pretends that they have been inspired by a love for humanity or that he is obeying a commandment of God. But his words and actions bear no relation to each other. While he is one person on the inside, he

to Muslim belief, is a revealed book: it is not authored by a human being, but is the true word of God in human language. A medium-sized book so far as its volume is concerned, it comprises 114 chapters

between us and you: that we shall worship none but God, and that we shall ascribe no partner unto Him, and that none of us shall take others for lords besides God. (3:64) This shows that Jews have been accorded

God has made man with a heavenly psyche. Then, He placed him in this world, where conditions are such that they stir a hellish psyche in people. Now, he who, while living amidst ‘the lowest of the low’

hidden deep within him amidst the hellish environment in which he finds himself) will be blessed by God after death. All other people will be left to suffer the punishment of Hellfire. This world is a testing-ground

benefits, also contributes to the beauty of the world. From this straightforward example we can see how God has placed unpleasant things alongside the pleasant things of life. Just as the rose bush, along with

thorns, so also does life contain an amalgam of both pleasing and displeasing objects. This is the way God has created the world. There is nothing for us to do but to fit in with this order of nature that He

the sake of testing mankind. It is for a high purpose. Before creating man, God created an ideal world, that is, Paradise. Now God wanted ideal men and women who would merit being settled in this Paradise

determination. Every human being lives between two contradictory forces. On the one hand, man is helped by God and His angels; this force is a blessing for man and it works as a positive force. It gives light and

always try to deviate man from the straight path of truth. Both the forces work through inspiration. God and His angels inculcate positive inspiration at every occasion. They always give you the right guidance

that people inhabited this world, the prophets started arriving in every age. They told humans of God’s will but, there are no authentic records of the teachings of the prophets of ancient times. The later

their personalities as factually historical and their books also suffered the same fate. Finally, God chose the Prophet Muhammad as His Messenger. He was born at a time when world history had begun to

world. This absolutism had closed all the doors of progress, both spiritual and material. At that time God commanded the believers to break this coercive system in order to usher in freedom, so that all doors

these empires wanted to crush it. The Prophet’s companions therefore faced stiff resistance, but by God’s succour they were successful in their mission and the coercive system, termed “absolute imperialism”

all-powerful sovereign.’ (54:55) The present global warming and coronavirus pandemic is a signal from God alerting man to the fact that the first stage of creation is about to come to an end, that is, the

unless it has been freely and willingly given. Do not, therefore, do injustice to your own selves. O God, have I conveyed your message? Woe betide you. When I am gone, do not become infidels and start killing