OF BELIEFLitmus Test ACCORDING to a Hadith narrated by Anas Bin Malik, a Companion of the Prophet, God’s Messenger said, ‘None of you can become a true believer until he has reached the stage where he likes

one’s feelings of deep gratitude is inherent in human nature. This is the urge, in fact, to find God, the creator of man, and bow before Him. This urge is ingrained in man in order that he should be able

recognition and submission which is actually due to God are given instead to His creation. Man feels inclined to adopt someone or something as his ‘God’, since the true deity remains invisible to the naked

Thus, the devotion due to God alone is offered to someone or something else. The true focus of one’s emotions is man’s ultimate benefactor, his one and only Creator. Recognizing God as the supreme benefactor

remembers the blessings of God and shows gratefulness to his Creator. This has been alluded to in the Quran in the following words: When you have finished the prayer, remember God while standing, and sitting

wahy, or revelation from God. There is nothing mysterious about prophethood. The Prophet’s last words before he died were: O God, the noblest companion! (Sahih

remembers the blessings of God and shows gratefulness to his Creator. This has been alluded to in the Quran in the following words: When you have finished the prayer, remember God while standing, and sitting

wahy, or revelation from God. There is nothing mysterious about prophethood. The Prophet’s last words before he died were: O God, the noblest companion! (Sahih

developing spirituality by enduring the pangs of hunger and thirst; and striving to come closer to God by remembering Him through prayer and the reading of the Quran. None of the other defensive battles

is reported to have said: ‘Do not wish for confrontation with the enemy, instead ask for peace from God.’ (Sahih alBukhari) This illustrates the basic principle of Islam vis-a-vis war. Peace is the rule

closer to God by remembering Him through prayer and the reading of the Quran. This is possible only when man distances himself from the material world and comes closer to the spiritual world of God. The following

invented. That time, the only solution to spreading the message of God was to remember some parts of the Quran and then to recite them to the people with the help of memory. According to this, the history

printing press the name of that role would be that of a distributor. This distribution of the word of God in the form of book is not a simple task rather it is a peaceful expedition of great nature. In ancient

supplicating to God for solutions to his problems, they were not being answered and his problems were not being solved. He felt hopeless and helpless. This man was one of many who prayed to God for material

want them to be, they lose hope. Supplication to God (dua) is a form of worship. The acceptance of these supplications—we must remember—depends on God’s will, not our desire. If our supplications do not

we must know that this is what God wills. God knows better what is good for His servants. In this world, material things are like examination question papers. It is God who decides who will be tested

you. Then you will remember all those blessings of God which He has given you in the present world. Then with a trembling heart, you will say, “O God, You have not deprived me of the good things of this

of the good things of the Hereafter as well.” Similarly, when you study the sacred hadith in which God says: “I am with My servant’s expectations, so the servant ought to have good expectations with Me

this hadith, you will remember those blessings which God has given you in this world. You will be moved and these words will come to your lips, “O God, in this world, You have given me the best in every

man before God. God, who knows everything, both open and hidden, will take him to account for all his words and deeds on earth. According to one tradition, man will on that day stand before God and his feet

feet will not move until he has answered all the questions God will ask him. Remembering death means remembering the most delicate moment of man’s life. He must keep thinking about the time–which is certainly

defender. The Prophet observed: Do not wish for confrontation with the enemy, instead ask forpeace from God. (Sahih al-Bukhari) This illustrates the basic principle of Islam vis-a-vis war. Peace is the rule

to God by remembering Him through prayer and the reading of the Quran. This is possible only when man distances himself from the human world and brings himself closer to the spiritual world of God. These

nature, to be engrossed in thoughts of God, rather than in embroiling oneself in worldly matters. On sighting the new moon of Ramazan, the Prophet Muhammad observed: ‘O God, let the moon of the month of Ramazan