is an embodiment of a spiritual personality. — Maulana Wahiduddin Khan ALL PRAISE IS DUE TO GOD ISLAM teaches us to be grateful to God and acknowledge His bounty each time we receive anything and utter

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SPIRITUAL ASPECTS OF RAMADANTraining in God-fearing and Patience RAMADAN is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. It is observed by Muslims as a month of fasting. Fasting obligates a person to refrain

with this same mentality. The annual observance of Ramadan is regarded as one of the Five Pillars of Islam. The basic purpose of Ramadan, according to Quran, is ‘taqwa’. ‘Believers, fasting has been prescribed

I said that the Islam that prevails among Muslims today is not in the form of a Divine way of life but, instead, it is a part of the culture, as with other peoples. Nowadays, religious activities appear

a maulvi (Muslim scholar), spoke with such clarity in front of an English-knowing audience about Islam and Muslims.

‘statement’ or ‘report’, is used as an Islamic term for the records kept of the sayings and doings of the Prophet Muhammad . The Hadith provides the second fundamental source of Islam, giving us a full account of

the soul—the inner-self. That is why Islam lays great stress on both these things. According to a hadith: “Purity is half of faith.” Similarly the Prophet of Islam once observed: “God is clean and loves

specially granted the quality of sensitivity. That is why man naturally likes cleanliness, and since Islam is a religion of nature, it lays great stress on cleanliness. Man’s body, his clothing and his home

to bath daily (Musnad Ahmad). The cleanliness of body and soul is one of the basic demands of Islam.AUGUST 8 The Positive WayWe have been advised in the Quran that goodness and evil are not equal. Therefore

enforce the “complete Islam” throughout the world. The second harm of this interpretation was that by adherence to this concept the nature of social relationships changed. According to Islam, Muslims and non-Muslims

existence. It was as a result of this political interpretation that, throughout the whole world, Islamic action became synonymous with violent action. Activists began their work by employing peaceful means

practiced even before Islam in one form or the other. According to Aishah, the Prophet’s wife, the Quraysh used to fast on the day of Ashura, in their days of Ignorance (before Islam) and the Prophet would

would also fast on that day (Sahih Muslim). So one might say that fasting marks the entrance to an Islamic life, if the Prophet’s stay in the cave of Hira, before his receiving prophethood, is taken into

the time come for him to be visited by an angel, so that he might receive the word of God. In the Islamic shari‘ah, fasting is known as sawm, a word which means to abstain. Literally, it means to abstain

brought to naught. Zakat is the practical recognition of this fact through the expenditure of money. Islam requires

brought to naught. Zakat is the practical recognition of this fact through the expenditure of money. Islam requires

of community unity. Community, Nation and Nationalism In the context of what we are discussing here, there are certain Islamic terms whose clarification is necessary. Clarifying their real import can