kinds of questions. Suppose he has to take one of two options. If he prays to God on such occasions, it is quite possible that God may accept his prayer and guide him—through a dream—which may lead him from

from doubts and hesitation to conviction. Such kinds of dreams are undoubtedly one of God’s great blessings. But if someone does not accept guidance, even after having the dream, then his case may be likened

50% concerned with the seeker and 50% with God. The seeker of tazkiya ought constantly to pray to God. This prayer will become a means to associating him with God. He should perform Istikhara (two-unit prayers)

distort them.” (7:180). That is, think of God in terms of these perfect divine attributes, rather than by such names as people have themselves concocted. What is God? God, in one respect, compensates for our

whereas God, because of being the Creator, the Lord, is All-powerful. As such, it is but natural that man should call upon Him on all occasions. For this purpose man is aided by his knowledge of God’s great

great attributes. All these names of God, in fact, relate to man. Whenever man is in need of divine succour, he makes reference to these names. Whenever any feelings awaken within man of his helplessness

superior to him; he cannot worship a God who is human like himself. Some religions think of God as no more than a vague spirit. But man is seeking a God who sees and hears and speaks; abstract things like

cases in history of true believers in God committing suicide. The reason for this is that belief in God gives a person hope for his future in the next world. In God’s scheme of things, life is not limited

happiness in the next world. When they despair of the human world, they fix their hopes on the world of God. Thus the distress of a true believer is changed into healthy optimism.

preoccupations except their devotion to God, who should be free also from psychological complexities, so that they might be capable of finding the spiritual sustenance placed by God in the universe for His devoted

were followed by the Prophet on the basis of divine guidance.Communicating God’s MessageThe Prophet was thus addressed by God in the Quran: O Messenger, deliver whatever has been sent down to you by your

conveyed His message. God will defend you from mankind. For God does not guide those who deny the truth. (The Quran, 5:67) This verse shows that, the actual basic task assigned by God to the Prophet was

preoccupations except their devotion to God, who should be free also from psychological complexities, so that they might be capable of finding the spiritual sustenance placed by God in the universe for His devoted

were followed by the Prophet on the basis of divine guidance.Communicating God’s MessageThe Prophet was thus addressed by God in the Quran: O Messenger, deliver whatever has been sent down to you by your

conveyed His message. God will defend you from mankind. For God does not guide those who deny the truth. (The Quran, 5:67) This verse shows that, the actual basic task assigned by God to the Prophet was communication

different, can be understood by a study of the Quran. According to the divine concept of history, God created man, gave him the opportunity to increase his number through reproduction and inhabit different

he even enjoys the freedom to obey or disobey God. This state of total freedom, as per the divine dispensation, will continue till the Day of Judgement. God wants this whole historical process to select

powers to seek guidance from the Prophet, discover God’s greatness and lead their lives in accordance with the will of God. Under His special arrangement, God has been selecting such righteous people throughout

God and repents one’s misdeeds. This repentance acknowledges God’s greatness as compared to man’s insignificance. Those who are truly repentant find the greatest favor in God’s eyes. IBADAH (worship)

other than the Almighty. Believing men and women worship God and God alone. SIYAHAH (itinerancy). The virtues of undertaking journeys for God’s cause are best explained in the hadith recorded by Abu Dawud:

replied that the dervishism of his ummah (community) meant struggling in the path of God.”30 Travelling for the cause of God includes, according to Imam Raghib Asfahani, taking such action for His sake as

Regarding asma-e-husna a question asked by people is: “Has God one proper name (ism-e-aazam) or has God one main or great name? If that is so, what it is?” Different traditions have been recorded in the

by Imam Ahmad: 1. Anas ibn Malik narrated that, once the Prophet of Islam heard someone saying: “O God, I beseech You. All praise is for You. You are the object of worship, You have no partner. You have

model. Greatness and Honour are Yours.” On hearing this, the Prophet of Islam said: “You have called God with ism-e-aazam, when He is called in this way He will certainly answer your call, and when He is

the Prophet of Islam in his last moments in these words: Allahumma, ar-Rafiq al-Aala. It means, “O God, the Most Noble Companion!” These two prayers are, in essence, synonymous. The first prayer is in

person of deep trust in God about death. This means that when death arrives, such a person’s emotions are reflected in prayers such as these. At this moment, a person of deep trust in God feels that when he

he leaves behind everyone he knew in this world, he will attain closeness with God Almighty; that on abandoning the company of fellow men, he will be blessed with attendance in the assembly of angels; that

discovery that enables you to live with the elevated spirit of hamd, that is, praise and glory for God Almighty. But it is not easy to achieve this high spirituality. The most important thing is that you

quest of both men and women is to discover their Creator, God Almighty. It is this discovery that makes one accept and acknowledge God as God Almighty, as one’s Lord. The Jinn and Satan are invisible

quest of both men and women is to discover their Creator, God Almighty. It is this discovery that makes one accept and acknowledge God as God Almighty, as one’s Lord. One who discovers this supreme reality