God—A Source of ConvictionIf You have a super-telescope that can view the entire Universe, you will first of all see that rare planet called Earth. You will observe that, amidst the totally lifeless universe

BACKBITINGThe Prophet of Islam said that one way of expiating for backbiting is to ask forgiveness from God for the one whom you have backbitten. (Al- Maqasidul Hasanah, Hadith No. 804) Backbiting means mentioning

Maker. For them, the experience of Paradise will be a high-level experience of the realization of God. A young man acquired a luxury car of the latest fashion and technology. He was very happy to see

they should invoke curse on them. Instead the verse that was revealed on this occasion said: He [God] paid you back with one sorrow after another, so that you might not grieve for what you lost. (Quran

beware of an affliction that will not smite exclusively those among you who have done wrong. Know that God is severe in exacting retribution. (Quran 8:25)

trip and has adequate resources to manage it. The Quran says: Pilgrimage to the House is a duty to God for anyone who is able to undertake it. (Quran 3:97) This means if you have the means to go to Makkah

“...Obey God and obey the messenger...” (Al-Nisa, 4:59). It is as if the Quran is the text and the Hadith the commentary, the Quran being the theory and the Hadith the practice. The Quran and Hadith are

impatience, cruelty and all such evil acts, and making no attempt to meddle with divine commandments. § God has endowed man with innumerable gifts, but, all too often, he takes them for granted without any feelings

the Quraysh used to heap abuses on him. The Prophet said to his companions, “Don’t you wonder how God has saved me from the abuses of the Quraysh? They abuse and condemn a person named Mudhammam, while

contributed to building the mosque by carrying bricks and stones while reciting the following verses: “Oh God! no bliss is there but that of the Hereafter, I beseech You to forgive the Emigrants and the Helpers