indirectly, but it also gives guidance, which is of great practical utility. FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT God created a perfect world. Then He created man in perfect form. Next, He commanded man to live in the

told, moreover, that there was only one Creator who should be worshipped. Man was to worship this God alone and none else besides Him. But man went astray. He began to worship anything visibly prominent

important they may seem as forms of enlightenment, they cannot compare with the discovery of God. Discovering God means arriving at the source of all strength and wisdom. It is the meeting of the soul with

universe controlled by a God who is both omniscient and omnipotent, this is simply inconceivable. To one who has made the discovery of faith, the certainty inevitably comes that God, who had hitherto directed

things that scientific study has discovered have become the expression of God and these have been mentioned in the Quran as signs of God. In this respect, it would be right to say that the discovery of meaning

similarities between the Quran and the Guru Granth Sahib. They both talk about Aek Khuda, or Aek Rab—One God. Ishwar or Parmatman is One; He is the creator, Brahman; He runs the show. Gurbani talks of Aek Rab

karoon (When will you reveal yourself to me, O God; how long do I have to wait?) During this phase I read extensively. The basic teaching of Islam is oneness of God. I studied Islam from the prism of science

described creation as part of one big whole; everything tied in one string. We talk of the oneness of God, and science calls it the (single) string theory. That’s when I returned to Islam. Science proved to

she heard the news with great calm and fortitude, and said: “Thank: God who has awarded me the honor of their martyrdom. I hope God will bring us together in the life Hereafter.”79 PATIENCE FOR PARADISE

the Quraysh. When Yasir set eyes on the Prophet, the only question he asked him was, “O Prophet of God, is this all there is to the world?” The Prophet replied, “O family of Yasir, be patient, for you have

who fashions his history. In truth, it is God who fashions human history in accordance with His own will. It is not people or events who control history, it is God. History may take place before our eyes

46.HOW DO WE SEE GOD AS MOST-KIND, MOST-MERCIFUL, MOST-POWERFUL AND MOST-LOVING, GIVEN THE CURRENT STATE OF THE WORLD?This is a very old question. I feel it is a very short- sighted approach to look at

formulate an opinion based on them. We should first develop an understanding of the creation plan of God and then evaluate events in the light of this Plan. History shows that difficulties and hardships

they claim is a natural feeling. However, when some other object besides one God is considered holy, this is the wrong application of a real, natural feeling. And this is the root cause of all kinds of

this feeling finds expression: one is monotheism, and the other is polytheism. When a man holds one God sacred and worships Him as his Deity, he directs his feelings to the proper place. It is,

find salvation. This observation was displeasing to God and Gabriel was sent with the revelation: “You have no authority over matters. It is for God to guide them to repentance

fundamental concepts of religion from this standpoint. Notes 1. The Evidence of God. p. 26. 2. The Evidence of God in an Expanding Universe, Edited by John Clover Monsma, pp. 144-45. 3. Man the Unknown