with before,’ because they were given similar things.” (2:25) The truth is that God created two worlds similar to one another: one, the present world, and the other, the world of Paradise. The present

Fareb-e-jalwa aur kitna mukammal aye maaz Allah Badi mushkil se dil ko bazm-e-alam se utha paya (O God the mirage of splendour is so perfect, with great difficulty I have managed to detach myself from its

will one day, I venture to believe, agree in yielding to him, that of a Prophet, a very Prophet of God.”8 Notes 1. Man the Unknown, p. 242. 2. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 12, p. 179. 3. Man the Unknown

numbers to increase so rapidly. The Quran states that this came about with the special succour of God: “We gave Christ the gospel and put compassion and mercy in the hearts of his followers” (57:27). We

blazing heat when there is no shade to retreat to? How will they endure the terrible, engulfing wrath of God when there is no one at all who can save them? If a man is unable to bear being hurt by so much as

psychological gesture from a sister who requested his brother to clean himself before he read the Book of God. The fact that one does not need to perform ablutions is affirmed by another incident of Umar ibn al-Khattab

STATUS?The word used in the Quran for money is qiyam, which literally means a place to settle down. God has made wealth a means of qiyam for people, that is, it works to provide a base to people for their

EqualAfter an unfortunate but significant incident in Makkah, the Prophet received a revelation from God Almighty, which has been recorded in the Quran in the chapter ‘Abasa (He Frowned). The chapter begins

both in prosperity and adversity, who restrain their anger and are forgiving towards their fellow men—God loves those who do good works. (3:134) In this verse the Quran does not say that a true believer is

Quran clearly states this fact: We have created man into a life of toil and trial. (90:4) Why did God Almighty create trouble? In the world of nature everything is beautiful and problem-free. The question