When a handsome child is born to a couple, their joy knows no bounds. Then what of our experience of God, who is the source of all beauty, joy and virtue? On discovering Him, can one remain unmoved?

this world than truth. Truth is important because it is God’s representative on earth. The appearance of truth is like the appearance of God. When God appears before one what else will be more important in

in comparison? There is nothing greater in this world than truth. Truth is God’s representative on earth. This does not mean that one who claims to be the champion of truth will wield unlimited power

action for such a person is to willingly accept the decree of truth against himself. Truth represents God in this world. That individual is blessed before whom when truth reveals itself and on recognizing

people feel secure as regards their lives and property (At-Tirmizi). Another Hadith has this to say: By God, he is not a believer from whose nuisance his neighbour is not safe. (Sahih-alBukhari) Islam aims at

upon it by God. Whereas man has to adopt this path of peace of his own free will. This has been expressed in the Quran in these words: “Do they seek a religion other than the religion of God, when everything

overtake the moon, nor can the night outpace the day: each floats in [its own] orbit.” (36: 40) When God created the heavens and the earth, He so ordered things that each part might perform its function peacefully

superpower—a living and powerful God who is perfect and just. The concept of a living and powerful God is necessarily accompanied by the concept of accountability. God is just, and everyone is answerable

This guarantees that we think right and do right. It gives us the conviction that we will receive God’s eternal reward if we always think right and do right. FINALLY The truth of the matter is that it is

was that religious realities, such as the existence of God, could be proved only by inference or indirect argument. For instance, the existence of God, as a designer (cause) was presumed to exist because

possible. It has simply to be accepted that there is a meaningful Cause, that is God. The truth is that, without belief in God, the universe remains as unexplainable as the entire mechanism of light and motion

option one has to take is not between the universe without God and the universe with God. Rather, the option actually is between the universe with God, or no

Certainly, God’s sunnah can never be abrogated.CONTENT OF THE CALLWhat is the message we must convey to the people? In a phrase, it is ‘the oneness of God,’ that is to say, to believe in one God and make

He asked him what is meant by shahadah. The Prophet replied, ‘To bear witness that there is no god but God and that Muhammad is His servant and His Messenger.’ (Baihaqi) The concept of monotheism is not

essential part of the call of monotheism. When a preacher tells people of the oneness of God, he also informs them that God will not always remain invisible as He is today. After death, we shall have to present

completion in this world. This is no simple matter, for it is directly linked with the creation plan of God, which has to be properly understood, failing which this matter cannot be rightly analysed. Here man’s

above point with the help of the following narrative. God created Adam (the first man) and Eve (the first woman) and settled them in Paradise. God said to Adam: O Adam! Live with your wife in Paradise

Adam and Eve chose not to follow God’s guidance. They ate the fruit of the forbidden tree and, as a result, they had to leave Paradise and come to the present earth. When God settled man in this present world

suspended in limitless space is a proof of the infinity of God’s majesty which defies all description.THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FEAR OF GODFear of God is the real focus in Islam. Being the source of all positive

of God. This discovery produces certain qualities in a human being. One such important quality may be called fear of God (khushu or taqwa), that is, always going in fear of being accountable to God. That

That is, God will take us to task for all our misdeeds. By introspection one must remind oneself of the accountability

and told me that their guru was a Prophet of God. I told them that I wanted to hear these words from the lips of the Guru. They invited me to their Ashram at Shantigiri and assured me that their guru would

asked him directly: Do you claim that you are a Prophet of God in the same sense in which Moses, Jesus and Muhammad claimed to be Prophets of God? A silence fell for a few seconds after my question, then

by us throughout our entire lives. Everyone has to make efforts to answer the test paper given by God correctly so that when the time of the exam is over and his result is out, good tidings of success

HEALTHA successful man is one who regards everything as a gift of God and thinks more of death than of life. One who does not acknowledge God and is oblivious of death fails in the test. Eternal Paradise awaits