Prophet for advice, was given this counsel: ‘Fear God, for He is the one Who sets right all that concerns you. Read the Qur’an and keep remembering God. For then you will be remembered in the heavens. And

makes one to take life earnestly. Awareness of death makes a person conscious of the need to obey God. It reminds him that he is simply a helpless creature. It cuts him down to his actual size. It helps

that one is living before a God who— though man cannot see Him—can see man. Whoever leaves the mosque with this fact firmly embedded in his mind cannot live forgetful of God. In prayer a person testifies

testifies to the fact that God is the greatest of all beings. If one is truthful in one’s testimony, then one will not claim greatness for oneself when one has finished praying. Prayer is to remember the fact

fact that one is living before a God who— though man cannot see Him—can see man. Whatever one recites in prayer is a covenant before God that one will keep His commandments; then how is it possible that

Remembering God OftenIonce penned an article entitled ‘Realization—The Purpose of Humanity’. Almost immediately after it appeared in print, (Al-Risala, September 2010) a reader called to say: “I liked

with the injunction: “Remember God often.” (33:41). Realization is actually the discovery of God. When someone has achieved the level of realization in the discovery of God, he experiences an elevated intellectual

intellectual revolution. Now God alone becomes his primary concern. Such a person remembers God in the morning and in the evening, and, God being in his thoughts at all times, he enters into discussions

THE INKLING OF DEATHOne who remembers death, by God’s special succour, gets to know of it in advance, and prepares for it. Wise is he who remembers death often and prepares himself for the end. One

approaches. It is also possible that a person is engaged in spreading the word of God and striving his utmost for the cause of God, even in these instances, when the time for prayer approaches, Islam asks one

realizing and remembering God. All acts of religion, whether in the nature of prayer (salat) and alms-giving (zakat) or the propagation of God’s word or the struggle for God’s cause, have the ultimate purpose

purpose of remembering God. Their aim is to create a man who lives with the thought of God at every moment and under all situations; who fears God in moments of apprehension and longs for Him in moments

where the pilgrims go out, and implore the forgiveness of God. He is forgiving and merciful. And when you have fulfilled your holy rites, remember God as you remember your fathers or yet more devoutly. There

is the reckoning of God. Remember God during the appointed days. He that departs on the second day incurs no sin, nor does he who stays longer, if he truly fears God. Have fear of God, then, and know that

the name of God over the beasts which He has given them for food. Your God is One God; so surrender to Him. And give good news to the humble, whose hearts tremble with awe at the mention of God; who endure

man’s need, but not enough for man’s greed.” Please explain how to develop God-oriented thinking in this material environment. God-oriented thinking cannot be obtained by going into seclusion and engaging

extracts the nectar content from the flower. This spiritual extraction is the only way of developing God-oriented thinking. Many say that if we live a life of simplicity or an ascetic life, how will the economy

your income. Why is it that people remember God only when they are in trouble? While, when they are enjoying the good things of life, they don’t acknowledge God. It is a general feature that people do good

prompt one to think deeply, a blessing in disguise.One will thus discover the meaning of life, remember God Almighty and pray for entry to Paradise. This attitude makes a person to be complaint-free. Since

refers to illness. The Prophet once visited a sick man. On seeing him, the Prophet said ‘Don’t worry, God willing, it will be a source of purification.’ (Bukhari) This indicates that illness is merely not

prompt one to think deeply—a blessing in disguise. One will thus discover the meaning of life, remember God Almighty and pray for entry to Paradise.This will purify the soul, and will lead to the emergence of