‘Who will save you from the Most Gracious, by night and by day?’ Yet they turn away from the remembrance of their Lord. (21:42)Ready to Respond Every MomentGod Almighty created man and declared that He

bounties of your Lord will you deny? (55:29-30) This verse addresses man. Man is the concern of God and God Almighty is ready to respond to man at all times. The following

instead. Umer, may God be pleased with him, went to the Prophet and put this question to him on their behalf. The Prophet Muhammad replied: “Each of you should acquire a heart grateful to God, and a tongue

tongue accustomed to His remembrance, and a believing spouse who will be of assistance in matters relating to eternity.” (Ibn Majah) Wealth is of use only when it can solve the problems of life. The greatest

them there. In order to obtain such wealth, one should always be thankful to God for His blessings. One’s attachment to God should be such that He is always in one’s mind and heart. If one has set one’s

Hereafter.This shows that what is truly desired of man is that he should lead a life of remembrance and glorification of God. What is desirable in this world is equally desirable in the next world. The actual

actual aim of tazkiyah is to bring into existence such purified souls as may glorify God and become a part of the life Hereafter. One task assigned to man in this present world was to bring civilization into

promoted nudity or semi-nudity in the name of fashion, and so on. That is why on the Day of Judgement God will select righteous people who will be given the opportunity to establish a divine civilization.

naturally becomes a modest person. He begins to live in the greatness of God. God’s creations become a perpetual impetus to His remembrance. He accepts the Prophet as the perfect guide and Paradise becomes his

his greatest goal. These are the experiences relating to the realization of God which can be described as tazkiyah.

of my activities.” In this way, if you get angry with someone and want to take revenge on him, remembrance of death can change the direction of your life. You will think: “When my taking revenge cannot

Death reminds us that one day we will have to depart from this world of humans and enter the world of God.

means in every respect making God one’s sole concern, whereas polytheism means partly or totally including anyone or anything else in the godhead. Whenever anyone discovers God in the capacity of One Who

regarding God as his own, and has immeasurably elevated feelings for God.This is the basis for man’s intense love for God. Then when man discovers that all things he has are unilateral gifts of God, and that

that God can take away these things any time, and that every gift is linked with accountability, it makes him apprehensive that if he does not do justice to all these divine gifts, he will be taken to task

To gladly pardon my oppressors, And seek the silent ways of meditation, To utter words in God’s remembrance. And look around me knowledge to acquire. These sublime thoughts and poignant utterances could

should be so strong that the remembrance of the Creator should become a permanent part of his life, day and night. Those who fulfil these obligations which they owe to God are the sole creatures who deserve

God is the most compassionate of all to His creatures. It is not possible that you ask God for a humble heart (khashiyat) and that God would instead give you hardheartedness, if you ask God for remembrance

possible that God would grant you forgetfulness of Him, if you want your sole concern to be the Hereafter, and then God grants you love of this world, if you want true religiosity from God it is not possible

possible for God to give you a soulless religiosity. If you ask God for truthfulness, it is not possible that God would cause you to lead your life in the darkness of misguidance. If in your life the thing

God is the most compassionate of all to His creatures. It is not possible that you ask God for a humble heart (khashiyat) and that God would instead give you hardheartedness, if you ask God for remembrance

possible that God would grant you forgetfulness of Him, if you want your sole concern to be the Hereafter, and then God grants you love of this world, if you want true religiosity from God it is not possible

possible for God to give you a soulless religiosity. If you ask God for truthfulness, it is not possible that God would cause you to lead your life in the darkness of misguidance. If in your life the thing