step, God revealed this verse of the Quran to His Prophet: Let not the honourable and rich among you swear not to give to their kindred, the poor, and those who have migrated for the cause of God. Rather

Rather, let them pardon and forgive. Do you not wish God to forgive you? He is Forgiving, Merciful.5 That is, a person who is in need should not be denied financial assistance because of his misconduct. Rather

for man. Sometimes God enables one of His servants to call his fellow men to truth in plain, spoken language. In all such instances it is one who has opened his mind to truth who will find it. If one is

but understands nothing.JULY 4 The Unfathomable Mercy of GodAccording to a saying of the Prophet, related in the Sahih of Imam Muslim: “God has a hundred mercies, and one of them He has sent down amongst

and thereby the wild creature inclines to tenderness unto her offspring. And ninety-nine mercies has God reserved unto Himself, that therewith He may show mercy unto His servants on the Day of Resurrection

taken away from him. The human being is a needy creation. He needs many things to fulfil his desires. God created all these things for man. But there is a difference between the pre-death period and the post-death

we live has been created by God, not by us. This may appear to be a simple fact, but it is one that a person usually forgets in his everyday life. Since, we are living in God’s world, we have no alternative

build another world for themselves—one which satisfies their own requirements; for in the world that God has created, their dreams can never come true. Only after a long period one's efforts reap true

keep off from idol-worship and turn to God in repentance. Give good news to My servants, who listen to My Word and follow what is best in it. These are they whom God has guided. These are they who are endowed

lookout for errors or loopholes. All such sayings, whether spoken or written—even those revealed by God—have to be expressed in words. Now human language has certain limitations. It is not always as unambiguous

one does not give one’s full attention to what is being said. It is only the man who really fears God who gives his full concentration to such sayings and who therefore construes them in their best sense

This same system of nature has been approved of by God for man as well (3:83). The desired man of God is one who leads his life in this world as an exercise profitable to himself and beneficial to others

called a human being. It is such a person who deserves to achieve success and progress in this world of God. According to a hadith, the Prophet of Islam observed: Among you whoever may benefit his brethren

act designed to profit another.SEPTEMBER 15 How to Behave with NeighboursAccording to a hadith, “To God the best companion is one who is best for his companion and the best neighbour is one who is best for

Hadith, while praying the Prophet observed, “May God fill my heart with light.” Similarly, while praying for someone, the Prophet once uttered these words, “O God, forgive his sins and purify his heart.” In

book Muatta of the Islamic scholar Imam Malik, a saying of sage Luqman is recorded in these words: God revives the heart with the light of wisdom, just as He revives the dead earth with rains. Purification

FREEDOM IN THE CREATION PLAN OF GODTHE stark reality of our existence in this world is that there is no ideal. There is no ideal world, ideal society, government, person or character. In this imperfect

world, there would be no test. A pre-requisite for this test is our freedom or free will given by God Almighty. This free will has given us the opportunity to create strife and conflict as well as peace

choose peace and progress. Come, let us discover our place and position in this creation plan of God.

GUARANTEE OF GODS SUCCOURPatience and Piety THE greatest and surest guarantee for the protection of the believers in this world, according to the Quran, lies in their adherence to the path of patience

the opponents of Islam, the Quran speaks in absolute and conclusive terms: If you persevere and fear God, their designs will never harm you in the least. (3: 120) There is nothing mysterious about the point

of patience (restraint in the face of another’s injustice) and piety (humility and modesty before God’s greatness) form the best formula to bring an antagonist back to a reasonable frame of mind. The possession

reflecting on the message of the Quran. The Quran makes us aware of the Creation plan of God. It informs us why God created this world; what the purpose is of settling man on Earth; what is required from