grave consequences, because a person of this kind takes the risk of being disgraced in the eyes of God. Without doubt there is no loss greater than this. Breaking of a promise is a very bad habit. It is

as it is in heaven. (6:9) In this quotation from the New Testament, what is called the kingdom of God—can also be thought of as the kingdom of Peace. The teachings of Christ attach the greatest importance

whereas a dayee must maintain good relations with the madu, only then he can convey the message of God to them.

Successful is one who has developed a personality that is worthy of being accepted in the Hereafter by God Almighty.BEFORE DEATH, AFTER DEATHThe present world is a testing ground. Death puts an end to this

matter of trial. Man feels himself free in this world, but he is granted this freedom only so that God may find out who makes

sad mood. When he asked the reason, he said: “I am in a hurry, but God isn’t.” This story instructs us about the law of nature, which is based on gradual development and not on sudden leaps. One who follows

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

acceptable. Only after this stage will the time be ripe for starting a movement for the enforcement of God’s commandments. The importance of gradualness in enforcing commandments is stressed in a famous tradition

tradition of the Prophet’s wife ‘Aishah, according to which gradualness was so essential in the eyes of God that, in many instances, He did not send the believers His commandments in their full and final form