rational concept is that of one God. Everything else is irrational. No valid argument exists in its favour. Once a group of young men in an Indian town were discussing whether God existed or not. Even after

He stood among the youth and simply recited this verse from the Quran: “Is there any doubt about God, the Creator of the heavens and the earth?” (14:10) The result was miraculous. The youths were left

believe in God. How did it happen that assertion alone was sufficient to bring them to belief? It is because God is self-subsisting. He needs no proofs for His existence. The reason for God being self-evident

people to God cannot be performed in an effective way. Dua is not connected only to the mad‘u rather it is connected to the da‘ee himself as well. A da‘ee should constantly make prayer to God for him. He

He should constantly pray to God to make his dawah effective for the mad‘u. He should constantly pray to God to create such conditions for him as are conducive to perform dawah work in a better way. The

this feeling of well-wishing compels him to pray to God for him constantly. One accepts the dawah only with the permission of God. This is with God’s help that one is guided to accept the message of Truth

believed in God as a matter of tradition. But once his father, James Mill, said something to him, which put an end to his belief in God. His father asked, “If God created man, who created God?” Without

Without doubt the greatest hurdle in achieving Godrealization is that, whereas God is limitless, man’s mind has its limits. The matter of ma‘arifah, in actual fact, is to attempt to discover a limitless being

ma‘arifah. Without surmounting this hurdle, no one can be credited with attaining God-realization. The discovery of God is different from other discoveries. For instance, gravity is also a subject of discovery

true believer for God. There is a verse in chapter AlAnfal (The Spoils of War) of the Quran in this regard: True believers are those whose hearts tremble with awe at the mention of God. (8:2) Both the

of the tiger and the fear of God appear to be the same. But, there is a qualitative difference between the two. The fear of the tiger is negative fear, while the fear of God is totally positive fear. The

positive aspect, while the fear of God is positive fear in the greatest sense of the word. Fear of the tiger is fear of an animal that can only harm you, while fear of God is fear of a Being that can bestow

Calling GodDua (prayer) means a call. That is a servant of God invokes his Creator to express either his needs or his servitude to Him. This call in itself is a form of worship. God is a living and permanent

pray to God. When man receives inspiration from God, it comes to him naturally to call upon God for all his needs and to ask for God’s blessings in this world as well as in the Hereafter. God is truly

any moment, in any form, and in any language can pray to God. If the prayer has come right from inside one’s heart, it will certainly reach God. God will hear the call

Calling GodDua (prayer) means a call. That is a servant of God invokes his Creator to express either his needs or his servitude to Him. This call in itself is a form of worship. God is a living and permanent

pray to God. When man receives inspiration from God, it comes to him naturally to call upon God for all his needs and to ask for God’s blessings in this world as well as in the Hereafter. God is truly

any moment, in any form, and in any language can pray to God. If the prayer has come right from inside one’s heart, it will certainly reach God. God will hear the call

God Hazrat Anas ibn Malik (d. 709) says that once a person came to the Prophet and asked him: “O Prophet of God, which action is superior?” The Prophet replied, “Realization of God.” The man again asked

asked, “O Prophet of God, which action is superior?” The Prophet again replied, “Realization of God”. Then that person said, “O Prophet of God, I am asking you about action and you are telling me about knowledge

“knowledge” is meant realization of God. In this way, small or greater does not mean small or greater in quantity, but rather that action which is performed with God-realization, or inner spirit, is the

living or dead person in God’s place. Someone worships a ‘sun god’ or a ‘moon god’. Someone else worships money and fame. In the name of Humanism, some seek to transfer the seat from God to man. Some people

people regard the laws of Nature as a substitute for God. Similarly, some people believe in a monistic concept of God, where God is viewed as a vague spirit, not a Being with whom one can be in communion and

the name of God, they are calling out to some or the other non-God, including the things and beings that, in reality, have no existence at all. Their reply is, as it were, “Sorry, this god does not exist

his real personality may come to the fore. According to religious teachings, as a human being is God’s special creation, he is born with a divine personality. As to his inner existence, he is a perfect