anybody cruelly or unsympathetically. True belief involves a scrupulous awareness of the fact that God is watching over one, and will take one to task for what one does, both in secret and in public. A

necessarily be a more caring person.Relinquishing Power for GodAll power in this world belongs to God. None else has any strength. Nevertheless, God has granted man freedom in this world so that he may be

entirely subjugated to the will of God. God wants to see how man utilizes the power and free will with which he has been endowed. If he is realistic, he will submit to God. Otherwise, deluded by his apparent

modesty that enhances one’s connection with God that enhances one’s connection with God as well as with other human beings. Prayer, or salah, is worship of God. It has been made obligatory on believers five

pious life. Then, by uttering Allahu Akbar (God is the greatest) he enters into the act of worship. In this way, he accepts that greatness belongs solely to God. The greatest virtue is to live in this world

prayer, the worshipper has to recite certain passages from the Quran. In this way, he recalls to mind God’s commandments. Then he bows down and prostrates himself. This is saying by his actions that for him

to one underlying cause: the separation of man from God. In this modern age man has acquired many material comforts, but he has lost his faith in God. Material progress has provided man with plenty of physical

proceeds out of the mouth of God’ (Matthew, 4:4). The greatest asset that Islam has to offer man today is this belief in God. All religions originally preached the true concept of God, but as time passed, none

none of them were able to preserve the concept of God

to one underlying cause: the separation of man from God. In this modern age man has acquired many material comforts, but he has lost his faith in God. Material progress has provided man with plenty of physical

proceeds out of the mouth of God’ (Matthew, 4:4). The greatest asset that Islam has to offer man today is this belief in God. All religions originally preached the true concept of God, but as time passed, none

none of them were able to preserve the concept of God

without doubt, God alone deserves this kind of love from man. There are two kinds of love—real and relative. For various reasons, in the life of this world, an individual may develop love for another

contrary, the love of God is real love— feelings produced for real reasons, and when these feelings are engendered in man they are everlasting. Death cannot put an end to them. God gave man existence, and

system. Such being the case there are innumerable things in this world—all put there for man’s benefit. God alone is the giver of all these bounties. No other being has been instrumental in the granting of these

The Prayer which God Acceptsfront of the palace gate and said “khul ae sim sim”, and immediately the door opened. Many people regard ism-e-aazam, a kind of magical word, but this is wrong. Indeed ism-e-aazam

dictionary, it is another name for the internal state of a person. Whenever any true servant of God prays to God with sublime feelings from the heart, he receives the support of angels. At that time, particular

Prayer which God Accepts The real dua, or prayer, comes out of one’s entire being, rather than from just the utterings of some words. It is a fact, that the seeker or one who asks from God, is never deprived

man thinks of God as being just, he has that feeling which has been alluded to when the Quran speaks of: “those who stand in awe of none but God.” (9:18) The personality of a believer is made up of these

hand, he loves God the most. And on the other hand he fears God the most. The love of God is such as is filled with agony. Similarly, the fear of God is such as is filled with the love of God. This is a relationship

On the other hand, the God-oriented life is one in which man considers himself subservient to God. He moulds his feelings and emotions according to God’s commands. To such a person a successful life is

is one in which one lives and dies in accordance with God’s pleasure. On the contrary, the self-oriented way of life engenders such feelings as pride, jealousy, malice and egoism. Man comes to think that

that truth is what he believes and falsehood is what he rejects. However, the case of the God-oriented life is completely the opposite, in that it promotes an awakening of such feelings as the willingness

Nature The issue of God and the Hereafter relates to the unseen world. However, the fact is that this is also a necessary part of human nature. Therefore, human nature knows God and the Hereafter as indisputable

truths. Believing in or accepting God at the level of the mind is only the introductory stage of knowing or realizing God. To have absolute faith in the existence of God and the Hereafter is its highest

highest stage. The purpose of using intellectual proof concerning the existence of God and the Hereafter is only so that the veils of doubt

oneness of God as defined in Islam means that there is only one Being of the nature of God. All other things of the universe, be they physical or non-physical, are the creations of this One God: they are

are in no respect constituents of, or partners in the divine godhead. However, in Islamic theology, tawheed does have two aspects to it: tawheed fi az-Zat and tawheed fi as-Sifat, that is, oneness of being

possesses divine powers, there is also the fact that no-one else can have a share in, or lay claim to God’s attributes. These include the power of creating and sustaining the universe with all its countless