been his father, who had come to see how things were going. By “altering his threshold,” Ishmael knew what his father had meant: he was to marry a new wife, for this one was not suitable for the creation of

All the circumstances that are present in the world of Paradise are also present in this world. Now what is being observed is the man who, while experiencing all kinds of situations, both good and bad, has

other; and on earth you shall have your abode and your livelihood for a while!’ THE QURAN 2: 34-36 WHAT was the reason for Satan disobeying God’s command and refusing to bow down before Adam? This was because

themselves by saying that they were not the aggressors; the enemy had wickedly involved them in warfare. What they do not realize is that non-violence—does not mean remaining peaceful so long as no one is acting

We have trodden the path of our own desires, seeking to achieve by futile and irrelevant protests what can only come from wise use of the opportunities that God has afforded us. The generations following

formal. They were the ones that God chose to accompany His prophet, and to establish his religion. What polytheism had deprived man of more than anything was the ability to see truth on an abstract level

prophets have been subjected to in every age. The polytheists had not denied the existence of God. What they had done was mould Him in the image of insensate objects. Finding it difficult to fathom a God

they must find it out for themselves by reading the silent signs of nature and then acting upon them. What a discerning farmer will do, then, is wait until the ground is moistened by rain before planting.