are forms of subservience as laid down in the Quran, and God’s Prophet has demonstrated them practically in his life. The only life pleasing to God, then, is one which follows the guidance of the Quran and

Islamic life is based. Firstly, there is the testimony: “There is no one worthy of being served save God, and Muhammad is His messenger.” This declaration marks man’s exit from one arena and his entry into

aside of a fixed portion of one’s income for the poor. Fifthly, pilgrimage, a visit to the House of God at least once in a lifetime, if one has the means. When one fulfills these five conditions, one becomes

2:134 But God undertakes to accept repentance only from those who do evil out of ignorance and those who repent soon after. AL-NISA’, 4:17 And whoever strives, strives only for himself- God is independent

they take this for granted. Rarely do they recognize that their healthy body is entirely a gift from God. A person I knew died at the age of around 45. When I first met him, he appeared to be robust and

thankful that you have a healthy body. You can eat and drink and walk. All this is a blessing from God. If God wants, He can take away these blessings, and then you will have nothing.” Most people are blessed

Quran says: He [God] does not forbid you to deal kindly and justly with anyone who has not fought you on account of your faith or driven you out of your homes: God loves the just. God only forbids you

WORDS OF WISDOMLuqman said to his son, counselling him, ‘My son, do not associate anything with God. Associating others with Him is a terrible wrong.’ We have enjoined man to show kindness to his parents—for

mustard seed and though it be hidden in a rock, or in the heavens or on the earth, God will bring it forth. Truly, God is the knower of all subtleties and He is aware. O my dear son! Say your prayers regularly

harm as can never ever be compensated for. Deep Realization of God Chapter 4 of the Quran has this to say: “Believers, believe in God and His Message and in the Scripture He sent down to His Messenger

mixed into water. This is graphically expressed in chapter 2: “Ours is the dye of God, and which dye can be better than God’s.”

“Being at the top”, he wrote when he was at the peak of his career, “is a feeling of being next to God.” The American boxer Cassius Clay, who changed his name to Muhammad Ali, was a big name in his field

position or wins some big success, he revels in his imagined glory. Instead of thanking God, he considers himself to be like God Himself. History tells us that such people are finally brought low and then pass

essence of God’s Creation Plan is to test man in the pre-death period. If man proves himself to be eligible for entry in Paradise, God Almighty will select him to live in Paradise eternally. God has given

person complete freedom not simply as a gift, but as a test. The result of this test would enable God to know who misused his freedom and who put his freedom to the best use. This was, and still is, the

had been delegated to him on the vast stage of the Islamic arena. He determined to use the courage God had given him to destroy polytheistic religion and establish monotheism in its place. Khalid, therefore

would ask God to make him strong and steadfast in this path, and he also used to ask God’s Prophet to pray for him. So great were his services to Islam that the Prophet called Khalid “one of God’s swords

service of Islam. It is related in the Hadith that Abu Huraira once asked the Prophet to pray that God should give him knowledge which he would not forget. The Prophet said “Amen” to that and prayed as

God has given everyone the power to distinguish between right and wrong. He has also placed countless signs in space and on earth from which man can learn. Moreover, His revelations have been set down

Prophet hoodThe Arabian Prophet, may God’s peace and blessings descend upon him, was the last of God’s messengers. No other prophet will now come to the world. All of God’s prophets have taught one and the

previous prophets were unable to preserve the prophetic teachings in their original form, messengers of God used to appear frequently in order to revitalize the true religion, and refresh people’s memories of