Be Grateful Be grateful for the seeming setbacks and problems you face in life. They may be God's way of telling you that He has some higher purpose for you.

of Hell, where they shall remain forever. Who does a greater wrong than he who invents lies against God or rejects His revelations? Such people will have what has been decreed for them. And when Our messengers

them to take away their souls, they shall ask them, ‘Where are those you used to call upon besides God?’

may then feel tempted to take pride of place over another. In Islam, man’s life must rotate around God. Circling the holy Ka’bah is but a symbolic representation of this. Similarly, running between Safa

servant of God should come running at his bidding, that he should have an overwhelming feeling of urgency about carrying out God’s commandments. The vocal affirmation of man’s desire to bow to God’s will is

an impressive visual reminder of the day when according to Islam, all men will be assembled before God. On the score of wanting man to be intolerant of the devil, Islam is quite positive, and the casting

its stunning success, is highly problematic. This is because all attempts to fill the place which God was forced to vacate at the start of the project—with reason, with the general will, the dialectic

thoughts ruled men’s minds. The creature had taken the place of the Creator. Man worshipped innumerable gods. As a result, his whole way of thinking had gone awry, and the door to all progress remained locked

you were lost, and God guided you, through me, to the right path. Whatever you were in need of He granted you in abundance--again through me. You were at war with one another and God brought you together

gift that God has bestowed upon you— that is Islam? Company of Helpers, are you not happy to see people take camels and goats home with them, while you return home with the Messenger of God?8 On hearing

hearing this speech, everyone broke down and wept. “We are happy with the Messenger of God!” they cried in unison. It was in this way that the Prophet’s inner strength

you were lost, and God guided you, through me, to the right path. Whatever you were in need of He granted you in abundance--again through me. You were at war with one another and God brought you together

gift that God has bestowed upon you— that is Islam? Company of Helpers, are you not happy to see people take camels and goats home with them, while you return home with the Messenger of God?8 On hearing

hearing this speech, everyone broke down and wept. “We are happy with the Messenger of God!” they cried in unison. It was in this way that the Prophet’s inner strength

physical existence and his life are not, in reality, his personal property. These are a trust bestowed by God Almighty. Life is a great boon that acts as foundation for all of the other blessings and boons that

to protect life at all costs, and to make it beneficial to oneself as well as to society at large. God is the Lord of life and death. Islam states that murdering an individual is akin to murdering the entire

(5: 32) Similarly, taking one’s own life and putting it in jeopardy is likewise an act disliked by God. Do not cast yourselves into destruction by your own hands. (2: 195) Commentators say that this verse

whole world around it. Man is required to follow the same religion which has been established by God in the universe. Thus, living together with peace and harmony is the only religion for both man and

has been recorded in the Quran in these words: “Do they seek a religion other than the religion of God, when everything in the heavens and the earth has submitted to Him, willingly or unwillingly?” (3:

(3: 83) This means man is required to follow the same religion which has been established by God in the universe. In other words, living together with peace and harmony is the only religion for both man and

and left. “Why have you left your place, Prophet of God?’ Abu Bakr enquired. “As long as you remained silent, Abu Bakr,’ the Prophet replied, “God’s angel was answering for you. But as soon as you burst

that God requites any wrong done to one, as long as hone does not oneself retaliate. To one who seeks revenge God turns a deaf ear. Obviously retribution will be more complete if it is left to God. The