years were the peaceful teachings of Islam as are conveyed in the verses regarding the realization of God, worship, morality, justice, etc. This division of commands into different categories is a natural

and Cain (the sons of Adam), and it will continue to exist till Doomsday. This system, created by God Himself, will never change. What needs to be done in this world of competition is not to keep protesting

way; he should not be domineering or proud. People of Paradise Those who live by the Book of God receive God’s special favours in this world and are promised heaven in the next world. But they will be granted

Book tend to forget this proviso: they take it for granted that, whether they follow God’s commandments or not, God’s promise to them will be fulfilled, and they

a revolution would be brought about as would establish the ideological supremacy of Islam forever. God has already brought it into existence potentially, the believers have only to tap and convert this

intellectual and ideological respect, God’s religion assumes ascendancy over all other ideologies and religions for all time. Granting ideological ascendancy to God’s religion was no simple matter. It amounted

amounted to the writing of history afresh. For although God’s religion had always been in a superior position ideologically, it had become obscured by false and misguided ideas. The reason being that in

those in distress. Is it possible that God would put you to shame? By God, that could never happen!” (AL-BUKHARI, SAHIH) Insight comes with true faith When Umar emigrated from Makkah to Madinah, one

of the purification of a human being. In this sense tazkiya also covers intellectual development. God has created a person with great potential, and this potential of the human personality is actualized

pondering over or thinking about oneself and the universe, and receiving intellectual sustenance for God-realization. This is the process which results in a purified personality. There is nothing abstract

for the Muslim will be to present to his addressee the principal tenets of Islam, like belief in one God, or tawhid, Prophethood, the life hereafter and human equality. In short, the general call to Islam

is a natural principle that whenever a community devotes itself to the cause of calling people to God, it is blessed with unity and solidarity. People’s attention, in such circumstances, is centred upon