BuddhismBuddhism is regarded as a godless religion, for unlike other religions, it does not entertain belief in God as a central concept. Instead, the Buddhist system is grounded on a set of moral principles. The basis

This being so it is God’s responsibility to provide everything for everyone, so that he may be put to the divine test. But so far as the matter of life after death is concerned, God does not take the responsibility

Throughout this period the stage was being set for the coming of the Prophet. The Prophet, acting at God’s behest, played the role for which he was cast. That was why his mission was supremely successful.

Muhammad the greatest figure, and consequently one of the most resplendent landmarks in human history, God has bestowed his greatest favour on mankind. Whoever seeks a guide for himself cannot fail to see him

Do not covet the favors by which God has exalted some of you above others. To men is allotted what they earn, and to women what they earn.61 That is, each has been blessed with different sets of attributes

they devote themselves to the particular set of activities which has been preordained for them in God’s scheme of things. 61. The Quran, 4:32.

any-religious sense benefit those who have undergone coercion. Nor will such organization itself receive God’s blessings, for that is reserved for such systems as have been established in a truly Islamic spirit

deliberately rejected such organization and the discipline it entails that they found themselves bereft of God’s protection. Despite their continuing to hold political power, they were eventually subjugated by other

selflessness. In this way, they show their capacity to suppress their own egos for the greater glory of God. And, indeed, there is no greater act of piety that one can perform. Those who show themselves ready

Day no one will punish as He punishes, and none can bind with bonds like His! [But to the righteous, God will say], ‘O soul at peace, return to your Lord, well pleased, well-pleasing. Join My servants. Enter

like you—sitting on trees eating their fruit, then flying away. No reckoning or doom awaits you. By God, I would like to be a tree by the wayside, and have a passing camel take in its mouth, chew me, swallow