years old at the time. When the Prophet was forty years old, he received his first revelation from God, in the cave of Hira

of every human being will be decided. The test is of man’s acknowledgement of the greatness of God on every occasion, which is whether or not he paid attention to the voice of his conscience or ignored

month, let him fast; but he who is ill or on a journey shall fast a similar number of days later on. God desires ease for you, not hardship. He desires you to fast the whole month, so that you may glorify

years old at the time. When the Prophet was forty years old, he received his first revelation from God, in the cave of Hira

flame. He used to be happy with his own people; for he never thought that he would have to return [to God]. But he will indeed! His Lord was ever watching him. I swear by the glow of sunset, by the night and

” People have this sort of seriousness and sincerity about their worldly affairs. But believers in God

adherents with, throughout the ages. These people could only be cured by a renewal of their faith in God.”The Process of SeparationPhilosophy places emphasis on total knowledge of things. It seeks to delve

his criterion for accepting or rejecting something. All things in short, are colored by the hue of God. After the acquisition of ma‘arifah the personality of the believer manifests itself in different

THE DESIRE FOR PARADISEbring words of acknowledgement of God to his lips, it is such acknowledgement as will make him deserving of Paradise. THE DESIRE FOR PARADISE The desire for Paradise of the Hereafter

Only by continually thinking over them we may develop such a personality as lives in thoughts of God. Many traditions have been recorded in the books of hadith, which tell us that the Prophet used