learn that his freedom was not his own: this freedom was rather granted to him by another Being, God Almighty. Death all of a sudden will tell him that the life, prior to death, was meant for action and

God’s ProphetsWhen a machine is produced it is accompanied by a set of instructions for its use. An engineer is also commissioned to give a practical demonstration of how the machine functions. Man

guidance. To satisfy this need felt by man, God sent His prophets to the world, every one of whom brought with him the word of God. In the scriptures revealed to them, God has explained the reality of life to

disassociate himself from. The prophets’ lives are a practical demonstration of how a person should live a God-fearing life.

world today is the fundamental reason for humans having gone against nature. God settled man on Earth so that he remembers God and lives as per the creation plan*. The Creator has created man as a seeker

is He displeased with you.” (93: 3). In an extended sense, this verse addresses all human beings. God is saying: ‘O man, don’t think that your Creator has forsaken you! In fact, this situation of yours

is against nature. The world of nature is so designed that here one state gives way to another. God is Eternal, Living and All-encompassing. His angels are always ready to comply with His commands. Therefore

Prophet! By God, if only we could have seen what you saw and shared in your experiences!” Nufair said that he was impressed by the man’s words; he seemed to have spoken well. But Miqdad—may God be pleased

said: “No one whom God has saved from being present at those hours should desire to have been there. Who knows how they would have acted in those circumstances? By God, many of whom God cast into Hell came

abasement of the Quraysh by God Almighty!” Abu Sufyan protested to the Prophet about Saad’s remarks, whereupon the Prophet said: “No, this is the day of mercy, the day on which God will exalt the Quraysh and

THE WORD OF GODFrom The Scriptures THE Quran is the book of God. It has been preserved in its entirety since its revelation to the Prophet of Islam between 610 and 632 A.D. It is a book that brings glad

intellectual level. Translated from Arabic and commentary by Maulana Wahiduddin Khan In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By [the winds] that pluck out vehemently and those that blow

‘I am your supreme Lord,’ but God seized him and meted out to him the chastisement of both the next world and the present: surely there is in this a lesson for the God-fearing. 79: 15-26 The life of Pharaoh

you were going to be plunged into some great trouble but you were saved by the special succour of God. Such tragic incidents take place in the lives of all, but are subsequently forgotten. It is a must

destruction, he was saved by the special intervention of God. He should keep remembering every graphic detail of these incidents and beseech God thus: “O God,You have repeatedly saved me from the horrible consequences

who sees Doomsday before it has actually come and who can vividly imagine himself standing before God on that fateful day.

who sees Doomsday before it has actually come and who can vividly imagine himself standing before God on that fateful day.

heavens and the earth, and in the alternation of night and day for people of understanding; who remember God while standing, sitting and [lying] on their sides, and who ponder over the creation of the heavens