree, it became a living snake. Had God wanted, He could have created a whole universe in this miraculous way. But had He done so, there would have been no evolution of human

human creativity. Neither science, nor civilization would have come into existence. Therefore, God created the universe on a long-term basis, so that men might use their thinking skills and reach the highest

view, suffering is, in fact, a blessing in disguise. God, in spite of being the greatest reality, remains unseen. By means of compulsory suffering, God wants a person to experience His presence. Wahb ibn

that a person’s mind is awakened and noble feelings are engendered within him. He starts discovering God’s attributes in different forms. And when this happens, he utters such words of prayer as befit extraordinary

circumstances. Constant Complaining The Quran describes how Satan became angry when God asked him to bow to Adam. He said to God that if he were given the chance, he would cause Adam’s whole race to go astray

THE WORD OF GODTHE WORD OF GOD From The Scriptures  THE Quran is the book of God. It has been preserved in its entirety since its revelation to the Prophet of Islam between 610 and 632 A.D. It is a book

Arabic and commentary by Maulana Wahiduddin Khan   Put your trust in the One who is the Ever-Living [God], who never dies, and glorify Him with His praise. He is fully aware of the sins of His servants; it

ourselves before whatever you will?’ This increases their aversion.  a The ‘six Days’ refer to six Days of God, or it may be called six stages, indicating that the Creation was done in a systematically planned

From this perspective, a tree is an embodiment of a spiritual personality. —Maulana Wahiduddin Khan GOD’S BOUNTIES IN the Chapter titled Al-Rahman in the Quran the phrase ‘Which of your Lord’s wonders would

signify ordinary bounties, but, rather, wondrous bounties. This chapter of the Quran mentions many of God’s bounties, and after that it repeatedly says, “Which of your Lord’s wonders would you deny?” By ‘deny’

acknowledge the wondrous bounties of God and then fully surrender to the One who has brought them all into being Most of us blatantly ignore the innumerable wondrous bounties that God has blessed us with. At every

from the Quran: Say, ‘I am only a human being like yourselves. It is revealed to me that your God is one God. So let him who hopes to meet his Lord, do good deeds and let him associate no one else in the

were the tasks which were assigned to the Prophet towards his Companions? In chapter 74 of the Quran, God says: ‘O, you wrapped in your cloak, arise and give warning! Proclaim the glory of your Lord, purify

actions in the world. This duty can be performed only by one whose heart is filled with the greatness of God; who possesses a high moral character; who keeps away from all evil; who does good without any hope