The Soul of IslamThe true believer is one who actually sees the Archangel Israfil standing, waiting to sound the trumpet that will signal the end of the world. This is the true difference between a believer

outward form of life, while the believer discovers the inner truth of life in its final outcome. Islam means to devote one’s life entirely to God. A man’s soul should commune with God in this world. If

survive. People stop crying to the Lord in private, they are interested only in public espousal of ‘Islamic’ causes. Mosques are crowded by worshippers but the prayers do not succeed in

JIHAD IN ISLAMthe best course is to tread the path of concession and broad-mindedness while adhering to one’s principles. In his personal matters a person should be a man of principle, but when it comes

others, he is lenient, kind and broad minded. It is the aim of Islam to produce such a high standard of character in the believers. JIHAD IN ISLAM Jihad means peaceful struggle, which is sometimes inward-looking

human qualities. What Muslims should, more appropriately, aim at is a moral identity. Whatever distinction they hope to achieve should come from the willing, and conscious adoption of Islamic ethics. Once

beat a servant, a woman or anyone else. To be sure, he fought for what was righteous. Yet, when he had to choose between two alternatives, he would take the easier course, provided it did not involve sin:

measure to those who followed his path and to those who had harmed or aggrieved him. Even in pre-Islamic times—known as the Age of Ignorance—the office of gate-keeper of the Ka’bah had been held in high

Quran in these words: “Why do you say one thing and do another? It is most hateful to God that you say what you do not do.” (61:2-3) Speaking about something which one does not intend to perform is an example

If we had critically evaluated this mindset, we would have realized that in the early history of Islam even the service of those hostile to Muslims was utilized for instructing Muslim children. We should

When Musailma’s envoys came before the Prophet, and the letter was read out, the Prophet asked them what they had to say. They replied that all they wanted to say was contained in Musailma’s letter. “If

have committed the most heinous crimes. They should simply be sent back to their homelands. The Islamic procedure in this matter is the same as the internationally accepted one.

happiness for those found deserving of it by God Almighty. According to a tradition, the Prophet of Islam once said that God would thus address the inhabitants of Paradise: “O, dwellers of Paradise.” And

well pleased now?” They would reply: “Why should we not be pleased, O Lord, when You have given us what You have not given to any of Your creatures?” God would say: “May I not give you something even more

beat a servant, a woman or anyone else. To be sure, he fought for what was righteous. Yet, when he had to choose between two alternatives, he would take the easier course, provided it did not involve sin:

measure to those who followed his path and to those who had harmed or aggrieved him. Even in pre-Islamic times—known as the Age of Ignorance—the office of gate-keeper of the Ka’bah had been held in high

of woman as the most honorable human being in the form of a mother makes it quite clear what sort of a society Islam wants to create. It is one in which a woman is accorded the maximum honor and respect

over woman has been described in the Quran in these words: “... and guard in (the husband’s) absence what God would have them guard.”116 Woman is man’s garment. Just as a garment is closest to man so a woman

so. Such an attempt would neither be useful nor practically possible. The solution offered by the Islamic shari’ah is to make it binding upon the woman to guard the man’s secrets. In no circumstances may