Consider, now, what guidance the Quran and Hadith provide in this regard. The Quran says that God was displeased with the Jews and sent them punishments because they did not stop their own people from

truth. Evil is that which their souls have sent on ahead for them. They have incurred the wrath of God and shall suffer eternal punishment. This principle is elaborated upon in the Hadith. A hadith in this

regard relates that the Prophet said that when people see an oppressor and do not restrain his hand, God would punish them as a whole. From this we learn that ‘social turmoil’ is always caused by ‘individual

was the creation plan of God. The children translated the book with total devotion and earnestness. This is how the father got the English translation, and the kids learned God’s creation plan. His wife

atmosphere of home should be free of negative talk. Instead, topics related to positive thinking and Godrealization should be discussed. Children should be taught about the role they play in a household. Now

complaining in their house has become a thing of the past. Instead, topics related to positive thinking and God-realization are being discussed. Thus, the atmosphere of the home has changed completely. The children

Lost in Translation”. The review further states, “The Maulana writes that the Quran is the word of God and it is the duty of believers to communicate the message of the Quran to all human beings so that

have open mind . We would love to read QURAN. I request you to supply 5 copies of this great book on GOD by VPP. I will take the delivery, I assure you. (Dr. Krishan Agarwal, Ghaziabad) ک This is in reference

while I was an atheist. I have been searching for God all my life, yet I have not found God. I wish to explore the Quran with the hope that I will find God. (Raymond Papiah, S. Africa) ک I am learning about

more and more towards God and away from the self, and, humble and resigned when stricken by misfortune, one should be thankful in one’s heart for the happiness and comfort granted by God. People’s response

The Trumpet of the Last DayThose who truly discover God become completely changed people. Outwardly they appear like anyone else, but inwardly they are quite different. They live on a different level from

that day, for it will be the time for retribution, not the time to give evidence of one’s faith in God.

that he may travel successfully on the path of God. The fasting of that person is true for whom fasting is like applying brakes on the things forbidden by God. Just like the symbolism of fasting in our worldly

are underway. He feels as if he is being entertained as a guest by God Himself. From the depths of his being, his heart cries out: ‘O God, as You have helped me carry out the injunctions of fasting and at

entirely fresh and innovative approach to the struggles of life which would culminate by the grace of God with the rewards of everlasting Paradise.

that instigate and provoke some Muslims against other people, people who they should be inviting to God instead. Some days before, a small inter-communal riot had erupted in a town. Based on the experience

unrelated and irrelevant debates in order to obfuscate matters. This is an entirely un-Islamic approach. God and His Prophet certainly do not prescribe this. It is only their own egos that instigate some Muslims

manner. Their egos want to provoke them against other people, people who Muslims should be inviting to God. These Muslims’ egos stoke the fires of communal hatred and make sure that they can never relate to

believer to purify himself. Without purification, that calibre of personality, referred to in the Quran a God-oriented personality, (3: 79). cannot be developed. The truth is that purification alone can lead man

same is true of the purification of man. In this sense tazkiya also confers intellectual development. God has created man with great potential and this potential of the human personality is actualized by tazkiya

pondering over or thinking about oneself and the universe, and receiving intellectual sustenance for God realization. This is the process which results in a purified personality.

person.3 This shows that no one is able to forgive a wrongdoer when punishment has been prescribed by God. How was it, then, that the Prophet forgave people with such magnanimity after the Conquest of Makkah

antagonism and seek clemency. Crimes committed under normal conditions are nullified when the punishment God has laid down is meted out, while war crimes are neutralized through surrender and an appeal for mercy

incline to peace, make peace with them, and put your trust in God. Surely He is the Hearing, the Knowing. Should they seek to deceive you, God is all- sufficient for you. He has made you strong with His

person.3 This shows that no one is able to forgive a wrongdoer when punishment has been prescribed by God. How was it, then, that the Prophet forgave people with such magnanimity after the Conquest of Makkah

antagonism and seek clemency. Crimes committed under normal conditions are nullified when the punishment God has laid down is meted out, while war crimes are neutralized through surrender and an appeal for mercy

incline to peace, make peace with them, and put your trust in God. Surely He is the Hearing, the Knowing. Should they seek to deceive you, God is all- sufficient for you. He has made you strong with His