something with which God has entrusted a person temporarily, by way of trial, so that he, of his own volition, should become obedient to God. Acceptance of this trust amounts to becoming God’s representative

compulsion. In other words, surrender voluntarily to God’s will. In this universe, only God is the Lord and all things are His subjects. But Almighty God willed that He should create independent creatures

creatures who, without any compulsion, would voluntarily do whatever God wanted them to do. This voluntary obedience constituted a great trial for mankind. The heavens, the earth and the mountains could not undertake

of Social Service in IslamAll the teachings of Islam are based on two basic principles— worship of God and service of men. Without putting both of these principles into practice, there can be no true fulfillment

the one hand they please their God, and on the other they achieve spiritual progress for themselves. According to a hadith, you should be merciful to people on earth and God on high will be merciful to you

serving others. One can receive God’s reward in the Hereafter only if one has done something to alleviate the sufferings of mankind. According to a hadith, on Doomsday, God will say to a person, “I was ill

Paradise. However much one may be virtuous or God fearing, one’s personal deeds cannot lead one to Paradise.An individual can reach Paradise only when God in all His mercy leads him to enter Paradise.This

heaven. A companion once asked the Prophet, ‘O Prophet of God, will this be true of you also?’ The Prophet replied, ‘Yes, it will only be if God envelops me in His forgiveness and in His mercy.’” (Sahih

only to attract the mercy of God. That is why, the greatest of human actions is the realization of God. One who fulfils the criterion of the realization of God will find that God will turn to him and, by His

forgives them for God’s sake. His heart has been purified by true devotion to God, so he forgives and forgets others’ excesses. He is so free of malice that he prays for those who wrong him. God is pleased with

destination. Those Who Bow Before God God requires for paradise realistic souls who live as if they are seeing God, though He is invisible, who are so conscious of God’s greatness and perfection that He

Their lives should be so centred on God that their hearts should pulsate to His words. The wondrous world of paradise will be inhabited by those who are so devoted to God that He comes

The greatest attraction of Paradise will be the Being of Almighty God. The whole of Paradise will be filled with the light of God: “God is the light of the heavens and the earth” (24:35). A heavenly

with people. The greatest attraction of Paradise will be the Being of Almighty God. The Quran has this to say about God: “God is the light of the heavens and the earth” (24:35). This light will be omnipresent

Paradise will be filled with the light of God. Every man and woman in Paradise will continually feel the presence of God. Besides this, there will be countless Angels of God in Paradise. The prophets who came