in him. Thus he comes to fear, thank and glorify God. In this way, fasting enables a man to pray to God with sincerity. His prayer becomes one full of feeling; his prayer becomes that of a questing man;

IMPORTANCE OF PRAYING TO GOD“Recite what has been revealed to you of the book, and pray regularly. Surely prayer restrains one from indecency and evil and remembrance of God is greater. God has knowledge of all

prayer rather than simply the result of prayer. The second sign of true prayer is that with it remembrance of God should become uppermost in the suppliant’s feelings. And the

SERVANTS OF GODRighteous Personality A PERSON once asked the Prophet Muhammad: “Who are the people close to God?” The Prophet replied: “They are people who when you see them, you are reminded of God. In this

this Hadith, 'being reminded of God when you see them' means your meeting and interaction with them will be a source of the remembrance of God. When someone discovers the Truth and begins to live in the

fear and the love of God, he develops a certain level of seriousness. Everything he speaks is, directly or indirectly, a mention or remembrance of God. He seeks the pleasure of God in all his affairs and

called abundant remembrance of God (zikr-e-kaseer) (62:10). This abundant remembrance of God is not simply a matter of repeating words. It is, in fact, an intellectual act of seeing God’s signs in material

accordance with God’s creation plan. The main reasons for them not doing so are their forgetfulness of the Hereafter, and their obsession with worldly pursuits. Then man lives his life in the remembrance of God

the presence of God. Everything serves to remind him of God. God’s remembrance is never absent from his heart and mind. His mornings and evenings are spent as if he is living in God’s neighbourhood. Just

the remembrance of God. The concept of God in Islam provides man with an ideology in which loss is turned to gain and in which adversity brings with it good tidings. And it is in submission to God and

with God’s creation plan. The main reasons for them not doing so are their forgetfulness of the Hereafter, and their obsession with worldly pursuits. Then man lives his life in the remembrance of God. He

the presence of God. Everything serves to remind him of God. God’s remembrance is never absent from his heart and mind. His mornings and evenings are spent as if he is living in God’s neighbourhood. Just

the remembrance of God. The concept of God in Islam provides man with an ideology in which loss is turned to gain and in which adversity brings with it good tidings. And it is in submission to God and

LEADING A GODLESS LIFELiving for an Immediate Gain A GOD-ORIENTED life is one in which a person discovers God, the Lord of the universe, in such a way that God becomes a part of his life. He starts sleeping

with the remembrance of God, and wakes up with the remembrance of God. In a world created by God, he becomes a godly person. Everything in the world reminds him of God. In contrast, a godless life is one

would want to play their part in the cause of Muslim empowerment. On the contrary, if we talk about God and the Hereafter, we will suddenly feel that people’s interest has waned. People would start behaving

READ THE SIGNS OF GOD ALL AROUNDof God is his conscious discovery. He discovers God as the most Majestic and Supreme Being, so much so, that all his hopes and all his fears are linked to that one and only

born out of unawareness, but the loneliness of the remembrance of God. A person of knowledge is one whose mind is ignited by the remembrance of God, and that person is devoid of knowledge whose mind is

thereafter is lost, deep in slumber. READ THE SIGNS OF GOD ALL AROUND Those who read the signs of God all around them, are filled with the deep realization of God. Those who do not keep these capabilities alive

BE IGNITED BY THE REMEMBRANCE OF GODguided by this natural guidance, he walks the path of obedience to God and he becomes the traveller of the straight path set by God which will lead him to the destination

destination of eternal blessings. BE IGNITED BY THE REMEMBRANCE OF GOD A man of knowledge is one whose mind is ignited by the remembrance of God while that man is devoid of knowledge whose mind is ignited

to Him in penitence, but once he has been granted a favour from God, he forgets the One he had been praying to and sets up rivals to God, to make others stray from His path. Say, ‘Enjoy your unbelief for

REMEMBERING GODTrue Zikr THE Quran repeatedly tells us to remember God. This is what is known as zikrullah. One should remember God as often as one can. There may be some distractions in which you are

these may also lead, in an indirect manner, to the remembrance of God. When your own divine feelings, your remembrance of and love and praise for God, take expression in words, that is zikr. These words

remember God—to engage in zikr—and it is also quite natural. For instance, when you are walking, you can bring to your mind the fact that you are doing so entirely because of the blessings of God. While

lillah). Praising God means loving God. Gratitude to God also means loving God. Remembering God also indicates a strong love and affection for God. The Quran has this to say: “Remembrance of God gives one’s

love of God which can give man peace of mind in the real sense. Belief in God begins with the discovery of God. In the Quran this discovery is called Maarifah. Maarifah, or realization of God, in the real

gratitude and remembrance of God come into evidence.SUBMISSION TO GODEmotional attachment is established not by observation, but at the conceptual level, through thinking. Then both belief in God and love of