The Creation Plan of GodA western philosopher has written that it appears that man is a stranger in this vast universe. It seems that neither has man been made for this world, nor has this world been made

and the present world so mismatched? We can find our answer if we understand God’s Creation Plan. The reality is that God—the Creator of man, has created man according to His Plan. To become acquainted

has been clearly expressed in the Quran. According to one tradition, the Prophet of Islam observed: God grants to rifq (gentleness) what he does not grant to unf (violence). (Sunan, Abu Dawood, 4/255) The

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

These are both different issues. We believe in God because He is the Creator. Humanity is not a creator; it is a social phenomenon. It is a known fact that nature is an enormous reservoir of facts and

the Kabah, the most sacred place for Muslims built by the Prophet Abraham as the House of the One God had become, after a period of about two thousand years, a house where more than three hundred idols

who is Almighty, All-Powerful. This contradistinction is final. No one is exempted from it (that is, God is AllPowerful and man is totally powerless). The Quran states: Every human being is bound to taste

realization is like an intellectual revolution in that it colours one’s entire life in the hue of God. (2:138)

life a conscious experience. There is absolutely no exception to this rule. The greatest things that God has given a human being are his reason and his awareness. Those who do not find religion at this level

level and do not adopt religion in this sense will be held to be irreligious in the eyes of God, whether or not they are religious at the ritual level, that is whether or not they perform all the necessary

of the sun-god, for in those days Egyptians worshipped the sun, and in order to vindicate their right to rule over the Egyptians, they made themselves out to be incarnations of the sun-god. In effect

concerning himself, nor he is able to understand the Universe. This riddle is solved by the Book of God. Today, the Quran is the only scripture beneath the heavens about which we can say with complete conviction

realities of life. Those who have tried to understand the Universe without recourse to the Book of God are just like those blind people who try to find out what an elephant is by touching different parts

all his heart and all his soul. It gives man the conviction that he is in communion with Almighty God. On finding a religion, man feels that he has become a co-traveller with the rest of the universe.

Other than Islam The Qur’an and the Bible both tell us that, ever since the advent of man on earth, God has sent His Prophets to convey His message to mankind.

said or did in his life-time has been recorded in considerable detail. The Qur’an, the last word of God, has been preserved just as it was first revealed to the Messenger of Islam. The textual originality

historical credibility. For instance, according to our belief, Abraham and Moses were Prophets of God. Abraham was born in Iraq and Moses in Egypt. Yet the annals of the respective countries are devoid

hell will say, “O God, grant him refuge from hell.” This tradition has been recorded in different books of Hadith. (Sunan Al Tirmidhi, Hadith No. 2572) In this tradition, three times does not mean just

would be held worthy of Paradise. Such a person’s words were put on record by the angels. He called God in his solitude to include him among those chosen servants who will be rewarded with Paradise, and