the Day when their faces are turned over in the Fire, they shall say: ‘Oh, would that we had obeyed God, and obeyed the Messenger!’ They shall say, ‘Our Lord, we paid heed to our leaders and our elders,

(33: 66-68) THESE verses of the Quran make the distinction between those who, having read the Book of God and the Sunnah of the Prophet, accepted their guidance and consistently followed their precepts, and

was always determined by demagogues and contemporary religious guides. The former are deserving of God’s mercy, but the latter are not, as they have gone completely astray. Try as they may to justify their

THE WORD OF GODFrom 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 CE 610 and 632. It is a book that brings glad

Translated from Arabic and commentary by Maulana Wahiduddin Khan THE BURSTING OPEN In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful When the sky bursts open, and obeys its Lord as it must, when

flame. He used to be happy with his own people; for he never thought that he would have to return [to God]. But he will indeed! His Lord was ever watching him.(84: 1-13) Whatever is related here about Doomsday

Wahiduddin Khan PRAYER FROM THE HEART ANY person who has become conscious of the existence and presence of God has experienced the most important and heartshaking of experiences. Suddenly, the world and that individual’s

through our envelope of ignorance like a flash of lightning. The person may never have thought about God at all, or realized that the faith of others was relevant; or that person may have prayed routinely

changed forever for that individual. It is not only the overwhelming realization that there really is a God, an Almighty and Supreme Being, but that the power and ‘heart’ of this Being created and now maintains

THE WORD OF GODFrom 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 AD 610 and 632. It is a book that brings glad

give warning. God is the guardian of all things. If they say, ‘He has invented it himself.’ Say, ‘If you are truthful, produce ten invented chapters like it, and call on whom you can besides God, to help you

down with God’s knowledge and that there is no deity but Him. Will you then surrender yourselves to Him? (11: 12-14) When the Prophet Muhammad started opposing the ascribing of partners to God (shirk) and

themselves. God asked, ‘What prevented you from prostrating yourself when I commanded you to?’ He replied, ‘I am better than he is; You created me from fire, while You created him from clay.’ God said, ‘Get

Get out! You are contemptible!’ Satan said, ‘Give me respite until the Day of Resurrection,’ and God replied, ‘You are granted respite.’ Then Satan said, ‘Because You have put me in the wrong, I will

Prophet Muhammad. “One is an eye that has wept in fear of God, and other is an eye that has spent the night keeping a vigil in the path of God.” One has to lose in order to gain Kaab ibn Ujrah relates

a person to the test. One who remains positive in all such situations is successful in the eyes of God, whereas one who responds negatively has failed. Having a peaceful soul does not always mean being

the context of God. This means that when a person is put to the test by God, whether by affluence or by want, he should always accept things with grace. No experience in relation to God should disturb

disturb his peace of mind, whether in ease or in hardship. In all situations his spiritual relation with God should be uniformly maintained.

all the people who have taken birth here will be brought before God. In accordance with the record prepared by the recording angels, God will announce the decision about their eternal future. If a person’s

in this world with a paradisiacal personality and that he used his freedom within the limits set by God, it would prove that he is qualified to live in Paradise. Accordingly, he will be selected and settled

actual being so that his real nature emerges again. Religion tells us that man is a unique creature of God. When a human being is born, he is born with a divine personality. In terms of his inner being, he

THE WORD OF GODFrom 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 CE. It is a book that brings glad

about the problem of the Hereafter. Prayer (salat) is running towards God’s protection so that one may thereby save himself from God’s wrath in the Hereafter. In the same way, openly and secretly spending

spending in this world is like donating one’s earnings for the cause of God, so that it may become the means of obtaining relief from the rigours of the Hereafter. In the Hereafter, one may wish to spend, but