tangible feeling that he is pouring his heart out to God and that God in turn is answering his call. When this communion is established between God and man, man can feel himself becoming imbued with a

moist with tears. He starts receiving inspiration from God. It is in moments such as these that man can rest assured of his prayers being granted by God. According to a hadith the Prophet Muhammad said the

were seeing God. We learn from this hadith the true sign of a superior form of worship. The true sign is for man to sense the presence of God during worship, and feel that he has come close to God. That is

tangible feeling that he is pouring his heart out to God and that God in turn is answering his call. When this communion is established between God and man, man can feel himself becoming imbued with a

moist with tears. He starts receiving inspiration from God. It is in moments such as these that man can rest assured of his prayers being granted by God. According to a hadith the Prophet Muhammad said the

were seeing God. We learn from this hadith the true sign of a superior form of worship. The true sign is for man to sense the presence of God during worship, and feel that he has come close to God. That is

level of God-realization is, in fact, another name for the sublime discovery of divinity. Whenever God’s servant reaches this high level, he feels that, in comparison to God, his position is zero. God is everything

is in the hands of God. Man has no say in this matter. This discovery demonstrates that the entire matter is wholly unilateral. Who are the people who may be said to have attained God-realization? They

is confirmed by God. And God’s decision will be made known only on the Day of Judgement and not even a second prior to that Day. This is why one who has done everything to achieve God-realization still

level of God-realization is, in fact, another name for the sublime discovery of divinity. Whenever God’s servant reaches this high level, he feels that, in comparison to God, his position is zero. God is everything

is in the hands of God. Man has no say in this matter. This discovery demonstrates that the entire matter is wholly unilateral. Who are the people who may be said to have attained God-realization? They

is confirmed by God. And God’s decision will be made known only on the Day of Judgement and not even a second prior to that Day. This is why one who has done everything to achieve God-realization still

The level of nearness to God depends on the level of personal realization of God. For instance, everyone is in need of innumerable things to survive in this world. But no human being is the creator of

Someone else has bestowed them upon mankind, and God is undoubtedly that Bestower. God, the Supreme Being, is the only Giver. It is undoubtedly due to God’s unilateral blessings that one can exist in this

longer be able to sustain himself. When an individual discovers God as His Benefactor, then quite naturally a fountain of love for God wells up in his soul. Then he becomes the embodiment of the reality

true believer accepts suffering as a trial. He develops patience, so that in the life after death God will reward him. Hence, it becomes possible for a believer to deal with suffering in a positive way

is a source of great contentment in one’s heart. According to Islam, one who helps others receives God’s help in return. Members of a society who help each other make great progress. Will the faith in religion

pass on his filth and dirt to the constituents of his natural environment. In this world created by God, there is something even more fragile and delicate than a petal or a feather, and that is, the human

someone who breaks the heart of another person will be considered guilty of committing a grave crime in God’s eyes. A person who tramples on and crushes with his feet an artist’s splendid artwork will have, according

is a peerless creature of God. In the words of the Quran, man has been created in the noblest image: he is a masterpiece of creation. All human beings are specimens of God’s miracles. Therefore, in spite

beautiful names which God has chosen to introduce Himself to man are such as will open the gate of mercy to man. God’s beautiful names tell us what the meeting points between God and man are. It is through

that man may achieve closeness with God. Then, if the spirit of God’s servant is very great, this enables him in his prayer to God to make use of a great name of God and in so doing make divine closeness

Prayer and Super Prayer There are two kinds of calling upon God, or prayer. One is to utter some specific words in the simple sense and then ask God for something. The other is