attain the Highest Reality—that is God. The truth is that the favourite activity of the people of Paradise will be to keep eternally discovering the unlimited wonders of God. The present world is, in fact

in Paradise will be on account of God’s magnanimity. (The Quran, 41:32) High Levels of Ma‘arifah The Quran tells us that man was created so that he might worship God. In the words of the Quran, “I created

that they might worship Me.” (51:56) In this verse the worship of God means the realization of God. Discovery of the realization of God is without doubt the highest destination of anyone’s intellectual

attain the Highest Reality—that is God. The truth is that the favourite activity of the people of Paradise will be to keep eternally discovering the unlimited wonders of God. The present world is, in fact

blessings in Paradise will be on account of God’s magnanimity. (The Quran, 41:32)High Levels of MaarifahThe Quran tells us that man was created so that he might worship God. In the words of the Quran, “I created

that they might worship Me.” (51:56) In this verse the worship of God means the realization of God. Discovery of the realization of God is without doubt the highest destination of anyone’s intellectual

has become distanced from the mercy of God. At that time what the believer has to do is to have full faith in God being ever present and, in the presence of God, he should again recite the kalimah in solitude

witness that there is no God but the one God and I witness that Muhammad is His servant and His Messenger.” In addition to saying this, he should pray to God in this way, “O God, forgive my sins and envelope

have accepted Islam once again, so that I may join the body of the believers, and the virtuous. O God, I had digressed from the right path, so give me a new life of faith and Islam once again.” Those

has become distanced from the mercy of God. At that time what the believer has to do is to have full faith in God being ever present and, in the presence of God, he should again recite the kalimah in solitude

witness that there is no God but the one God and I witness that Muhammad is His servant and His Messenger.” In addition to saying this, he should pray to God in this way, “O God, forgive my sins and envelope

have accepted Islam once again, so that I may join the body of the believers, and the virtuous. O God, I had digressed from the right path, so give me a new life of faith and Islam once again.” Those

people to God is His most desired mission, and when engaged in such a mission, we can be most certain of God’s succour. I am certain that God’s promise to provide special divine succour to such a mission

come when God’s message reaches all human beings. It is something, which the whole of humanity has awaited for a very long time. No other work is greater than that of dawa —calling people to God. And there

our securing divine uccour than our performing this dawah mission. This is God’s eternal law. And the time is not far off when God will fulfill His promise in totality

common form of prayer. This prayer is rewarded according to the suppliant’s sincerity. It depends upon God whether after hearing such a prayer He fulfils it there and then or He postpones it until later. Another

the problem of God Himself. For instance, in ancient Spain, at a time when there had been a drought, the Muslim king, Sultan Abdur Rehman al-Nasir (d. 961 A.D.) said in his prayer to God: “This forehead

drought the rains were held to be a matter of God’s own mercy rather than the solution to the demands of man’s needs. The implication of this is that God being the most merciful of all would not punish

‘Praise be to God, Lord of the Universe.’” (39:75) This second verse tells us the ultimate stage of realization, which will continue for all eternity in the most favourable environment of the Hereafter

centuries have played a very great role in providing a scientific framework for the realization of God. As we learn from the Quran, in the life hereafter, the believers will be supported by the angels in

to strive to discover the signs of God hidden in nature and to acknowledge God at the elevated level of God-realization. In this way, he brings into existence a Godly or divine civilization.

GOD COMMANDS JUSTICE AND KINDNESSobstacle. What Satan does is to show falsehood in the form of truth. He insinuates into a person’s mind such beautiful explanations or justifications that he starts doubting

conscious of satanic falsehood by the help of God are God’s special servants. It is people such as these who will be able to save themselves from Satan’s temptation. GOD COMMANDS JUSTICE AND KINDNESS Man must

weak or strong. He must also be just, kind and abstain from things forbidden by God. Chapter 16 of the Quran states: “God commands justice, kindness and giving their [due to] near relatives, and He forbids

GodSay: “He is God, the One, the eternally besought of all. He begets not, nor was He begotten. And there is none comparable to Him” (112:1-4). All that is in heaven and earth gives glory to God. He is the

(57:1-3), and he that renounces idol- worship and puts his faith in God shall grasp a firm handle that will never break. Allah: there is no God but Him, the Living, the Eternal One. Neither drowsiness nor sleep

and the earth, and the preservation of both does not weary him. He is the Sublime, the Tremendous. God hears all and knows all.

can engage only in the initial Hamd. In the unlimited world of God, a believer will have the opportunity to express the ultimate Hamd of God in eternal Paradise. Rabindra Nath Tagore (died 1941) a famous

way. But this is more true of Hamd, Praise of God. When a believer discovers God, he spontaneously desires to praise God. He wants to sing the song of God’s majesty. But his time in this world comes to