these support systems as bounties of the Creator, otherwise one will continue to remain ungrateful to God. Please give an example to explain conditioning. An example of conditioning is that when a person is

It is this explanation which is the equivalent of a scientific affirmation of the concept of one God. In 1963, as a graduate student at Cambridge at the age of 21, Dr. Hawking learned that he had amyotrophic

not at those above themselves, but at those below. Only in this way will one be able to appreciate God’s bounty. In the distribution of worldly benefits, there is no uniformity; some possess less and some

entered his head than he came upon a man with no feet. He was at once full of gratitude, and thanked God for showing him the greater munificence of granting him the use of two healthy feet. If an individual

has an eye on those who seem better placed in life, his soul will become corroded with ingratitude God desires that each and every one of His servants should be thankful to Him, but, for this to become

by us throughout our entire lives. Everyone has to make efforts to answer the test paper given by God correctly so that when the time of the exam is over and his result is out, good tidings of success

HEALTHA successful man is one who regards everything as a gift of God and thinks more of death than of life. One who does not acknowledge God and is oblivious of death fails in the test. Eternal Paradise awaits

what is right and what is wrong. In spite of that, a person remains ignorant, becomes forgetful of God and leads his life as if there will be no Doomsday when he will be judged for his words and deeds.

your family then?” No human being, he said, could look after another. God alone is responsible for everyone’s upkeep and maintenance. “God will look after your family, even if your father is gone. Mortals

studies, and seek Almighty God’s help to manage the situation. Just imagine for a while that you too have passed away.” The young man took his teacher’s advice. He decided to trust in God to help him with his

embodiment of a spiritual personality. —Maulana Wahiduddin Khan GOD’S GUIDANCE ADUA or supplication appears in a Hadith of the Prophet as follows: “O God, give me guidance and show me the right way.” (Sahih Muslim)

means that even after being guided to the straight path people have need of continuous guidance from God. If we reflect, we will realize that the request ‘show me the right way’ means a request to be saved

destination. There is only one way to save yourself from this deviation. And that is, to keep asking God to save you from going astray. How to Question Often people ask questions without being really

al-Arabi writes that the Quraysh ceased to protest because God had miraculously silenced their tongues.95 There can be no doubt about it: it was one of God’s miracles. (Although not in the usual sense of the word)

on this occasion as having explained that “the condition applied to men and not to women.”97 Thus God, by means of a single word, saved virtuous Muslim women from the humiliation of being returned to their

verse: “Who will give a generous loan to God? He will pay him back twofold and he shall receive a rich reward,”98 he asked the Prophet, “O Messenger of God, does God want a loan from us?” When the Prophet

part of God’s creation, having no power of its own. Thus, minds which had formerly been closed, were opened up by Islam. People learned from it that only God is worthy of being worshipped; it is God and God

God alone who has control over all mankind and all creation. Now instead of seeing nature as an object of worship, the Arabs came to see it as a subject of research. It now became something which could

all these distinctions at naught. It impressed upon people that if everyone was subservient to one God, and Adam was the progenitor of all mankind, there could be no difference between one human being and

severe punishment in God’s eyes. As the Quran (11:113) says: Do not incline toward those who do wrong, lest the Fire touch you. For [then] you would have none to protect you from God, and you will not be