this man who, according to the Quran, has achieved the highest spiritual state. The realization of God joins man to his Maker. Such communion with the divine brings about a state of spiritual elevation

own. Just as the Prophet of Islam was God’s messenger, so also was he a perfect example of the peaceful soul. By studying his life, one can learn the nature of God’s ideal man, that is, a peaceful soul.

their desire to construct in this present world the ideal society—the society which, according to God’s scheme of things, is going to become a reality only in the world of the Hereafter. The most formidable

formidable obstacle to the emergence of an ideal society is human freedom, but thanks to the exigencies of God’s trial of humanity, human freedom is not going to be taken away. The ideal society will thus remain

man to put his faith in it or to deny it (18:29). At another point the Quran says: It rests with God to show the right path. Some turn aside from it, but had He pleased, He would have given right guidance

eventually they are not going to have to answer to any human being; they are going to have to answer to God. If they were conscious of this fact, they would prefer to own up to their worldly disgrace rather

2, p. 821-822) In the fourth verse, the word jihad appears in this way: “Strive for the cause of God as it behoves you to strive for it.” (22:78) In this verse, jihad means the jihad of dawah, as is

existence. If, however, we give serious thought to this reality, it becomes easily comprehensible. God, wishing to put us to the test, has not divulged the secrets of life after death to us, but has spread

the divine message over a long period of time, but they refused to follow the truth of his words. God, therefore, declared those people,

this time, he was in Madinah. In the dream, he saw himself and his Companions visiting the House of God in Makkah. His Companions were very pleased to hear this, for it meant that, after a lapse of six years

Bakr Siddiq was the first person outside the family to accept Islam. He in turn called his friends to God and Islam, and some of them, like Uthman and Abdur Rahman bin Auf, accepted Islam. The Prophet Muhammad

the divine message over a long period of time, but they refused to follow the truth of his words. God, therefore, declared those people,