that when God created Adam, there were two other creatures present — the angels and the jinns. God ordered the angels and the jinns to bow down before Adam. The angels obeyed this commandment of God, but Satan

Satan, who was the head of the jinns, refused to obey this order. And so he became a rebel against God. This was the first incident of revolt against authority in human history. This political revolt, or

sphere. It is this formula that is expressed in a Hadith, according to which the Prophet indicated: God grants to non-violence what He does not grant to violence. Restraint in Adversity Patience is

REASON AND REVELATIONGuidance from God Reason is a precious blessing from God. Referring to reason, God has said that there is no creation superior to reason. ALL OF THE TASKS a human being does are dependent

reason is not so. When a person believes in what has been revealed, he does so by application of his God-given reason to reflect and determine with certainty the truthfulness and veracity of the knowledge

are drawn from premises. It is not an objective judge by itself. Reason is an ability granted by God, it is not any person’s own invention. In this matter, deviation happened when some people came to

greater than this. According to the Islamic concept of life, God Almighty created an ideal world, Paradise. Paradise is a perfect and eternal world. God wants to select those women and men who may qualify to

to settle in this highly refined colony of Paradise. So God created men and women for the purpose of this selection or test, and settled them on Earth. Men and women are two equal halves of a single

Tazkia, or purification. God wants to select those women and men who may qualify to settle in this highly refined colony called Paradise. To further boost this process, God Almighty created men and

these opportunities and communicate the message of God to all human beings so that no one inhabiting this globe, whether man or woman, remains unaware of God’s creation plan.’ In modern circumstances an e-empire

the message of God to all nations, generation after generation, right till Doomsday.’ The Importance of Noah The Quran tells us that Noah’s Ark has been given the status of a sign by God. “We have left

which these social ills may be eradicated is for people to live in fear of God. It is only if they are ever conscious that God is watching, over them, and will call them to account for all their actions

his brother, nor does he leave him in the lurch. Whoever helps his brother can count on the help of God,

ACKNOWLEDGING FAVORThe Prophet of Islam said that one who is not thankful to man would not be thankful to God either. (Musnad Ahmad, Hadith No. 7504) Giving