fiqh originally connotes the sense of understanding. The Prophet prayed for Abdullah ibn Abbas, “O God, grant him religious understanding and teach him the

were there to be harnessed by man and not for man to be enslaved by them. The sun was held to be a god and worshipped in ancient times; the man of today is converting the sun into solar energy. Ancient

Qur’an presents the universe as a model which is characterised by harmony and peace (36:40). When God created heaven and earth, He so ordered things that each part might perform its function peacefully

UNIVERSAL MODEL Submission to God is the best way for man to lead his life in this world. It also guarantees man’s success in the eternal period of life after death. Man finds himself in a vast universe

that the beautiful world so firmly fixed in man’s imagination, is, according to the creation plan of God, the world of Paradise. And that Paradise will be found in the stage of life after death, not in the

that the beautiful world so firmly fixed in man’s imagination, is, according to the creation plan of God, the world of Paradise. And that Paradise will be found in the stage of life after death, not in the

far off. Doomsday, heralded by the above-mentioned signs, will, according to the creation plan of God, bring the first phase of human history to an end. The post-Doomsday phase will then commence. The

the belated performance of worthy deeds. The history of religion tells us that from the time that God created man He has been sending prophets for man’s guidance. The age of the prophets was the age when

day, after the peace treaty of Hudaibiya, the Prophet came to his companions and said, ‘O people, God has sent me as a mercy to

To Leaveworld shall be taken away? Then God will decide whom to settle in Paradise and whom to award punishment. O Man! You cannot tolerate even the hurt that a tiny pebble causes, but if you are not