Calling out to God with His NamesNames. Call on Him by His Names and keep away from those who distort them.” (7:180). That is, think of God in terms of these perfect divine attributes, rather than by such

people have themselves concocted. What is God? God, in one respect, compensates for our helplessness. Man by his very nature lives in total helplessness, whereas God, because of being the Creator, the Lord

upon Him on all occasions. For this purpose man is aided by his knowledge of God’s great attributes. All these names of God, in fact, relate to man. Whenever man is in need of divine succour, he makes

worldly things and develop supreme concern for God alone. While man’s interest is focussed on his family and his people, and has a relationship with God only at the level of formal rituals, he will not

find a place in Paradise. Only those will find a place in Paradise who are focused on God, and whose interests are all God-oriented. Their relationships with everything and everyone else are purely duty or

or need-based such as having to care for the family, etc. Essentially, they love God and God alone.THE CONDITION OF FINDING AN ENTRY INTO PARADISEParadise can be attained by controlling our desires and

can be of any help in this matter. Real tazkiyah is bestowed by God. There is no need of mediation to receive this gift from God. God directly bestows whatever He wills on all human beings; the condition

tazkiyah is to come close to God rather than rely upon mediation or a mediator. He, who wants to purify himself, ought to awaken his mind and make efforts to come as near to God as possible. No mediation

only be attained directly from God.There is no other way of attaining tazkiyah.The truth is that the concept of mediation is an obstacle in the path of tazkiyah. When God is closer to man “than his jugular

yearns for God alone and puts implicit trust in Him, one is, in reality, worshipping Him. To concentrate one’s emotions on something else is to worship others besides Him. A person who worships God will invoke

minimal; a particular form that this diminution takes is fasting. His adoration of God compels him to strive towards God, and one historic manifestation of his longing is Hajj. He does unto others as he

regular, practical form. The whole life of a true worshipper of God, both inwardly and outwardly, becomes an act of worship, bowing only to God and fearing Him alone—putting His considerations first and foremost

search and is able to discover God, all of a sudden he feels that he has found the answer to his most natural urge. In this respect, the consciousness of the existence of God in human nature is the internal

existence of God in the outer world is its external counterpart. This is the greatest proof of God’s existence. There are many philosophic and scientific arguments on the existence of God. These arguments

has discovered God at the level of his own consciousness.Where the rational arguments lead man to probability, it is this internal consciousness which gives man conviction. Finding God at the level of

fear of God. He is forgiving and merciful. Mankind, We have created you from a male and a female and divided you into nations and tribes, so that you may know one another. The noblest of you in God’s sight

sight is the one who fears God most. God is wise, and all-knowing (49:6-13). Calling to God Call people to the way of your Lord with wisdom and kindly exhortation. Argue with them in the most courteous manner

wrong with patience. So be patient; your patience is for God. Do not grieve over the unbelievers, and neither be distressed by their plots. God is with those who keep from evil and do good works. (16:125-128)

greater opportunities than hitherto to make Islamic dawah a success. The communication of the message of God has certainly been going on in every age. But now modern circumstances have made it possible for this

my point. Proof of the Existence of God Rationalists have habitually attempted to deny the existence of God by asking, “If God created the universe, who created God?” Now, as we are nearing the end of

their view, a choice had to be made between a universe with God and a universe without God, whereas the real choice was between a universe with God and no universe at all. Since we cannot opt for a non-existent

towards the House of God (Ka’bah) in worship indicates that one has turned one’s life towards God, thus making one’s life God-oriented from within and without. Man’s obeisance to God is not confined in

in its effect to God alone; it becomes a permanent feature of the devotee’s character. If, in bowing before God, he has begun to fear Him, and has inevitably realized his own insignificance visà-vis his

superiority. His prostrations in prayer will engender humility in his character. His covenant with God to be His obedient servant will give rise to a resolve to fulfill his obligations towards his fellow

cannot find his benefactor anywhere in the world of science and technology. Unable to find the true God, he bows down before false ones, but they cannot satisfy him any more than a plastic doll satisfies

not realities. (12:40) Man’s need for a superior God is an established fact. It has even been accepted by thinkers who do not care to believe in any God or Religion. Bertrand Russell’s statement in his

and above mankind, such as God or truth or beauty.” This is an admission, by an atheist, of man’s intrinsic need for God. The predicament of modern man lies in his loss of God; His salvation is dependent

cannot find his benefactor anywhere in the world of science and technology. Unable to find the true God, he bows down before false ones, but they cannot satisfy him any more than a plastic doll satisfies

not realities. (12:40) Man’s need for a superior God is an established fact. It has even been accepted by thinkers who do not care to believe in any God or Religion. Bertrand Russell’s statement in his

and above mankind, such as God or truth or beauty.” This is an admission, by an atheist, of man’s intrinsic need for God. The predicament of modern man lies in his loss of God; His salvation is dependent