anyone establishes a relationship with God which is imbued with love, he naturally has a strong urge to convey the message of God to his people, so that none of God’s servants are deprived of the eternal

CAUSE OF THE FAILURE TO LOVE GODWhen someone develops love of God, he starts remembering Him most of the time. Love for anything other than God gives one mere lifeless rituals. According to the Quran, only

realization of God who is able to develop a relationship with God on a very high plane. The sign of this level of relationship is his developing an intense love for God (2:165) and standing in awe of God alone

Pilgrimage Perform the pilgrimage and visit the Sacred House for God’s sake. If you are prevented, send such offerings as you can afford, and do not shave your heads until the offerings have reached their

days in all. That is incumbent on one whose family are not present at the Holy Mosque. Have fear of God: know that He is stern in retribution. Make the pilgrimage in the appointed months. Whoever intends

must abstain from sexual intercourse, obscene language and acrimonious disputes while on pilgrimage. God is aware of whatever good you do. Provide yourselves well; the best provision is piety. Fear Me, then

God extends His hand at night so that He may accept the repentance of those who indulge in wickedness during the day. God extends His hand during the day so that He may accept the repentance of those who

sun rises in the west. HADITH OF MUSLIM ON THE AUTHORITY OF ABU MUSA AL-ASH’ARI.Those who remember God and those who do not are as different from each other as the living and the dead. HADITH OF AL-BUKHARI

Living Prayerexperiences and events, the realized soul, the believer will remember God. Prayers full of devotion will keep coming to his lips. He may be living in the material world, but it is this material

need to give it back. When I remember this event, it becomes a point of reference for me. I say, “O God, in my life in this world, You have given me everything. Will You deprive me of everything in the life

took his hand in his own and said, ‘O Mu’adh, by God, I love You.’ Then he said, ‘I give you this counsel: after each prayer, you must not omit to say, “O God, help me to remember You, and thank You, and worship

Prophet would teach him to pray. Then he would instruct him how to invoke his Maker in these words: ‘O God, forgive me and have mercy on me. Give me prosperity and sustenance.’ HADITH OF MUSLIM.

epitome of a God-fearing personality. A rare amalgam of classical Islamic disciplines and modern thought, he firmly believed that modern science has enlarged the canvas of Godrealization. He leaves behind

Maulana spent his whole life in anticipation of meeting God. We pray for him the way Prophet of Islam taught us to pray for the deceased: “O God, forgive Maulana Sahib, raise his rank among the rightly

Khan prayed: May God grant you the highest Paradise, may angels envy your stature in the Hereafter. You lived a poor man’s life, replete with God’s wisdom. You guided man well and served God better. May your

when you judge between people, to judge with fairness. God’s instructions to you are excellent. God hears and sees all things. (4:58) He who fears [God] will heed the reminder, but it will be ignored by the

these things were not created by you, but are supplied by God Almighty alone. Remember this divine bounty and present your gratefulness to God. This is acknowledgement and acknowledgement is what makes

My punishment is severe indeed.” (14:7) This is God’s promise to man and God never betrays His promiseReal WorshipAccording to the Quran, worship of God controls one’s character. In the chapter al-‘Ankabut

verse gives us a very important aspect of worship. It presents the true picture of the worship of God. Worship is not a spiritless ritual. Worship is a living act. A worshipper recites verses of the Quran