life of complaints? The most effective way to root out complaints is to remember the blessings of God, which you receive every moment of your existence.

mean that a man who has twice given notice of divorce over a period of two months should remember God before giving notice a third time. Then he should either keep his spouse with him in a spirit of goodwill

lead a life of fear of God’s punishment, can hope for a life free of fear in the Hereafter.OLD AGE: PREPARATION FOR DEATHOne who reaches old age, but does not get the sustenance of God-consciousness is undoubtedly

verse was revealed in the Quran—“They who hoard up gold and silver and spend it not in the way of God, unto them give tidings of a painful doom”85—then the Prophet said: “Woe to gold, woe to silver.” When

that and no other.’ The Prophet said: ‘Everyone should possess a tongue which remembers God, a heart that thanks God and a wife that helps him in his faith.”’86 Another version has used the word “Hereafter”

This is the beginning of the ninth year of the publication of Spirit of Islam. We are grateful to God for its continuity in the face of many challenges, the most trying one being the pandemic which made

of its articles are, as if, a commentary on a powerful verse in the Quran: “Those who believe love God most.” (2: 165) In his book 'The Vision of Islam', Maulana Wahiduddin Khan writes that the purpose

fashioned him, brought him into existence and sustains him throughout life. This personal bond with God is brought to life in the pages of this journal. There are innumerable journals on science, religion

principle, according to which the world functions, has been devised by God, the Creator of the world. People who refuse to accept this God-ordained principle, on the basis of which His world runs, can make

want to. They need to remember, however, that in this world, success can only be had by abiding by God’s will, not by following their own.

is true of the things of this world. This happening serves as a divine lesson for man. In this way God tells man that he is also heading from beginning to end: childhood followed by youth and old age. Afterwards

have done’ (31:14-15). After God, a man’s parents are the ones to whom he is most indebted. But where there is a clash between what his parents desire from him and God’s will, he must disregard the former

Man’s obligation to God is to thank Him from the deepest recesses of his heart. He must acknowledge the godhead of God. All his feelings and emotions must be in acknowledgement of God’s blessings until at

tradition, the Prophet observed: Do not wish for confrontation with the enemy; instead, ask for peace from God. Sahih al-Bukhari This observation of the Prophet tells us the basic principle of Islam with regard

of hunger and thirst; and striving to come closer to God by remembering Him more—by means of prayer and the reading of the Quran. This closeness to God is possible only when man withdraws from the human

to the spiritual world of God. Ramazan is the month of training in self-control; of refraining from being provoked in spite of provocation and striving to come closer to God. Keeping these realities

THE TEACHINGS OF THE PROPHETFor All Times GOD’S religion is one religion. It is that one religion which has always been revealed to prophets, but man, in his carelessness, has always marred or altered

scriptural form for posterity. He showed the 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