is turned upside down; then people will realize how utterly helpless they are before the might of God. All man can do at such a time is helplessly gaze on his own destruction. The earthquake of the Last

rely on worldly supports. The successful one on that day will be those who attached themselves to God, while others had taken refuge under other banners.

in that it reminds us of the special blessing we have been endowed with by God. And this discovery enables us to acknowledge God in elevated language – something that cannot be done by any other creature

brought to an end by another evil. Evil cannot be countered by evil. This is the law laid down by God for this world. No one can change this divine law. When darkness envelops the earth at night, it does

will inherit paradise? They are the souls who have discovered God, and whose greatest concern is the Almighty. They worship only the one God, and devote their lives to improving their intellectual and spiritual

discipline upon their words and deeds. They reserve their feelings of love and fear exclusively for God. Their life and death is for truth. They do not live their lives for anything less than the higher

in the face of bad behaviour from others. Interpreting this verse, Abdullah ibn Abbas comments: ‘God has commanded Muslims in this verse, even when they are angered, to resort to patience and tolerance

blissfully serene.AUGUST 9 The Payment of Dues and the Recognition of RightsAccording to al-Bukhari, God said: “I will become a claimant against three persons, one of these being a person who engaged a labourer

justice. In this world of God, there is no place for the path of injustice.SEPTEMBER 14 Profitability and BeneficenceThe Quran tells us that this world has been made by God in such a way that here only

THE COMPLETE WORLDParadise Awaits You GOD has created man with innumerable desires and longings. The means exist in this world for the fulfilment of man's desires, but even then man is unable to fulfil

limitations and disadvantages. As a compensation for the incompleteness of this world, God has promised us Paradise. God has prepared a Paradise for man where he will be granted all that he desires. After

you for God’s sake only; we seek of you neither recompense nor thanks: for we fear from our Lord a day of anguish and woe.” (76:9-10) 3. Whoever is given charity should not be reminded of it, nor

nor should anything be said to hurt his self respect. “Those who give their wealth for the cause of God and do not follow their almsgiving with taunts and insults shall be rewarded by their Lord.” (2:262)

donations either a financial loss or a burden. They should “give away their wealth from a desire to please God and to strengthen their own souls.” (2:264) 5. According to the Quran it is better to give alms

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

meaning of that verse, because it was revealed with reference to us.” He went on to explain that when God had helped the Prophet and made Islam dominant, some of the Ansar had said to one another: “Come let

properties now, and consolidate our wealth,” that was when this verse was revealed: “Give for the cause of God and do not with your own hands cast yourself into destruction.” (2:194) “What, in fact, was meant by

destruction was our sitting on our properties, consolidating them and forsaking the struggle for God’s cause.” (IBN KATHIR, TAFSIR) Do not become unbalanced by love or hate Umar once cautioned: “Do