sacrifice of cattle, We have ordained it for you as one of the symbols set up by God. They are of much use to you. So pronounce God’s name over them as you draw them up in line and slaughter them; and when they

reach God; it is your piety that reaches Him. Thus He has subjected them to you, so that you may magnify God for having guided you. And give good news to the righteous. (22:34-37) Serving God To God belongs

belongs all that the heavens and the earth contain. Whether you reveal your thoughts or hide them, God will bring you to account for them. He will forgive whom He will and punish whom He will; He has power

Fear GodO! The people who want to build in this world another world whose permission God has not granted! Fear God Today, there is no place anywhere where there is no oppression. Whom do people oppress

because God stands behind the powerless. Whatever happens in this world is according to a plan to test people. This test aims to identify both God-fearing people as well as those who do not fear God. God

fear being unjust with such people, fear God. Such people will be destined for Heaven. But those who do not fear dealing unjustly with the weak, do not fear God. And so, they shall be pushed into Hell.

nation. In that case, if this act of worship is linked with the notion that a Muslim can receive God’s blessings only when this land is under Muslim political rule, millions of Muslims would have had to

(1906-1975). They would never have had, the unique experience of prostrating themselves before Almighty God at a place where Prophet Muhammad, along with all the Prophets, had prostrated himself before his Lord

important feature of Islam is that it reminds us of the biological truth that all human beings are God’s family. All human beings are Adam’s progeny. This means that, in the Islamic view, despite superficial

concerned, there is no special difference between the world’s great religions. While the concept of God may vary from religion to religion, there is no fundamental difference over issues such as justice

has been termed in the Quran ‘the call to God.’ In other words, dawah work aims at bringing people closer to their Creator and Sustainer. Calling people to God is telling them that the only right way of

is to become true believers in God. Calling people to God means warning man of the evil consequences of the self-oriented life, and therefore, inviting him to adopt the God-oriented life. The most authentic

Calling people to God is purely other-worldly in nature. That is, it is in no way associated with national, social or economic issues. It is a campaign designed to bring people nearer to God. It starts in

16.HOW DOES THE QURAN EXPLAIN GOD?Fundamental to the religious structure of Islam is the concept of tawhid, or monotheism. As the seed is to tree, so is tawhid to Islam. For monotheism in Islam does not

not mean simply belief in one God, but in God’s oneness in all respects. No one shares in this oneness of God. As proof of the Creator’s existence, the Quran advances the fact of the very existence of

between a universe with God and one without God, rather it is between a universe with God, and no universe at all. And so, we are left with only the option of a universe with God — a condition also necessary

16.HOW DOES THE QURAN EXPLAIN GOD?Fundamental to the religious structure of Islam is the concept of tawhid, or monotheism. As the seed is to tree, so is tawhid to Islam. For monotheism in Islam does not

not mean simply belief in one God, but in God’s oneness in all respects. No one shares in this oneness of God. As proof of the Creator’s existence, the Quran advances the fact of the very existence of the

between a universe with God and one without God, rather it is between a universe with God, and no universe at all. And so, we are left with only the option of a universe with God — a condition also necessary

be called God realization. Such a realization of the Creator becomes a thrilling experience for him. As a result, his personality undergoes a transformation, his thinking naturally becomes God-oriented

described in the Quran as “taking on God’s own dye.”(2:138) A strong desire of calling people to God, that is dawah ilal’lah, is a manifestation of man’s deep realization of God. Such a person feels a great urgency

his realization with others. This God realization first takes root within the mind of an individual, rather than within a group. When a sizable number of people become God oriented, then a whole group or

innumerable feats of God. These verses show that God wants these facts hidden in the universe to be discovered, explored and written down so that man may understand the majesty of God, and devote himself

himself entirely to God with a greater degree of knowledge and wisdom. According to God’s plan, the process of discovering and recording the words of God begins in the present world and continues endlessly

(41:53) We find a secular expression of the words of God in the works of God. This has been predicted in a tradition of the Prophet Muhammad, “God will provide support to this religion by secular people