of man. The feeling generated by it is adequately employed when it is concentrated exclusively on God. But it frequently happens that this urge within man is diverted to something not holy. As a result

directed towards the Creator, finds its way instead towards some creature. The reason for this is God’s invisibility. Unable to

deities, they have not yet arrived at belief in one God. The only difference is that if the past generations were irrevocably devoted to gods and goddesses, nowadays people have set up another “deity”, called

living things are valueless in the eyes of God. On the other hand, those men and women who do have mercy and compassion for living things will be adjudged God’s favoured servants. Islamic belief softens

at the cost of his own comforts he extends a helping hand to others. As it is put in a hadith, “By God, he is not a Muslim who eats his fill, while his neighbour goes hungry.” This shows that a Muslim is

Whoever prays like us and faces our qiblah … is a Muslim and is under God’s and His Apostle’s protection. So, do not betray God by betraying those who are in His protection. (Sahih al-Bukhari, hadith

They keep a watch over human beings on God’s behalf. It is these angels who have the power to take a person’s soul at the time of death, and bring that soul to God. The angels are facilitators of this

said: Whoever prays like us and faces our qiblah … is a Muslim and is under God’s and His Apostle’s protection. So, do not betray God by betraying those who are in His protection. (Sahih al-Bukhari, hadith

denies that meaningfulness of the universe which exists in its Whatever good befalls you, it is from God, and whatever ill befalls you is from yourself. AL-NISA’, 4:79

asked the same question three times over, the Prophet gave the same reply each time. Then he said, ‘God accepts those deeds which were performed purely for His sake and which were meant to seek His pleasure