external features. The Prophet of Islam once said that, before God, red and white, black and brown, were all equal. He said: “Behold, God has removed from you the arrogance of pagan ignorance (jahiliyyah)

(jahiliyyah) with its boast of ancestral glories. Man is but a God-conscious believer or an unfortunate sinner. All people are children of Adam, and Adam was created out of dust.” There may be differences in colour

difference between a preacher, the ambassador of God, and an ambassador who is appointed by worldly governments. The former himself sets out to please God while the latter is appointed to please the people

WHAT IS PARADISE?According to this Creation Plan of God, human beings are placed in situations where they have to face hardships from time to time throughout their lives as part of their test. Difficulty

something undesirable. It contains an opportunity—to learn invaluable lessons. In the Quran (35:37) God says: Did We not make your life long enough to take warning if you were going to? Man is born into

principle stated in the Quran is that a bad deed, if temporary in its effects, can be forgiven by God. The best way to make amends is to do a good deed whenever you commit a bad deed. How to proceed is

had been hidden in nature in the form of potential, became a concrete reality. Indeed, according to God’s creation plan, everything in this world has always been in its potential form—including all the amenities

uninitiated. But those who are engaged in militancy are running counter to this creation plan of God and in doing so, they are destroying peace. According to the divine scheme of things, it is essential

the pious servants of God. As the Quran tells us, the inhabitants of Paradise will fall into two broad categories: the especially exalted class of good people, who are nearest to God or, muqarrabun (56:

him as he took flight, lost his life in the process. His earthly remains were saved by the will of God from destruction to become a sign to man, as is written in the Quran.15 In 1975, Dr. Bucaille, made

contradictions. As the Qur’an says: “Do they not ponder on the Qur’an? had it been from other than God, they would surely have found therein much discrepancy.” (4:82) (The word “discrepancy” here means

the book of God, whether the verdict was for or against her. But the man protested that he would not accept the verdict if it was for separation. ‘Ali-said, “What you say is improper. By God, you cannot