PATIENCE SOURCE OF CERTAINTYSeek an Unlimited Reward ISLAM gives great importance to patience. It holds out the promise of immense reward for those who practice patience. Thus, the Quran (39: 10) says:

50% of the actions require abstaining from something and the other 50% acting on something. In the Islamic creed, ‘There is no other God’ comes before, ‘there is one God’. The aim of fasting for man is to

50% of the actions require abstaining from something and the other 50% acting on something. In the Islamic creed, ‘There is no other God’ comes before, ‘there is one God’. The same ratio of negative and positive

would not be wise to confront any adverse situation in anger. Once, a person came to the Prophet of Islam. He asked: “O Prophet, give me a master advice by which I may be able to manage all the affairs of

ONLY ONE AUTHORITYA Necessity THERE is a lengthy saying of the Prophet of Islam in the corpus of Hadith, a portion of which reads as follows: “Were Moses alive, he would have no choice but to follow me

TRUE GRATITUDEAppreciate Your Benefactors THE Prophet of Islam is reported to have said, “One who never expresses his gratitude to other human beings will never be grateful to God.” Gratefulness is a state

these countless orbiting bodies at great speed. But what is most amazing is that neither the planets nor the stars ever collide in their course. What is the secret? The secret lies in their rotation within

deal with others? What should be his behaviour? What norms should he follow in his sayings and deeds? For all this, God has given clear commands. He has explained what man should do and what he should not

Understanding and acceptance of these four pillars, as symbols of the fundamental parts of Islam, prepare one to adopt Islam fully in one’s life. Each of these four acts of worship is imbued with a particular

performance as well as fulfilling its basic purpose, may achieve other important ends. The pillars of Islam may, in this respect, be likened to human limbs, each having a separate function, but inseparably

Indeed, their Muslim wives and mothers so impressed upon their minds the greatness of Islam, that the whole course of Islamic history was thereby changed. The influence of Muslim women is in no way diminished

p. 383. 2. Encyclopaedia Britannica (1984), Vol. 9, p. 993. 3. T.W. Arnold, The Preachings of Islam (1976), p. 415.