according to God’s Book which had been entrusted to their care; and to which they were witnesses. (5: 44) But why do they come to you for judgement when they have the Torah, which enshrines God’s own judgement

universal: writing was divine. It was inherently holy. The writing was the speech of the gods. That human languages have been the object of superstitions for thousands of years is a matter of historical

language of the gods, while other languages were those of barbarians. The same was the case with Hebrew. In the Jewish-Christian world, it was an age-old belief that Hebrew was God’s language and the

having nothing to do with reality. Whenever a language comes to being supposed to be a language of the gods, it becomes an object of reverence in people’s eyes with the status of a sacred language. It can no

said with tears in my eyes: “O God, when You have brought me to this imperfect paradise, then by Your grace, help me to enter the perfect Paradise also.” I added “O God, my companions and I are the least

angels will be surprised to know that the ocean of God’s mercy was so vast that even such undeserving people as us could not remain deprived of God’s boundless mercy. How boundless was Your mercy that

Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s Luke 20: 25 This same advice has been given by the Prophet of Islam in these words: Give to the rulers what is due to them. And ask your dues from God. Sahih Bukhari

January 3, 1954 to philosopher Eric B. Gutkind, Einstein wrote about his concept of God. These are his words: “The word 'God' is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses.” This

scientific mind. This statement can be easily converted into another statement, that is — ‘Belief in God is a natural urge of a man. Instead of being a human weakness, it is truly a rational finding of man

a rational argument. In this sense, Einstein’s statement was against his own stand. Belief in God is a natural urge; It is truly a rational finding of man. If we take Einstein’s statement as a scientific

those of His servants whom He wishes from the worship of creation, and bring them to the worship of God; so that we may extract them from the narrow confines of the world and set their feet on its broad

the Creator. He becomes close to God, who knows no restrictions or limitations. Previously on a human level, he now lives on the level of the divine. Before discovering God, a man is living, as it were, in

in a cocoon. After discovering God, he makes the vastness of the world his very own. In normal conditions, people remain immersed— entangled even—in human affairs. Their attention is directed towards creatures

Instead of asking God to bless and guide people of other faiths and to bless the whole world (and not just Muslims alone) with love, compassion, peace and prosperity, they ask God to destroy people of

very moment an angel from God appeared and admonished the Prophet not to call upon the curse of God on anyone. After this incident the Prophet never called upon the wrath of God upon any person. So, if Muslims

make peace, make peace with them, and put your trust in God. Surely, it is He Who is All Hearing and All Knowing. Should they seek to deceive you, God is enough for you: it was He Who strengthened you with

trust in God. They ought not to think about the behaviour of the other party, but simply believe that God will be on their side and that the peace settlement will be successful. Trust in God means, in

God on high will be merciful to you.” This is the basis of a divine code of ethics in accordance with which man too should have feelings of well-wishing and compassion for others. Everyone should look

of the greatest good fortune that they are able to serve others. According to yet another hadith, God said: “My mercy prevails over my anger.” Man would do well to adopt this same divine ethics. That is

his ire. He would thus refrain from taking any step towards injuring others. The culture desired by God in human society being that of mercy (rahmat), the spirit of tolerance should be predominant in all

this world of God. By grasping fresh opportunities and utilizing them, one can arise again. All one has to do is go about one’s task in an intelligent manner, and never give up trying. God has created this

nation to lead them on to greater heights. This means that no one need lose heart in this world of God. However uncompromising circumstances