THE OMNIPOTENT GOD AND HELPLESS MANOnly those men and woman have the right to live in this world who accept their position of helplessness vis-à-vis the All-Powerful God. This helplessness leads to humility

between God and man is not that God is the whole and man is a part of Him or God is the ocean and man is a drop in it. All such relations are wholly baseless. The truth is that the relation between God and

that God is everything and man, in relation to God, is nothing. God is self-existing, whereas man is totally, and in every respect, a creature which has come into existence by the command of God. The special

person who is aware of himself reaches the stage of realizing God. According to this principle, it would be right to say, “I exist. Therefore God exists.” The universe is not repeatable; it proves that a

this universe according to His will and decision. God is a proven Being. To know that God is a reality is to accept something proven, while to deny God is to deny something proven. MIND-BASED SPIRITUALITY

SPIRITUALITY Spirituality is about being a devoted servant of God. It is to lead a God-oriented life, to make God one’s central concern. A mother is generally thought of as the symbol of love. However, perhaps

of God and bear witness with justice. Do not let your enmity for others turn you away from justice. Deal justly; that is nearer to being God-fearing. Fear God. God is aware of all that you do. God has

to any short-lived familiarity with the truth but is rather another name for a long journey. The God that man is supposed to realize has such attributes as are alluded to in the Quran: “If all the trees

with seven [more] seas added to it, the words of God would not be exhausted: for, truly, God is Almighty and Wise.” (The Quran, 31:27) The discovery of God who is so perfect, cannot be done in a short period

in time, but which is ultimately unending. The ma‘arifah of God does not mean that with the help of meditation we shall have glimpses of God’s being in the world of imagination. Moreover, ma‘arifah is not

As we know, one of God’s names is Al-Ghaffar, the Forgiver. It is in this concept of the Forgiver that one’s mind finds solace. The following verse of the Quran guides us: “God says, ‘O My servants,

against their own souls, do not despair of God’s mercy, for God surely forgives all sins. He is truly the Most Forgiving, the Most Merciful.’” (39:53) Connecting with God All the divine names mentioned in the

Being, of the Being of God, and thinking of the attributes of God, we may establish a specific intellectual relationship with the Divine Being. It is this relationship which is called God-realization. This

With the sincere feeling of pleasing God, he goes to see the sick man and prays for him and helps him in whatever way he can. In this way, the believer experiences God in this world as well as in the next

experience.THE CONSCIOUSNESS IN HUMAN NATURE OF GOD’S EXISTENCEThe faith, or iman, arrived at by rational arguments alone is the beginning of faith. One who has found God at the level of this internal consciousness

you might reflect” (51:49). That is, God has created everything in pairs. There are several aspects to this verse, one of its aspects relating to the being of God Himself. If we think in the light of this

to be a gift from God and offers thanks for it. He considers failure to be the result of his own errors, so he seeks to make amends. When dealing with others, he is conscious of God’s presence, which makes

When he arranges his life, it is with God clearly before him. Giving as God Wills Man’s life and property are gifts of God. He owes everything he possesses to God alone. The only way to give thanks for

is to dispose of them as God wishes. Such expenditure of one’s wealth is symbolic of one’s complete trust in God. Man owes whatever he earns in this world to the fact that God has given him hands and feet

discovery. The truth is that one’s level of God’s realization equals one’s Islam, and the level of one’s conscious discovery equals the level of one’s external action. God-realization is the spirit of Islam,

Islam a living thing. The action done with God-realization is like a green tree, whereas any action without God-realization is like dried up wood. Realization of God: Discovery of One’s Helplessness What

What is ma‘arifah or realization of God? It is, in fact, a discovery of one’s helplessness in relation to God. We must learn that God is Almighty and man exists in the state of total helplessness. When this

discovery. The truth is that one’s level of God’s realization equals one’s Islam, and the level of one’s conscious discovery equals the level of one’s external action. God-realization is the spirit of Islam, it

with God-realization is like a green tree, whereas any action without God-realization is like dried up wood.Realization of God Discovery of One’s HelplessnessWhat is maarifah or realization of God? It is

is, in fact, a discovery of one’s helplessness in relation to God. We must learn that God is Almighty and man exists in the state of total helplessness. When this discovery becomes a part of human thinking

A LIFE OF WORSHIPPING GODA believer keeps to the path of God. Living in higher realities, he settles life’s issues thinking not of temporary gains, but of accountability to God and the Hereafter. The

ability to lead a life of God-worship in this world, and an abhorrence of the ungodly life. Life is ungodly when a person’s interests are focused on something other than God; all his attention is given

given to the creations of God and not to the Creator. The thinking, and the emotions of the true believer are centred wholly on the Being of the one God. When a person opts for a path to reach a certain destination