Real Piety & God’s HospitalityReal Piety Piety does not consist in turning your faces towards the east or the west. The pious are those who believe in God and in the Last Day, in the angels and the

the scriptures and the prophets; who for the love of God give their wealth to kinsfolk, orphans, the poor, wayfarers in need and beggars, and for the redemption of captives; who attend to their prayers

fortitude misfortune, hardships and peril. These are the true believers, these are the God-fearing (2:177). God’s Hospitality Do the unbelievers think that they can make My servants protectors against

God is the Patron of the faithful. He leads them from darkness to the light. As for the unbelievers, their patrons are false Gods, who lead them from light to darkness. They are the heirs of Hell and shall

there shall be no compulsion in religion. True guidance is never imposed by force.All Praise is Due to GodA tree is unaware of its own extraordinary significance. A flower does not realize what a delicate and

appreciate its excellence. God has created exquisite works of art in worldly form and enabled man to apprehend them. He has given man a tongue to express his wonder at and veneration of God’s stupendous feats of

Gratitude to God All forms of worship, are, in essence, manifestations of the feeling of that gratefulness, which is at the heart of a God-oriented life. Gratitude entails acknowledgement of God’s blessings

blessings. Gratitude means acknowledging the blessings of God. This acknowledgement has to be heartfelt, and only then does it take verbal form. Human beings have been created with the best of bodies and the best

which are almost 200 in number, including his commentary on the Quran. Among his notable works are God Arises, The Vision of Islam, Islam and Socialism, Commentary of the Quran, Muhammad: The Prophet for

have to abstain from all the things God has forbidden you, much as this may go against your wishes. A fast which is devoid of the sawm spirit will not be acceptable to God or be rewarded. There are many Ahadith

Hadith—words of the Prophet) highlighting the importance of the spirit of Ramadan. According to a Hadith, God does not accept the fast of one who does not desist from lying and dishonest practices. (Sahih al-Bukhari

for evils. God will shield such a person from hellfire.” (Sunan An-Nasa’ i, Hadith No. 2234) The above Hadith tells us that when one is faced with evil, one should return good for evil. God does not accept

even if their movement has been launched in the name of Islam. For such people it is the decree of God that they never reach their political goal, and whatever blessings of peace and worldly provision they

have already enjoyed be denied to them. They will lose what they already possess. This is the way of God.

even if their movement has been launched in the name of Islam. For such people it is the decree of God that they never reach their political goal, and whatever blessings of peace and worldly provision they

have already enjoyed be denied to them. They will lose what they already possess. This is the way of God.

bringing believers closer to God, is not being served, they are bound in some measure to benefit from them. For example, even if prayer and fasting do not bring worshippers closer to God (96:19), these practices

practices may at least make them God fearing, and they consequently keep themselves away from indecency and evil (29:45). Fasting, in the words of the Prophet, will teach them to refrain from falsehood, promise-breaking

example, the real aim of hajj is to prepare the pilgrim for a missionary life—that of calling people to God. But the form it takes in the process is that of visits to sacred places and the performance of the

day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden. 9. And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? 10. And he said, I

and I did eat. 13. And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. 14. And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because

mother of all living. 21. Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothes them. 22. And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil:

That is, those special servants of God who, in the service of the religion of God, were witness to the deeds of the nations of the world. Some accepted their call, while others rejected it. These preachers

etc. This group, originally formed of the prophets, was later made up of those special servants of God who followed the example of the prophets and performed dawah for the people of their times. The Final