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

TRUE JIHADTHE Quran exhorts believers to “strive for the cause of God as it behoves you to strive for it.” (THE QURAN 22: 78) .This earnest struggle is expressed in Arabic by the word jihad which is derived

struggle to maintain strict adherence to the will of God in all aspects of our lives and the resistance to any obstacles that come in the way of fulfilling God’s will—for instance, the desires of the self, the

ego problems, the greed for wealth, etc. Overcoming all such hurdles and persevering in obeying God’s commands is the real jihad. This is the primary use of the word jihad. We cite here some traditions

inadequate to recall fully what prayer meant to him. In seeking God’s help through prayer, he aspired to establish direct contact with God, and so engrossed was he with his prayers that he seemed to be

going to pray again in future. It was as if he would ask for all that he had ever wanted and say to God all that he had ever wanted to say in that one prayer, his psychic state, the contents of his prayer

divine standard. “O, my God, forgive us for all of our inadequacies and failures, and guide us along the right path!” Here is one prayer which is preserved on a tape: “O, my God, forgive us for our sins

Muslim Sultans of his times, telling them that it is God’s will that they must draw out their swords and not put them back in their sheaths until God ‘establishes a distinction between Muslims and polytheists’

powerless. He claimed that God had commanded that the Muslim Sultans wage war against non-Muslims until fitnah or strife was abolished and religion remained entirely for God. (Al-Tafhimat alIlahiyyah,

same course of action as that taken by nature, namely, the diversion of all excessive emotions to God’s account and thereafter the devotion of oneself to positive social uplift. Nature teaches us to keep

Good for Evil It is stated in the Quran that one of the characteristics of the favourite devotees of God is their ability to forgive, even when they are angry. The Prophet taught his followers to treat gently

conduct finds a close parallel in the physical world in the symbiotic relationship established by God between man and the tree. To continue to exist, man must continually breathe in air, retaining the

That is to say, one voluntarily acknowledges God, rather than being forced to do so because of external compulsion, and leads life on the basis of the fear of God. In the absence of this complete freedom of

of choice, one can neither experience the spiritual joy beyond description that comes from fear of God, and nor can one get the credit for performing noble actions. All human progress and creativity

deeds the way fire destroys wood.” (Abu Dawood) That is why believers are instructed to seek refuge in God ‘from the evil of the envier when he envies.’ (113: 5)

shall meet at the hauz, which I can see from this very place. By God, I do not fear that when I am gone you will set up others beside God. What I do fear is that greed for worldly things will make you fight

LIVING IN THE GREAT BLESSINGS OF GODEternal Obligation THE Quran refers to God’s three special blessings for man in these words: “He created man out of a [mere] drop of sperm: yet he shows himself to

positive personality that will be held deserving of being settled in Paradise. The first blessing is that God created man and gave him a unique personality. This kind of personality is an exceptionally rare gift

Acknowledgment means deep appreciation of a gift. This kind of acknowledgment is the greatest human quality. God Almighty is the giver of these blessings and man is the recipient. What is required of man is to consciously

the whole of the human race comes from Adam and Eve. Two other verses of the Quran say: “Glory be to God, who created in pairs all things that the earth produces.” (36: 36). “O Humanity! We created you from

conducts herself. OBLIGATIONS OF A WOMAN A woman and a man are both obliged to believe in the oneness of God, without which there is no salvation. Women are also required to say the obligatory prayers and keep

morality and exhorts both men and women to be morally responsible to each other, and most importantly to God. THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN For the first time in the human history, women were given their due legal rights