change. It is obligatory for all believers, whatever the circumstances, and entails belief in the One God, and the worship of Him alone. The Shariah, on the other hand, may differ, depending upon times and

action in the broader spectrum of the outside world. If we were deprived by man, we would seek from God. My elder brother, Abdul Aziz Khan, went into business when he grew up, “emigrating” to the town of

thorough study of whatever academic literature was available to me in English. Now, by the grace of God, I am able to work in a positive and constructive manner, as I am sure the readers of my works will

vehicle in the Al-Risala monthly which I started in 1976. Al-Risala’s mission has, by the grace of God, assumed

intellectual revolution set in motion by the Prophet Muhammad and his Companions with the special succor of God. Such an intellectual revolution in our own times is certainly not far-fetched, since modern science

believer should be duty-conscious, and as far as his rights are concerned, he should ask of them from God. (Sahih al-Bukhari) Based on this principle, the Hadith about Paradise lying at the feet of a mother

serious call to mothers to put themselves on the path to making themselves eligible personalities for God’s Paradise as the children tend to follow them. Prof. Farida Khanam This email address is being protected

beginning of the Quran, the first invocation reads: “In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.” Throughout the Quran, God’s name is thus invoked no less than 113 times. Moreover, the Quran

exercise of patience. Yet today, the ‘Muslim Mujahideen’ under unfavourable conditions have equated “God is Great” with “War is Great.” For them, the greatest reward is to be able to wield a Kalashnikov rifle

Mujahideen have been exhorting their coreligionists to do battle all over the world. But the Quran says: ‘God calls man to the home of peace.’ (10: 25) It is up to right-thinking people everywhere to disregard

by the Muslim fundamentalist threat worldwide. In all fairness one can ask, Is this Islam? Never! God has been represented in Islam as All Merciful, and the Prophet has been proclaimed the Prophet of Mercy

enraged at this distorted version of his name. All he said in return was: “Aren’t you surprised that God has turned away the abuses of the Quraysh from me. They abuse a person by the name of Muzammam. Whereas

ignored the problem and he tried to use the assembly for his mission of communicating the message of God to mankind. This policy proved to be very successful and within a short-period, the Prophet’s mission

Muslims were also given a chance for about one thousand years, but they too failed to do this job. Then God Almighty, selected Western nations. They did this job successfully. Now for Muslims it is not an option

existence. Therefore, man believes in God, because he is bound to believe in Him. His inner nature speaks for God. Hence, most often, a simple assertion about the existence of God suffices for a man with an unbiased

mentality to believe in God. One cannot afford to deny God, as that would be tantamount to a denial of one’s own nature. At the same time, in the external world man sees clear evidence of God in nature all around

around him, day in and day out. God is so evident that any denial of God becomes artificial. That is why those who apparently reject God, also come to believe in God, when confronted with their own utter