a reward for one’s actions.The truth is that human deeds over a few years can never measure up to what is required for entry into Paradise. Anyone who thinks that his actions on their own will gain him

in hell-fire.As You Sow, So Shall You ReapOnly those who have sown crops can expect a harvest, and what is harvested will be whatever has been sown. The same is true of the next life: there, all men will

temporary condition. A person who has stooped so low feels neither shame nor any urge to make amends for what has passed. In fact, he would be happy to see his opponent suffer more. If he has a grievance against

the heavens and on the earth. He knows all that you conceal and all that you reveal. God is aware of what is in your hearts. Have you not heard about those who denied the truth before you and tasted the

will return with increased knowledge. The mind will have expanded as never before. The Prophet of Islam said that, wisdom is the lost treasure of a believer and that one should acquire it from wherever

manifestations of human possibilities that emerge from this ever-changing nature of human beings. Islam stresses the importance of patience precisely because one should wait for a future period to come

manifestations of human possibilities that emerge from this ever-changing nature of human beings. Islam stresses the importance of patience precisely because one should wait for a future period to come

adequate to describe the capabilities of man. But what else is there to this walking, talking, thinking, feeling man which distinguishes him from earth and stone? This factor life- is still a mystery to

of two ways, he almost always opted for the easier one. (Fath al-Bari, 6/654) What are the advantages of non-violent activism over violent activism? They are briefly stated as under: 1. According

other is the conscience called respectively nafs ammara and nafs lawwama (The Quran, 12:53; 75:26). What the violent method invariably does is to awaken the ego which necessarily results in a breakdown of

traditions of the causes of revelation does not imply that the Quran was a book of an ephemeral nature. What is meant is that the initial nature of a command should be properly understood in order to discover

piece of news, inquire first into its truth, lest you should wrong others unwittingly and repent of what you have done (49:6). According to the traditions of the causes of revelation this verse was revealed