succour. God bestows multiple blessings on a person who lives a life of faith and righteousness. He enables him to experience the joy of closeness to God in his worship; to settle day-to-day problems in

manner; to deal with friends and foes in an equally honest-to-God way, God guides him on the straight path. He in turn always seeks God’s pleasure and nothing can turn him away from this aim. The Quran

testifying that there is no god but God, and that Muhammad is the Messenger of God; saying prayers; paying the prescribed charity (zakat); making the pilgrimage to the House of God in Makkah and fasting in

are to support its structure. Man’s life is like a piece of land on which he must build a house to God’s liking. His first step must be to set up these five sturdy pillars, without which

testifying that there is no god but God, and that Muhammad is the Messenger of God; saying prayers; paying the prescribed charity (zakat); making the pilgrimage to the House of God in Makkah and fasting in

are to support its structure. Man’s life is like a piece of land on which he must build a house to God’s liking. His first step must be to set up these five sturdy pillars, without which

this. It means religious thought assuming ascendancy over all other systems of thought. The word of God does not become exalted on earth by any legislative or political programme; it can only come from a

struggle on an intellectual level. It is when truth is engraved in people’s minds that the word of God becomes truly exalted, not when it is written in statute books. In this day and age modern knowledge

of conceptual ascendancy of truth over falsehood that must be achieved for the word of God to become exalted. God is able to do all things. It would have been easy for Him to make truth lord over all else

Almighty for the purpose of being tested. As a prerequisite for this test, man is at liberty to deny God, to kill prophets and to oppose the da‘is (messengers) of truth. Given such a state of affairs, human

freedom would have to be withdrawn altogether in order to bring an ideal society into existence. And God, in accordance with His plan of creation, would never under any circumstances abrogate human freedom

proved foolish and unjust. God will surely punish the hypocrites, men and women, and the unbelievers, both men and women; but God pardons believing men and believing women. God is Forgiving and Merciful

companions used objectionable language against the gods of the non-believers. This resulted in a reaction from the other party. In this situation, God Almighty gave a very important piece of advice to the

Al-An‘am (The Cattle): Do not revile those [beings] whom they invoke instead of God, lest they, in their hostility, revile God out of ignorance. Thus to every people We have caused their actions to seem fair

that they have done. (6:108) It is obvious that God Almighty never guided the Muslims to require others not to abuse Him or the Prophet of Islam; instead, God Almighty advised Muslims to refrain from using

this. It means religious thought assuming ascendancy over all other systems of thought. The word of God does not become exalted on earth by any legislative or political programme; it can only come from a

struggle on an intellectual level. It is when truth is engraved in people’s minds that the word of God becomes truly exalted, not when it is written in statute books. In this day and age modern knowledge

of conceptual ascendancy of truth over falsehood that must be achieved for the word of God to become exalted. God is able to do all things. It would have been easy for Him to make truth lord over all else

that this concept of God is only a matter of philosophic conjecture. It has no scientific base in fact. God and Scientific Study In present times, consequent upon the scientific study of nature, the

the philosophic concept of God has been in effect rendered baseless. Today scientific study shows that in the universe there is perfect meaningfulness. This kind of meaningfulness could not be possible unless

unless the Creator had a mind. Therefore, in science, without taking the name of God, it has been accepted that the one who has brought this universe into existence is an intelligent designer. (For details

would never be returned to Us? Exalted be God, the true King. There is no God but He, the Lord of the great throne. And whoever invokes any other deity besides God—a deity of whose divinity he has no proof—with

(23:115-118). Love for God In the creation of the heavens and the earth; in the alternation of night and day; in the ships that sail the ocean with cargoes beneficial to men; in the water which God sends down from

His messengers to the world; so that after death, when man is brought before God, no one will be able to claim ignorance, and say that he is being punished for something he had never been told about.

before God unleashes the flood waters upon us, or no one will have a chance to warn others, or be warned himself. The Awe-Inspiring Day of Retribution What an awe-inspiring day it will be when God sits

rejected in the world will be raised in value and accepted in God’s sight. Those who had been considered weakest among men will, by the grace of God, be given great importance: it will be according to their