its own and then what will be left will be the element of humanity, which is the nature with which God created us.

its own and then what will be left will be the element of humanity, which is the nature with which God created us.

hidden. If God’s truth has been revealed to someone, it will always be apparent. One so favoured will desire those around him to bear witness to the fact that he has answered the call of God, set aside

devoted himself entirely to God. If one claims inner faith, but does not express it, one can only be looking at faith as a convenience. Anyone who puts worldly interests before God cannot ever discover Him

Preoccupation with worldly priorities and prejudices are the very opposite of true submission to God, and two such conflicting states can never merge in one soul.DECEMBER 6 A Shaft of LightThe owner

THE CAUSE OF DISSATISFACTIONParadise is the home of man. According to the creation plan of God man has been inhabited in the present earth on a temporary basis for a trial. If he does good deeds, he will

feeling. The solution to this issue is just one and that is, to make man aware of the creation plan of God. People should be told that they are on

THE CAUSE OF DISSATISFACTIONParadise is the home of man. According to the creation plan of God man has been inhabited in the present earth on a temporary basis for a trial. If he does good deeds, he will

feeling. The solution to this issue is just one and that is, to make man aware of the creation plan of God. People should be told that they are on

you have a healthy body and that you can eat and drink and walk about. All these things are gifts of God. Whenever He wants, He can take them away, and then nothing will remain with you.” Man has been given

people take it for granted. They never think that this healthy body of theirs is entirely a gift from God, and that, acknowledging this gift, they should bow down before Him. The same is true about age. As

to their request for a servant. “Fear God,” he said, “and fulfill your duty to the Lord. Continue to do your housework and, when you go to bed at night, glorify God 33 times, praise him the same number

struggling for the cause of God. It is of the utmost significance that this was an act performed by a woman. Perhaps there could be no better demonstration of a woman’s greatness than God’s command to all men,

heart is clouded until I have asked God’s forgiveness seventy times during the day and night.” We are likewise asked to show mercy to our fellow men. (90:17) Since God is Himself forgiving, He desires that

individual who pardons his enemy, even while having the power to extract revenge, will be nearest to God in the Hereafter. Once the Prophet was asked, “How many times are we to forgive our servants’ faults

shows how this act must be illumined by spirit: “One who did not forsake telling lies while on a fast, God has no need of such a person forsaking food and water.” Numerous statements in the Quran and Hadith

is worthless. The mere observance of form does not make worship, and is unacceptable in the eyes of God. The essence of Islam is the inner spirit, eternal and unassailable unlike its outer forms. The

the Hijrah. This emigration to uphold Islam, when people abandoned hearth and home for the sake of God was an act of great religious significance. However, one of the emigrants was not pure in intent. He