Man is God’s servant, and indeed, the only proper way for man in this world is to live as the servant of God. Islam, in fact, is another name for this life of servitude to God. Where the Islamic life is

devoted to the service of God, the un-Islamic life unashamedly flouts the will of God. Islam teaches man to lead an obedient life and surrender himself completely to the will of God. It is people who do so

so who will share God’s blessings in the next world.AUGUST 20 FaithThe essence of faith is ma‘arifah, (realization or discovery of God). When a man consciously seeks out and finds God, and thereby has

particular ideology among Muslims—a political interpretation of Islam, that offered Muslims the status of God’s vicegerants on earth, with the right to rule the world on His behalf.\ Islam was the world’s leading

as Islam was not adopted by believers as a complete system, their faith would not be acceptable to God. It followed that bringing about a political revolution became a binding obligation, like prayers and

with its implied criticism of wrong governance but with simple praises of God. And it ends with the necessity to seek refuge in God against Satan. The Quran and the Hadith have no mention of the system of

family and society have come into existence (30:21). Furthermore, as a matter of prime importance, God gave man consciousness, so that he might realize the divine blessings. He also gave man a sense of

blessings which God has bestowed upon man. When man thinks about these countless blessings of God, he has the same experience as has been expressed in the Quran as, “strong love and affection for God” (2:165)

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

It means that what God wants from His creatures more than anything else is Hamd, that is acknowledgment. Besides man, all the things of the universe are constantly engaged in God’s glorification, albeit

albeit in an unspoken language. God has exceptionally granted man speech, so he is required to glorify God in spoken language. On seeing how highly meaningful the universe is, man cannot but make a profound

acknowledgement of God. This is known as Hamd, or praise. When man thinks about himself, he finds that God has created him in the best of moulds (95:4). Similarly, when he reflects on the creatures of God, he finds

Quranic verses. This verse is not a command but simply states the fact that the Quran was conveyed from God to man through the medium of angels who are pure beings. World of Ideas Make your target an intellectual

DESTINATIONWhen the inhabitants of Paradise behold its bounties, they will exclaim: All Praise be to God who has taken away all grief from us. Surely, our Lord is most forgiving and most appreciative. (THE

Darwin (1809-1882) wrote his book, The Origin of Species, he expressly acknowledged the existence of God. This is how he concluded the book: How magnificent is the concept that the Creator first created some

Oneness of God The concept of one God is the essence of Islam and the source of all of its teachings. God is one. God is an eternal, ever-living reality. He is all in all. Everything is from God. God is not

not from anything. God is the Creator of all things and He is managing the entire universe. The Quran puts it thus: “God: there is no deity save Him, the Living, the Eternal One. Neither slumber nor sleep

one!” (2:255) Then there is another chapter in the Quran which has this to say about God: “Say, ‘He is God, the One, God, the Self-sufficient One. He does not give birth, nor was He born, and there is nothing

That is why those who apparently reject God, also come to believe in God, when confronted with their own utter helplessness. (31:32; 10:22) The concept of God handed down to man by the Prophet is one

pure monotheism, that is, “There is no god but one God.” This Prophetic concept has been briefly set forth in a short chapter of the Quran: Say: He is God, the One God. The Eternal, Absolute. He does not

divided into two categories. One God versus many gods A Personal God versus an impersonal God There are again several kinds of beliefs about God. Some believe in two gods, one of good and the other of evil

there be no persecution and religion be wholly God’s” (8:39). This means that there was no longer any barrier to man’s making a choice in the way of God. This was the final goal of the revolution brought