helpless as compared to the Omnipotent God, then such words will come to his lips as even the Earth and the Heavens cannot bear to hear. These words are: “O God! You have created me as a helpless person

relation to God. Helplessness, or (ijz), is not simply powerlessness. Ijz is another name for the discovery of reality. Ijz is a power on its own. Ijz is the greatest recommendation to God. Ijz means being

being pleased in being God’s servant and, without doubt, there is no position greater than that of servitude to God for man. The Quran has this to say: “Prostrate yourself and come near.” (96:19) Sajda

have an elevated realization of God shall have to pay this price of diverting his or her attention away from all other things and making the one God his or her only concern. In reality, it is a psychological

maarifah, or realization.The Natural World Leads to GodThe universe is a great library of maarifah or God- realization. Everything in the universe speaks of God-realization. This manifests itself in the form

will find that every aspect of the universe is giving the lessons of God-realization. The sun symbolically displays that maarifah or God- realization is that which enlightens the existence of man from the

present-day Muslims are so busy with, are all as far as this duty is concerned irrelevant. Discovery of God The discovery of super-human activity in the universe makes one realize the handiwork of a Supreme

The Call to God and UnityThe Muslims’ unity is their greatest strength. The best means of achieving this unity is the call towards God. The Quran says that God has chosen Muslims to promote the cause of

rope of God and be united around the one God: So that His messenger may be A witness for you, and you Be witness for mankind. So, attend to your prayers, Give zakat And hold fast to God; He is your

entrusting Muslims with the task of inviting other peoples to the religion of God, indicates the close link between the call to God and unity. In fact, this call or invitation leads to harmony and unity, which

exception in the whole universe. While showing man’s unique status, it also proves the existence of God. Because, if there is a small exception in this universe in the form of man, this is a sure proof of

necessarily offers proof of the existence of God. This has likewise been expressed in the tradition— God has created man in His own image. That is, just as God has an exceptional existence, in the same way

this exception, he will certainly discover God, he will call out—“I am, therefore, God is!”The Virtue of ModestyA Hadith Qudsi is recorded in these words: “God said: ‘Pride is My Cloak and greatness is

pressures. He will ultimately convert negative experiences into positive lessons. By the grace of God, one endowed with a positive personality finds the opportunity to think along the right lines, and

ongoing. The attainment of maarifah is possible only on the basis of a positive personality.The Light of God-RealizationA tube light in your office with no connection to the powerhouse will never shine. But the

reality which is called God-realization. If there is no contact between God and man, his existence will be devoid of God-realization. But when there is a connection between God and man, immediately, the

One can say in one’s prayer that: ‘O God, bestow on me the same mercy which You have enjoined man to bestow on man.’ It is a way of praying to use some event as a point of reference for prayer. The above

important point of reference: it is impossible that God Almighty asks man to give blessing to others and that He himself is deprived of this blessing. Certainly God is in a position to bestow that kind of blessing

since man was created by God. The Prophet once said that one who asks God with the reference of ism-e-azam (the greatest name), his prayer will certainly be fulfilled by God. What is asking by referring

place there many years before. A certain witness took the oath in the normal way, then added: “May God take my soul here and now if what I say be false.” And he fell down dead on that very spot.12 Other

resources to escape worldly punishment but there will be no such escape route when we stand before God. There will be no escaping the infinitely greater punishment that awaits us in the next world. An

thirty family members at that time. The Prophet told them that he had been granted prophethood by God. He asked for their support, so that he would be free to discharge his duties. This is how Imam Ahmad

his nephew. Yet even he remained silent, for fear that this responsibility would devour his wealth. God, however, helped His prophet, first through the Prophet’s wife, Khadija bint Khuwailid, and later on