year, making no attempt to exceed the limits set by God. What man does by fasting is engage him more and more in the remembrance and worship of God, and in the recitation of the Quran. Thus fasting serves

serves as a strategy to increase the efficacy of worship. In this way God accepts our worship in its heightened form. Fasting is, in short, a training course. Its purpose is to place man on a special spiritual

spiritual plane for one month so that he may be better able to lead the life of a true devotee of God and a true lover of humanity.

year, making no attempt to exceed the limits set by God. What man does by fasting is engage him more and more in the remembrance and worship of God, and in the recitation of the Quran. Thus fasting serves

serves as a strategy to increase the efficacy of worship. In this way God accepts our worship in its heightened form. Fasting is, in short, a training course. Its purpose is to place man on a special spiritual

spiritual plane for one month so that he may be better able to lead the life of a true devotee of God and a true lover of humanity.

reminds us that we don’t have unlimited time here. At any moment, death can come and take us away. Remembrance of death helps promote a sense of urgency. It is an incentive to do what we need to do soon because

for God will find expression in many ways. Even uttering such words as praise (hamd), thanksgiving (shukr), and remembrance (zikr), as we find in the Quran, is also an expression of our love for God. It

praise be to God, signifies love for God (Alhub-bu- lillah). Praising God means loving God. Gratitude to God also means loving God. Remembering God also indicates a strong love and affection for God. What is

neighbourhood of God (66:11). In the world before death man lives in the neighbourhood of God at the level of mind and feeling. After death his living in the world of God will be a reality. God, without doubt

being more real than life. He started leading a very simple life and finally he died early. The remembrance of death, the greatest reality, causes a revolution in man’s thinking. But for this to happen,

place. In such an environment, a person should look at the signs of God. He should recite the verses of the Quran. He has to discover God in His creation. One scenario is that after saying the morning prayer

should go to such a place together where they remember God collectively in that natural environment and talk about God. They remember the perfection of God in scenes of nature. They endeavour to get spiritual

spiritual food for themselves in an atmosphere of spirituality. This is remembrance at dawn, which is an extended form of recitation of the Quran at the fajr prayer. Such a course of action is actually a way

place. In such an environment, a person should look at the signs of God. He should recite the verses of the Quran. He has to discover God in His creation. One scenario is that after saying the morning prayer

should go to such a place together where they remember God collectively in that natural environment and talk about God. They remember the perfection of God in scenes of nature. They endeavour to get spiritual

spiritual food for themselves in an atmosphere of spirituality. This is remembrance at dawn, which is an extended form of recitation of the Quran at the fajr prayer. Such a course of action is actually a way

can find the true kernel of religion. Why should there be Trials? When God’s servant calls to his Lord, and if he is dear to God, He says, “O Gabriel, do not hurry to fulfil his desire. I like to listen

greatness of God. As a result, a new storm emerges in his spirit. On such occasions, the words that come out of the mouth of a believer are unique, special words expressive of the glory of God. A believer

universe at that particular moment. He remembers God in such a way that the earth and heaven also failed to do so. This is the highest form of divine remembrance of a creative nature. Trial is a divine experience

Moreover, man discovers that, in this world, God alone is Omnipotent. No one has any similar power, even in a partial sense. God gives and God takes away. The certainty of this reminds us of our total

himself fully before God. Realization is another name for this discovery. When with this discovery such a person makes God his all in all, who lives in God’s remembrance, whose thinking is God-oriented, he is

is in terms of the shariah, a monotheist. On the contrary, one who has not made God his sole concern, but has rather made other things his concern, in terms of the shariah he is guilty of polytheism. The

their household and other pious people. These hearttouching events quite amazingly convey to us how a God-oriented life is lived. In this issue, we introduce to you a collection of such twelve stories. The

had created him. So, without hesitating, he said to his father, “Do what are you commanded, father. God willing, you will find me one of the steadfast.” Ibrahim took his son away to sacrifice him. As he

observe this day as Id al-Adha or the Feast of Sacrifice. Every year, Muslims sacrifice an animal in remembrance of the Prophet Ibrahim’s trust in Allah. This story reminds the believers of the readiness of the