stood up and admonished this group: “Those before you (people of the book) differed just like this. By God, I will go riding to the leader of the believers, Uthman, the third caliph.” Huzayfa was a military

believers! Take care of the people, before they fall victim to the differences regarding the book of God just as the Jews and the Christians did.” During the caliphate of Uthman there entered the fold of

in terms of faith, for it was believed that God was the doer behind all events. Before Islam, when polytheism was rife, people generally believed several gods were responsible for these various phenomena

believer), because he sees with the light of God.” How is it that a mu’min becomes a man of wisdom, in such a superior sense? It is because his faith makes him pious and God-fearing. In his state of piety, he undergoes

bid‘ah (innovation) in religion which God did not prescribe for people. (57:27) From the Qur’an we learn that, in the very creation of the universe, the signs of God lie hidden all around us. A person who

freedom to act but cannot perform the steps needed to build a new, ideal world by himself. Only God, the Creator, can create a world. In such a situation, a person who engages in actions in the hope of

for action, while the period after death is the period of obtaining the result of his actions from God. If man acknowledges this reality, he will simultaneously obtain two benefits. Firstly, his tension

this story is not true. There is no ‘serpent’ in the eternal Paradise made by God. However, in all the temporary ‘paradises’ that man seeks to make on his own in this world, ‘serpents’ do exist. No ‘paradise’

free of ‘serpents’. Difficulties and challenges beset the human world. The eternal Paradise made by God is an ideal abode. There is neither any sorrow, regret of the past, fear, or apprehension about the

such matters. If, on the other hand, I say anything about God, it must be adhered to. Because I never say anything untrue when I am speaking of God.”15 The same story is told by ‘Aishah, the Prophet’s wife

tradition, the Prophet Muhammad e observed: God grants to rifq (gentleness) what he does not grant to unf (violence). (Abu Dawud, Sunan, 4/255) The word rifq has been used in this hadith as an antithesis

non-violence in present times. This hadith clearly indicates the superiority of the non-violent method. God grants to non-violence what He does not grant to violence is no simple matter. It has very wide and

community to live as a giver group in this nation. I pray to God for sending down His blessings to those engaged in this task of serving humanity. May God bestow prosperity on you, may your actions bear fruit

behind its functioning. Without God Almighty, such a great creation could not have come into existence. The Quran repeatedly exhorts the reader ‘to reflect’ on the signs of God spread out in the universe.