(Mutual Consultation), this principle—placed in the context of virtues which will entitle believers to God’s beneficence—is mentioned as “those who conduct their affairs by mutual consultation and spend out

spirit of learning. Without these qualities, no one can engage sincerely in consultation. Belief in God brings with it all these virtues and makes one absolutely sincere in all aspects of life. It is this

spiritual extraction from physical items. This extraction, on the one hand, makes you able to acknowledge God’s blessing, and on the other hand, it enables you to acknowledge man’s contribution towards you and

kind of inspirational food, the source of this inspiration is two fold: contemplation in the glory of God and deriving lessons from experiences had in daily life. The Quranic spirituality is not mysterious

error.’ They were drowned and sent to Hell for their misdeeds; they found no one to help them against God. Noah prayed, ‘O my Lord! Do not leave on earth a single one of those who deny the truth—if You leave

provides a detailed account of Prophet Noah and his mission. The relevant verses are quoted below: “God’s will was revealed to Noah, ‘No more of your people will believe in you than those who already believe;

the next world, God will judge everybody’s actions on His own touchstone. The value of gold will only be attached to those actions which are proved to be made of gold when put on God’s touchstone. If one’s

there are certain rules to be abided by in offering ritual prayer, so, too, must jihad in the path of God (jihad fi sabil Allah) follow certain rules that Islam has laid down. It is obvious that the self-styled

as its headquarters. A jihad cannot be fought for land, power, or wealth, but simply to establish God’s word. One of the fiqh principle says, “To declare war is the prerogative of an established state (Sahih

leads his life in the sphere appointed for him by God. It is those who unswervingly pursue the course set for them by their Creator, will share God’s blessings in this world as well as His eternal blessings

NOVEMBER 1 God’s CommandAllah enjoins justice, kindness and charity to one’s kindred, and forbids indecency, wickedness and oppression. He admonishes you so that you may take heed. Keep faith with Allah

in His name), you make Allah your surety. Allah has knowledge of all your actions. (16:90-91) To God, man’s first duty is to see that justice is done. For example, whenever there is an outstanding debt

doing some minor reformist work, claiming that what he is doing is ‘calling people to God’ and ‘communicating God’s message’! All these people are extracting their price in this world. They are delighted

inculcating in people a truly religious spirit and making them conscious of their responsibilities to God. For one month in the year, people spend all of their time in worship. All of their days and nights