serve as evidence that one also is good in relation to God. Prophet Muhammad puts it thus: “One who is not grateful to man cannot be grateful to God either.” (Al-Bayhaqi)Social RelationsA. Individual ResponsibilityTo

taught the elephant to do this? Surely it must have been God who gave him his instinct for survival, thus setting upon him His seal of divine approval. God has given us this example to show us that when there

hue and cry about it. But if they knew about the impending Day of Judgment, they would cry out, “O God! What is going to happen then is much more severe than what is happening now, here in this world!”

by pride. But if they knew what is going to happen on the Day of Judgment, they would cry out, “O God! This honour and comfort have no value at all if they do not last after death!” Death is not the end

as follows: God does not disdain to give a parable about a gnat or a smaller creature. The faithful know that it is the truth from their Lord, but those who deny the truth ask, ‘What could God mean by this

provision with her. He asked, ‘Mary, where did this provision come from?’ She replied, ‘This is from God. God provides for whoever He wills without measure.’ (3:37) The “food” given to Mary was not material

from the pressures of desire or of immediate exigencies. It must emanate from his own urge to worship God. Man’s true purpose in life can only be one which reflects the higher side of his personality; one

that they might worship me. I demand no livelihood of them, nor do I ask that they should feed me. God alone is the Munificent Giver, the Mighty One, the Invincible.

may dislike a thing which God has meant for your own good.’ (Quran, 4:19). This teaching means that even if outwardly unpleasant, a wife should not cause aversion, because God has not made anyone imperfect

of mosques, the Prophet observed: “The mosques are the home of the God-fearing.” That is, the mosques are the training centers for a God- fearing life for the believers. After the construction of the mosque

had not been aware of this, that God had been supposed to control the universe. The principle of cause and effect was then thought logically to dispense with the idea of God. But later research ran counter