Islam and Infidelity Islam is acknowledgement and infidelity is denial. Man may seem to be free to do or say what he likes in the world, but, in reality, everything belongs to God. Whatever anybody has

is His gift. Nobody, save God, has any power. God is always in a position to seize and punish man. Islam is acknowledgement of this fact and believers live in accordance with it. Infidelity is denial and

to God. If one accepts God’s divinity and bases one’s life on reality, then one has truly embraced Islam and can enjoy God’s everlasting blessings. If one denies this reality and refuses to accept God as

shows that in terms of moral teachings, there are great similarities between them, and likewise with Islam. For example: Mankind as one family O mankind! Fear your Lord, who created you from a single soul

between different races and groups of people. The Prophet of Islam declared: Mankind is a divine family. Hadith-Al Baihaqi 6: 2528 The Prophet of Islam used to rise early in the morning and say after his morning

religions; however, almost all religions preach similar moral values. These references quoted from Islamic scriptures, are the same teachings which you can find in other religions like Hinduism, Judaism,

to live a life of restraint and be self-controlled. The most important thing required to lead an Islamic life in this world is patience. Unlike other months this month provides more time and a congenial

to live a life of restraint and be self-controlled. The most important thing required to lead an Islamic life in this world is patience. The month of Ramadan serves as a training course in humility.

and his Companions. Today, if we compare the culture followed in society during the month of Ramadan what do we see? One cannot deny that there are individuals who observe this worship in full earnestness

one of the prophecies of the prophet of Islam (Jami-ul-Usool Fee AhadeethAI-Rasool–Part IV; 202), it is said that a group of people would spread the message of Islam peacefully in India. It is predicted in

should give up a life-style marred by agitation and protests and learn to live as a creative group. What should the Indian Muslims do to fulfil this prophecy? They should simply give up a life-style marred

this country, they should not be a 'taking group' but a 'giving group'. Such is the requirement of Islam. And then a new era will dawn in our country, when India will emerge as a developed nation and will

accordingly. This differentiation is a principle of nature and the course followed by the Prophet of Islam bears out the fact that he made full concession to it. One of the distinctions to be made is between

of human beings, while their hearts will be those of Satans. The Companion then asked the Prophet what they were supposed to do at such times. The Prophet replied, You must pay heed to your ruler and obey

it, it should be done in complete privacy, with no one else between you and the ruler. Similarly, Islam differentiates between individual and congregational action. In individual action, only one’s own

Kashmir that will emerge after separation from India will, God willing, be an Islamic Kashmir. After this, I said to the men, ‘What you claim is nothing but baseless wishful thinking. You people will very

have passed since this incident took place. The developments over these many years fully prove that what the two so-called Kashmiri mujahids claimed was nothing but false and baseless wishful thinking. On

progress. Those in Kashmir who are engaged in what they think to be a jihad movement call themselves ‘lovers of Islam’ (or what is called in Urdu islam pasand). My advice to these people is to become

that the original Islam has turned for them into an alien religion. They proudly claim that Islam is a complete code of life and that their Prophet had set a perfect role model for all times to come, yet

prediction: “Islam began as a stranger. And, finally, it will again become a stranger. Let, then, the strangers be blessed” (Muslim). It would be no exaggeration to say that the original version of Islam has literally

both Muslims and non-Muslims alike. Islam, has thus, to be rediscovered. And to rediscover Islam, we have first of all to discover what the factors are that have made Islam a stranger in the world today. In

BLAME THYSELFPassing the Buck THE Prophet of Islam and his Companions suffered defeat twice, at the Battle of Uhud (AD 625) and at the Battle of Hunayn (AD 630). On the occasion of Uhud, they suffered

their weakness. In the case of Uhud, the Quran pointed out the lack of unity in their fold. This is what the Quran said: “And God made good His promise to you when by His leave you were about to destroy

yourselves (concerning the Prophet’s direction) and disobeyed it, after He had brought you within sight of what you wished for.” (3: 152) In the case of the Battle of Hunayn, the Quran pointed out the sense of

WORSHIP IN ISLAMConnect to God GOD has stated in the Quran: “I only created mankind and the Jinn that they might worship Me.” (51: 56). According to Islam, the principal goal of life on this earth, from

derailed. What is worship? Worship, the equivalent to devotion, means giving oneself up wholly to God: it means surrendering oneself in both the physical and the intellectual sense. In Islam, there are

a soul—the one being inseparable from the other. The essence of each of these separate rites of Islamic worship is their spirit rather than their form. On namaz the Quran is explicit: “Successful indeed