Muslims are God’s khalifas or deputies on earth and that it is the responsibility of Muslims as God’s deputies to establish the rule of God in the world. They think they are charged with the God-given task

task of making people obey God’s rules. They name this war as jihad. This understanding of jihad is undoubtedly false. It has nothing to do with the Quran and the Sunnah, the Prophet’s practice. The notion

is almost up), he gets up and prays in the manner of a chicken pecking at the ground. He remembers God but little in his prayer.” (Nasai). Humble prayer is the prayer of submission, an experience in which

sentiments of others. This theory is quite illogical. Freedom is not a self-acquired right. It is God, who, because of His scheme of putting man to the test, has given him total freedom. Then the modern

learning from each other. The development of science and technology has made the canvas needed for God realization bigger. Today there exists a great number of opportunities for self-betterment and for

from the pressures of desire or of immediate exigencies. It must emanate from his own urge to worship God.

THE ESSENCE OF RELIGIONPART IWorship of God The only true religion in God’s sight is complete submission to God. And those who were given the Book disagreed only out of rivalry, after knowledge had been

been given to them—he who denies God’s signs should know that God is swift in His reckoning. WORSHIP: What God most earnestly desires from human beings is worship. The Quran says: ‘I have not created jinn2

Although worship’s real connotations are humility and fearfulness, when the word is used in relation to God, it also includes the concept of love. In the Islamic Shariah (moral code and religious law of Islam)

SOCIAL WELFARE IN ISLAMALL human beings, according to Islam, have been created by one and the same God; and for this reason, they belong to one great brotherhood. All being descendants of the same progenitors

from one’s earning is a material acknowledgment of the fact that the actual giver is God. And since the giver is God, the recipient is duty-bound to spend it in His cause. In spirit, Zakat is an act of

wealth for the love of God'. It also says: “By no means shall you attain righteousness unless you give of that which you love.” THE QURAN 3: 92 Since charity is purely for the sake of God, it has value only

ore from which man makes ornaments and tools. God thus depicts truth and falsehood. The scum is cast away, but whatever is of use to man remains behind. God thus speaks in parables (13: 17). Using an analogy

they allege, a result of discrimination by perceived oppressors. God has created this world. In this world, whatever God wants, happens. God has made water to quench thirst. He has made petrol so that people

people can use it as fuel for vehicles. And so, your success lies in availing of God’s bounties in the appropriate manner—by using water for quenching your thirst, and using petrol for your car, for instance