which he desires, the devotee is trained to lead a life of self-restraint and not of permissiveness. What the speed-breaker does for the speeding motorist, fasting does for the devotee. By having a curb put

lead a life of self-restraint for the whole year, making no attempt to exceed the limits set by God. What man does by fasting is engage himself more and more in the remembrance and worship of God, and in

Quranic commandment in entering into the Treaty of Hudaybiya, which proved to be a ‘clear victory’ for Islam. This method of reconciliation or adjustment is the method of nature. Think of a flowing stream.

in the consequences of another’s deeds. Nor will anyone reap a harvest in the next world other than what he has sown here in this world.

addressing the people on the occasion of the farewell pilgrimage, exhorted them to listen carefully to what he had to say: ‘All Muslims are brothers. They constitute one brotherhood. Nothing belonging to one

registers. These verses vividly depict the scene of life after death and Qiyamah (Doomsday). We are told what the fate of those will be who had become insolent on finding themselves free in this world. This depiction

from sleep. In this way, actions of this world come to remind man of the hereafter. The Prophet of Islam used to lead a very simple life and laid great stress on believers doing likewise. Once he said, “O

belief and submission. And it was here, following in the same tradition, that the foundation of Islamic history was laid: fourteen hundred years ago the Prophet Muhammad changed the spiritual face of Arabia

divine message to its visitors. The easiest way is to give them copies of the Quran and other books on Islam. The tourists, that is, the madu, are approachable in every part of the State. If the spirit of dawah

called for the Prophet. He came quickly, thinking that they might be feeling some leanings towards Islam. He was always eager that his people

will live in the same way in the Hereafter as well. When Death Will Expose Everything As False What a strange moment will it be when people realize that whatever they did in this world, thinking it