turn towards God. Man needs a God to whom he can express his thanks; a God in whom he can trust on all occasions; a God to depend upon when all the other props in life have failed him; a God who can reverse

setback and ease every hardship. The God of Islam provides for all these needs of man. His presence can always be felt. He is All-Powerful and All-Knowing.The Concept of God in Different Religionsan’s feeling

feeling of helplessness cannot be soothed unless he has a God to whom he can turn. Every religion provides man with some God, but with the exception of Islam, every religion has been spoiled by interpolation

Almighty One. (Quran 2:255) God acquires a very prominent position in the Quran. Every chapter in the Quran begins in the name of God. People often believe that in Islam belief in God is a matter of blind faith

faith, but if you read the Quran you will find that the Quran treats belief in God as a matter of realization resulting from thinking and pondering over the world around us. Throughout the Quran there are

the Quran wants people to discover God through study and contemplation. God should be an intellectual discovery for believers. It is also generally believed that God of the Quran is cruel and punishes

Almighty One. (Quran 2:255) God acquires a very prominent position in the Quran. Every chapter in the Quran begins in the name of God. People often believe that in Islam belief in God is a matter of blind faith

faith, but if you read the Quran you will find that the Quran treats belief in God as a matter of realization resulting from thinking and pondering over the world around us. Throughout the Quran there are

the Quran wants people to discover God through study and contemplation. God should be an intellectual discovery for believers. It is also generally believed that God of the Quran is cruel and punishes

Emotional Attachment with GodIt is a very strange tragedy that, in the entire history of humanity, no one except for a few chosen people have been able to discover God’s Majesty. That is why in all that

found is the high realization of God. High realization of God is equivalent to appreciating the majesty of God. When man failed to discover the majesty and greatness of God, it was inevitable that he would

Man by his internal nature wanted a God who is Greatest of the Great and Who is the only one who has no partner. As a matter of human psychology, man wants a God of unbounded greatness. Since man, in

love God more than anything else, that he will have a strong attachment to God and that God should become the centre of his feelings and emotions. Such love is a psychological state of the highest order

words. Obedience to God and His Prophet is a necessary demand of this love. But love cannot be defined as obedience.LOVE OF GODAn all-embracing love of God arises in one who discover God as one’s Creator

Giver and Benefactor. Then God becomes one’s Supreme concern. Everything else becomes secondary. Someone once asked me, “In your writing you lay more emphasis on the love of God than on anything else. Please

to a condition of many people in the following words: Greed for more and more distracted you [from God] till you reached the grave. (102: 1-2) MANY people make accumulating as much wealth as they can, the

up to him.  Even strong feelings of revenge will be stifled by this thought, for will not the Just God Himself see that justice is done in the Afterlife?  The time-conscious believer will strive to live