that day, only those people will be successful who had surrendered to God in this world, at a time when everyone else had forgotten God and had, instead, sought support from the things of the world. Without

God helps those who help others One night, in 610 AD, Muhammad ibn Abdullah was in retreat in the cave of Hira, when he was visited by an angel of God. “Read!” said the angel. “I do not know how to read

commandment, but Satan, the chief of the genies, held himself aloof and did not prostrate himself. When God asked him to explain his, disobedience, he replied, “I am better than him: You created me from fire

while him you created from mud.” (The Quran, 7:12) Since Satan was ready to prostrate himself before God, but not before Adam, he was declared beyond the pale and sentenced to everlasting damnation. Clearly

pattern more completely than the Prophet of Islam. Night and day, he was busy preaching the word of God. But his preaching was far from a bland repetition of certain set speeches. He used to take in consideration

the Makkan nobility Hasin, and the Prophet Muhammad “Tell me, Hasin,” the Prophet said, “how many gods do you worship?” “Seven on earth and one in heaven,” Hasin replied. “Whom do you call on when you

that it had left a mark on his neck. Then the Bedouin said, “O Muhammad, order some of the wealth of God which you have in your possession to be given to me.” The Prophet looked at him and smiled, then he

There is another kind of jihad which is called ‘qital’ that is, engaging in war at God’s behest at the time of aggression on the part of the enemies. This jihad is purely in self-defense in order to counter

aggression. The literal meaning of jihad is not war. But to fight in self-defense in accordance with God’s commandments also involves a struggle; that is why it is also called jihad. Jihad, meaning war, is

manifests itself at the physical level through gestures (like kneeling, prostrating oneself before God).

do not steal one another’s share. This is the path ordained by God for the universe, and this is the way that man should live also. God’s beloved servants are humble like the shadow of a tree. They pass

of nature; likewise, a person becomes Islamic by deriving spiritual nourishment from the whole of God’s universe. Ritual practices and revolutionary slogans do not

Hadith gives us the practical framework. The Quran is God’s word both in word and meaning. The Hadith is that collection of words and deeds which convey God’s message, but, so far as its words are concerned

concerned, those are the very words spoken by the Prophet. While the Quran presents direct guidance from God, the Hadith presents indirect guidance. There are many books of Hadith, some of which are of particular

There is another kind of jihad which is called ‘qital’ that is, engaging in war at God’s behest at the time of aggression on the part of the enemies. This jihad is purely in self-defense in order to counter

aggression. The literal meaning of jihad is not war. But to fight in self-defense in accordance with God’s commandments also involves a struggle; that is why it is also called jihad. Jihad, meaning war, is

manifests itself at the physical level through gestures (like kneeling, prostrating oneself before God).

white enjoyed any superiority over a black, for superiority is related solely to one’s religiosity and God-fearingness. About two and a half months after delivering this sermon, the Prophet passed away. The

what should have been done was to decide upon a successor to the caliphate on the basis of piety and God-fearingness, rather than on the basis of family and tribe. But this did not happen. After his death