the efforts of the Prophet, than God sent His scourge upon the Romans and Persians. Those who did not capitulate before Him perished by His wrath.” Here are some excerpts from one of the Maulana’s letters

that is the will of God and, conversely the resourceless have position and power conferred upon them.” “Those who have faith and do good deeds will have their failures turned by God into successes. Everything

the hands of God; He alone wields influence over everything in this world. When one truly loves and fears God and is wholeheartedly willing to follow the path shown by the Prophet Mohammad, God will see to

reason for this is that God-consciousness is ingrained in human nature. Due to his natural urges, man is forced to believe in God and surrender to Him. Man can refuse to believe in one God but cannot deny his

believing (as one believes in God) in God’s creatures. That is to say that, flying in the face of facts, they give to some creature or the other a status they ought to give only to God. The Creator and the Master

universe is God. Therefore, all true greatness belongs to Him alone. When man makes God his sole object of worship, he acknowledges greatness in One who truly deserves such obeisance. By recognising God’s greatness

clashes with God’s will, then preference has to be given to God’s will and the parents’ wishes have to be accorded the second place. However, it is necessary even then to continue to serve the parents

example of wisdom of Islam, and the secret of all successes is hidden in this wisdom.THE PRESENCE OF GODThere are two classes of paradise. The Paradise with two gardens mentioned in one verse of the Quran is

thoughts of God that in the present world itself they made themselves stand, as if in the august presence of God. They related to God on the level of ihsan, that is, experiencing the presence of God in this

their enemies and they triumphed over them.’ (61:14) What is the meaning of helping God or being the helpers of God in this verse? It means giving oneself wholeheartedly to the divine dawah mission. It

have no argument against God on the Day of Judgement. The noted commentator of the Quran, Ibn Kathir, explained it in thus: ‘Who will help me in the task of calling people to God?’ The followers of Jesus

you will help me so that I may convey the message of God to people, because the Quraysh are stopping me from conveying to people the message of God?”’

Earthly kings have courtiers and intermediaries, and so God was also presumed to have attorneys to consult and delegate His powers to. In this way the whole gamut of an imaginary divine elite was invented

observed to exist in the universe, were all presumed to be associates of God and to be ‘running’ the ‘empire’ jointly with Him. God’s administration of the world was thus reduced to a sort of ‘corporate business

scattered and awesome diversity? It was concluded that a single, absolute God made Himself manifest in these proliferating forms, and this God consequently became an abstract idea, with no objective existence

AL-BUKHARI.The Prophet once exclaimed, ‘By God, he is not a believer! By God, he is not a believer! By God, he is not a believer!’ The people asked, ‘O Messenger of God, who?’ ‘The man whose excesses prevent

actions, God in heaven will be pleased with us). Far and beyond this there is a direct link between God and man. This attitude of adoring servitude, in its external form, is obedience to God’s commandments

where he can ‘meet’ God, where he may whisper to his Lord, where he may cry and break down in His presence, where he may feel that he is prostrate at the feet of his Creator. To find God thus in this life

religion. The aim of all rites and commandments of religion is to raise man to this level. One who finds God thus in this world, will surely find Him in the next world; one who has failed to find Him on earth

regret what you have done, and know that the Messenger of God is among you. If he were to obey you in many things, you would suffer for it. However, God has endeared the faith to you, and beautified it in your

wickedness, and disobedience hateful to you. People such as these are rightly guided through God’s bounty and favour; God is all knowing, and wise. If two parties of believers fight againsteach other, make peace

command of God. Then if it complies, make peace between them with equity, and act justly. Truly, God loves the just. Surely all believers are brothers. So make peace between your brothers, and fear God, so that

being needs God’s help in different stages of life, it is impossible to be successful in this world without this. The easiest way to make a person deserving is to give to others what he wants God to give to

to himself. If he wants God to help him, he should also be a helper of others. If he wants God to be kind to him, he should be kind to others. If he wants God to forgive him for his shortcomings, he should

the shortcomings of others. Dealing with someone with kindness and compassion is like saying to God: “O God, I have dealt with your servants with kindness and compassion, so deal with me with kindness and

Creator has made consciousness inherent in human nature. This serves as inner compulsion to recognize God and establish a special relationship of love with Him. The one most loved by anyone—man or woman—

for one’s mother.The same is true of God, the Creator and Sustainer, only on a more elevated scale. God’s existence is undoubtedly a reality. But we cannot see God with our physical eyes. Similarly, rational

rational or logical arguments work only partially to prove the existence of God. The rational or logical argument about God only takes one to the extent of probability and not to the extent of conviction