asked what had happened to it, the Prophet spoke warningly to his companions: “One who believes in God and Last Day should never give another Muslim cause for alarm.” (AL-HAYTHAMI) A marriage without

of the two you like, I will divorce and you can marry her.” Abd ar-Rahman replied by praying for God’s blessings on Saad ibn Rabi’s family and property, and then asked to be shown the way to the market

He has to offer. Citizen of Paradise In heaven God’s praises will be sung on all sides; only He will be glorified. Only those who praise and glorify God on earth will be fit to enter such a heaven. If

personal light; one submits totally to the Creator, though one is not forced to do so; one keeps to God’s commandments, even in the face of temptation; one accepts truth fully, even though one is in a position

dealings with others. The true believer requites evil with good. Only those who are ever mindful of God are blessed with pure lives of this nature, that is, those who discover

POSITION IN THE UNIVERSE The principle underlying the proper relationship between God and man is this: Man’s freedom ends when God’s domain begins. Social reformers and thinkers have concerned themselves with

that is the part of human life which God has decreed should be eternal and, as such, ineluctable. We are all familiar with the facts of our origin and the course which life takes from the womb until death

Hereafter will be condemned to suffer the most horrific pain for all time to come. But those who merit God’s blessings in the Hereafter shall know the most wonderful joy and contentment. It is because life

that is the part of human life which God has decreed should be eternal and, as such, ineluctable. We are all familiar with the facts of our origin and the course which life takes from the womb until death

Hereafter will be condemned to suffer the most horrific pain for all time to come. But those who merit God’s blessings in the Hereafter shall know the most wonderful joy and contentment. It is because life in

Thus, we have a choice—we can misuse our freedom to do evil or use our freedom wisely, submit to God, and qualify for Paradise. Those who misuse their Godgiven freedom are chastised thus in the Quran:

Sahih, Al-Bukhari, Book of the Holy War, Hadith no. 2957. 3. Sahih, Al-Bukhari, Hadith no. 121. God Calls to the Home of Peace 1. Wahiduddin Khan, The Prophet of Peace, New Delhi, Penguin Books