religion until the end of time. It is the only way to achieve closeness to God and salvation in the afterlife. He taught that God is One; He has no partner. He created all things and has complete control

intermediary between God and man. By remembering God, a person establishes direct contact with Him; there is no need for any go- between. No one will be able to intercede before God in the Hereafter either

THE FEAR OF GODPLATO (428-348 B.C) is regarded as one of the three great philosophers of ancient Greece, the other two being Socrates and Aristotle. The book, for which Plato is best remembered, titled

none has measured up to the standard of the good ruler as presented by Plato. Only the fear of God will right the wrongs of this world. There were certain pupils of the Greek philosophers who attained

disappear. Hence rulers continued to be tyrants. Power had only changed hands. Only the fear of God can hold a man in power to the observance of proper standards of truth and justice. Islam, tells

the current pandemic, we must remember a Hadith of the Prophet Muhammad: There is no disease that God has sent down, except that He has also sent down its treatment. (Sahih al-Bukhari) It means we should

unease. I was reminded of death, of the Hereafter, and of Paradise. Then I prayed to God: “Please give me a seat in Paradise.” This is a simple example of how an experience can be turned into a point

realization of God, all these experiences or events can become points of reference for us. As a result of these experiences and events, the realized soul, the believer will remember God. Prayers full of

upon him, and asked him for proof that he was a true prophet. They pointed out that Moses, one of God’s prophets, had come before the world with the miracles of the Staff and the White Hand—clear proof

made the blind see and had healed lepers, again proving by these miracles that he was a prophet of God. Other prophets, too, had been given the power to perform miracles, and they had not hesitated to display

earth, and in the alternation of night and day, there are signs for men of sense; those that remember God when standing, sitting and lying down, and reflect on the creation of the heavens

pledges to surrender himself before God, so that his life revolves around God alone, and to signal that he is ready to perform all kinds of sacrifice for the sake of God. During Hajj, the worshipper remembers

closer to God and his prophets. It reminds one of the lives of people who were reputed for their virtue, thus creating a living relationship with the history of Islam. Hajj, moreover unites God-worshippers

different, they all believe in the same God and in the same Prophet: this is a great source of unity. They might be living in different lands but being worshippers of God, they are all as one. Hajj is basically

applied to any other book in the history of mankind. Hundreds of thousands of people were motivated (by God) to learn by rote the text of the Quran from beginning to end. Right from the beginning of the Quran

Islamic history was assisted by God. However, in order that this world should remain a testing ground for mankind, all this took place under a veil (that is, although it was God who influenced events and motivated

is on trial in this world). On Doomsday, when all realities are laid bare, people will observe how God Himself was directly performing the task of guarding the Quran right from the beginning of the Islamic

the time of this incident, he uttered this prayer: “I only complain of my anguish and my sorrow to God.” (12:86) These words of Prophet Jacob tell us an important truth: that when the believer faces any

an ordinary person, but rather, mindful of his faith, turns his grief into prayer. He bows down to God and prays to Him to change his loss into gain. When someone faces the experience of grief and loss

affliction and the other is to turn to God. Those who only look at the human aspect of things, never cease to complain about human beings. But one who starts remembering God after an untoward experience he will

the time of this incident, he uttered this prayer: “I only complain of my anguish and my sorrow to God.” (12:86) These words of Prophet Jacob tell us an important truth: that when the believer faces any

an ordinary person, but rather, mindful of his faith, turns his grief into prayer. He bows down to God and prays to Him to change his loss into gain. When someone faces the experience of grief and loss

affliction and the other is to turn to God. Those who only look at the human aspect of things, never cease to complain about human beings. But one who starts remembering God after an untoward experience he will