GOD HELPS YOU AS LONG AS YOU HELP OTHERSIt is an ineluctable law of nature that a person receives only after he gives. By giving comfort to others, he can receive comfort for himself. According to Abu

once observed that one who helps in solving others’ problems will have his own problems solved by God in this world as well as in the next. (Sunan alTirmidhi 1930) There is another tradition narrated by

the need of his brother will have his need fulfilled by God. (Sahih al-Bukhari 2442) Another tradition has it that the Prophet once said that God helps the servant as long as he helps his brothers. (Sahih

shall reward them according to their noblest actions” (The Quran, 16:97). “God has promised those of you who believe and do good works to make them masters in the land as He had made their ancestors before

serve no other gods besides Me. Wicked indeed are they who after this deny Me” (The Quran, 24.55). ‘Good life’ here has different aspects: lawful earning; contentment; peace of mind; love of God; enjoyment

When a considerable number of such good souls comes into being, God’s blessing at times takes the form of power on earth, because God wants the religion He has chosen for His servants to be established

beings should live as though bound by a contract made with God. The right path, in fact, will lead man straight to God. It is written in the Quran: God made a covenant with the Children of Israel and raised

attend to your prayers and pay the poor- due; if you believe in My apostles and assist them and give God a goodly loan, I shall forgive you your sins and admit you to gardens watered by running streams. But

contract—or covenant—stipulates several religious duties, the first of which is prayer, a way of bowing to God and seeking to be close to Him. Next is zakat which obliges one to be good in giving to others, to

mindful of God, there is good news in this life and in the Hereafter: the Word of God shall never change. That is the supreme triumph.” (10:63-64) According to the Quran acknowledgement of God is acknowledgement

the greatest reality. One who acknowledges God in the full sense has found the right starting point for his life. On the contrary, one who does not acknowledge God cannot find the right starting point for

different museums, one of these being in Tashkent. The Quran, addressed directly to mankind, tells us of God’s scheme for human existence: that man is placed on this earth for the purpose of being tested. The

the Hereafter. As we learn from the scriptures, all the previously revealed books had been sent by God so that man might be informed of the nature of his life. The Quran, the last of the revealed books

to alteration, deletion and interpolation. According to the Quran, the only authentic version of God’s message to mankind is that revealed by Him to His final Prophet. The study of the Quran tells us

the Universe to be at your service, day and night. In addition to this, if you show thankfulness to God, He will give you what is greater than all of this— Eternal Paradise in which there will be “...neither

that whatever is needed for Man to live a good life on this Earth has been prepared in advance by God, directly and indirectly. Horses, for instance, were directly created, whereas aeroplanes were provided

knowledge” (16:8). God Almighty says, “O you who believe! Eat of the good things that We have provided for you. And be grateful to God, if it is Him you worship” (2:172). This means that God Almighty has created

God-consciousness, because, he wrote, the fear of God is the best form of preparation, the most successful way and the strongest power. The best way to save oneself from one’s enemies, he explained, is

Mansur to fear his own sins even more than he feared anyone’s enmity. The fact is that this world is God’s world, not man’s world. In this world, one has power only over one’s self. In reality, no individual

anything, you actually get it from God, even if it appears to reach you through somebody else. Similarly, whenever something is taken away from you, it is actually taken away by God, even if it appears that there

and to make one thankful to God (2:185). The temporary deprivation of food and water makes one realize these as divine blessings. Then one develops thanksgiving towards God Almighty for giving us these

prays truly to God. Such prayers connect him to the Almighty. This experience makes him aware of his duties as God’s humble servant. This feeling leads to caution in life. It makes on God-conscious and

and live a life of piety. This is a training in taqwa or in God-consciousness.What is the spirit of Ramadan?The spirit of Ramadan is the spirit of abstinence. In Arabic, fasting is known as ‘Saum’ meaning

it is often suggested that the oneness of God is debatable, and that it is an idea, which needs much further scrutiny. But in the Hereafter, the oneness of God will be an established fact, to be seen and

Human belief in the oneness of God will be sadly deficient if, claiming faith in Him, it stops short of belief in the Hereafter, the most consummate manifestation of God’s oneness. Adherents of this belief

can be unitarians from the philosophic standpoint but cannot be unitarians in Islam. The fact that God is one is not just a matter of numbers; it is, in fact, the basis for an explanation of all known and

interaction. The sole basis of superiority in Islam is taqwa—the earnestness with which one leads a God-fearing life; as such, it bears no relation to colour or race. Physical attributes certainly have their

hadith, God sees the heart and not the body. He reserves a place in Paradise only for those found deserving in terms of their inner worth. According to Islam, all greatness belongs to God. God as the Supreme

Supreme Being is ineffably superior to all men. While there is this infinitely great difference between God and man, there is no difference whatsoever between man and man.AUGUST 30 Concerning ZakatZakat, or