Justice for the Sake of GodThe ideal social system, as set forth in the Quran, is based on justice. Indeed, justice is the central idea of all the social teachings of Islam. In the chapter Al-Nisa’ (Women)

upholding justice and bear witness for the sake of God, even though it be against yourselves, your parents, or your kindred. Be they rich or poor, God knows better about them both. Do not, then, follow

own desires, lest you swerve from justice. If you conceal the truth or evade it, then remember that God is well aware of all that you do. (4:135) According to the Quran, a good society can be established

granted prophethood, and he asked God to give him Aaron as his helper, God answered his prayer as an exceptional gift for Moses. This meant that, at his request, God had assigned another Prophet to help

help him. These favours are recorded in the Quran. The first was that of God saving Moses from being killed in childhood. And the second favour was, at his request, an ordinary person being made a Prophet

harmed by the special succour of God. A person has to discover this first favour of God to him, so that with that reference he may request for a second favour from God. “We showed Our favour to you before

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 AD 610 and 632. It is a book that brings glad

from Arabic and commentary by Maulana Wahiduddin Khan In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful All praise be to God, Creator of the heavens and the earth, who made the angels His messengers

or four pairs. He adds to His creation whatever He wills; for God has the power to will anything. No one can withhold the blessings God bestows upon people, nor can anyone apart from Him bestow whatever

flesh in which is the breath of life. So those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him; and the Lord shut him in. Now the flood was on the earth forty days. The waters

hundred and fifty days.” (Genesis, 7:1-24) Then God remembered Noah and every living thing, and all the animals that were with him in the Ark. And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters

in the succession of night and day, there are signs for men of understanding; those that remember God when standing, sitting, and lying down, and reflect on the creation of the heavens and the earth (saying):

incident happened. A material occurrence got converted into a spiritual experience. My heart prayed that God might bless me in just the same way. When I depart from the world, may it be like moving from a period

name for the study of the universe. The Quran tells us that the believers are “those who remember God while standing, sitting and (lying) on their sides, and who ponder over the creation of the heavens

message of God to people, for a long period of time. Yet very few believed in him. Finally as the result of a flood, all the people of this area were drowned. At that time, before the tempest, God commanded