these opportunities and communicate the message of God to all human beings so that no one inhabiting this globe, whether man or woman, remains unaware of God’s creation plan. In ancient times, no great work

love God most.” (2:165) The Believers mentioned in the Quran in this verse are those who have discovered God at the level of realization. All their feelings and emotions will be associated with God alone

solely on God. Owing to his limitations man cannot see God in this present world, but he experiences God’s mercy and blessings at every moment, and this experience is the real source of his love of God. Everything

received in this world is a blessing from God. The more one thinks of divine blessings, the more one’s love of God will increase. The source of the love of God is the discovery of blessings and not the

And this supposed God is always some creature or the other of God. By nature, it is possible for man not to accept the real God as God, but it is not possible for anyone to save himself or herself from

something other than God. The truth is that for the attainment of disciplined behaviour, it is essential for one to be convinced of the existence of a power far superior to himself. Making God one’s object of

man’s position. On the contrary, regarding something other than God as God amounts to descending from the level of humanity. Submission to God is the only way of life for both man and the universe.

blessings of God, he has the same experience as has been expressed in the Quran as, “strong love and affection for God” (2:165).REAL LOVE, RELATIVE LOVEGod alone is the giver of all bounties. When man

love of God. Chapter two of the Quran tells us that the believers love God most (2:165). What does it mean to love God? Religious scholars generally say that ‘love of God’ means submission to God. On the

the other hand, the Sufis hold that loving God means having an intense love (Ishq) for God. Neither of these explanations is a correct interpretation of this verse of the Quran. Love, in actual fact, is

of these great men is not tolerated by them. This intense love for anything other than God deprives one of God’s granting man true love of Him. Only lifeless rituals come to their share, rather than any

love of God has a price, and it cannot be attained without paying its price.TWO ASPECTS OF GOD REALIZATIONThe personality of a believer is made up of these two feelings. On the one hand, he loves God the most

most. And on the other hand he fears God the most. There are two aspects of God’s realization—Love and Fear. On the one hand, God is very compassionate, and on the other hand, He is very just. When man

on its own strong roots and remains unaffected by storms. Violence or terrorism is a negation of God’s creation plan. Terrorism is an unnatural act. Neither reason nor conscience can ever sanction it.

world is only one, that is, dawah work, inviting people to God’s path. Muslims must do peaceful dawah work, and leave all other things to God. Dawah, naturally, demands close interaction with people of

political and cultural separatism that they advocate is a major barrier to conveying the message of God. Separatism, both political and cultural, is wrong. Islam does not enjoin these kinds of separatist

policies. This politics of separation is a sin, not a virtue. Due to this, Muslims are being deprived of God’s help. Their activities are proving to be counterproductive as they are against the Divine scheme of

to prevail over a vaster world, a confrontation with the polytheistic empires was inevitable. God did bring this about during this period and the confrontation of these two empires continued for generations

Whereas this extraordinary turn of events was the result of a divine plan specially conceived of by God for the support of the Final Prophet. An article titled, ‘Islam’, penned by a Christian writer and

ideological aggression in ancient times. The Prophet Muhammad and his companions were commanded by God to fight for the extirpation of polytheism to put an end to the da‘is of monotheism being the targets

zenith in the present scientific revolution. The present world is a manifestation of the attributes of God. Here man finds his Creator in the mirror of His creation. By making