one will have a chance to warn others, or be warned himself. The Awe-Inspiring Day of Retribution What an awe-inspiring day it will be when God sits in judgement! No one will be able to be defiant or proud

being necessary for nearness to the Creator: “Prostrate yourself and come closer to God.” (96:19) What is this self-prostration? It is, in fact, the obeisance made by one who is filled with the love and

them and recite them repeatedly. And then mysteriously we will receive miraculous benefits. This is what people think of divine names. But this kind of concept of God’s names is totally baseless. Asma-e-husna

the shouldering by man of ultimate responsibilities which he had previously pushed off on to God. What are these responsibilities which man must now assume? First, responsibility for carrying on in face

deeds. Overcoming such obstacles and abiding by the commandments of God is the real jihad, and this is what jihad’s primary meaning is. There are many references to this jihad in the sayings attributed to

THE TRAGEDY OF MAN In the world before death, we should be content with what we have and patiently persevere in the face of challenges so that in the world after death, we may be eligible for Paradise

pleasure. Thus, there is a significant boredom problem in the ‘developed’ world. In such a situation, what is the use of eternal Paradise? Those who do not believe in the Hereafter often talk like this. However

find a place in the Hereafter who have made God their supreme concern in the life of this world. What is Paradise? Paradise is another name for eternal life in the neighbourhood of God (66:11). In the

left to us. But, in itself, this assumption is wrong. The fact is that, man is by nature insatiable. What man loves he wants to enjoy forever. But in the present world, human beings suffer from all kinds

”20 The wording of the verse, “except such as are normally displayed,” gives rise to the question of what it is that has been exempted here from being covered. The theologians and the commentators have two