the goods belonged neither to him nor to his father. The Prophet replied that the rightful owner was God, and that he—the Prophet— was only His servant. He asked the rustic if he felt no fear at having behaved

rustic. The fear of God never left the Prophet and he was always a picture of humility and meekness. He spoke little and had adopted a stooping gait, always calling himself a servant of God, he dressed and

it be the will of God and the will of the Prophet.” At this he became so angry that his face changed colour, and he sternly rebuked the man saying, “You are trying to equate me with God. You should limit

NO DESPAIRThe Quran says, “Say, [God says] ‘O My servants, who have committed excesses against their own souls, do not despair of God’s mercy, for God surely forgives all sins. He is truly the Most Forgiving

possibilities. He will never be disappointed if his eyes are on God’s possibilities. There is a limit to human possibilities. But there is no limit to God’s possibilities. If a man knows this fact, he will never

to it. The fact is that faith in God gives a man such a treasure of hope that he never gives up. He never feels that there is nothing left for him to do. Faith in God and despair cannot go together.HIGH

support the Prophet, at the level of sacrifice, in dawah work, or inviting people to God. The phrase ‘jihad in the path of God’ means the Prophet’s dawah mission and not war. The word ‘jihad’ or its derivatives

decline, and the homes you love are dearer to you than God and His Messenger and the struggle for His cause, then wait until God fulfils His decree. God does not guide the disobedient people.” (9:24) In this

they fear. The only fear that is of any value is fear of God, and sincere actions can result only from true awe and apprehension of one God. God has created man: He controls the vast universe and has complete

power over man’s destiny. Anyone who truly believes this will certainly fear God. But there is more to the matter than this: God will raise us up after death and will judge us according to our words and deeds

deprivation of God’s succour for many centuries. The concept of polytheism gave birth to many odd beliefs and spawned a whole series of superstitions. For instance, lightning was taken to be a god’s fiery wand

they (the religious leaders) were intermediaries between God and man. They inculcated the idea that to please them indirectly was to please God. The kings reaped the most significant benefit of all. Exploiting

Exploiting this mentality, which had been conditioned in the people, they developed the concept of god-king. In any society, the king is the richest and most powerful. He is distinguished, too, in many

Islamic way of life, in a word, is a God-oriented life. The greatest concern of a Muslim is God Almighty. The focus of his whole life is Akhirah, that is, the ideal world of God. He always obeys divine injunctions

expression of the Quranic verse: Take on God’s own dye. And who has a better dye than God’s? And we are His worshippers. (2:138) ‘Taking on God’s dye,’ means being of a ‘godly character’ in all the personal, social

one’s life. The following pages of the chapter are devoted to portraying various aspects of this ‘godly’ character as personified in a Muslim individual whose words and deeds in family matters, or with

In this vast universe, God is our support. He is the one who supports us in the journey across the river of life and brings us to the other shore. Faith in God is everything for man. Without this conviction

be a psychological proof of God’s existence. Every person definitely experiences this feeling. Every one of us finds within our own selves indisputable evidence for God’s existence. The inner being or

or nature of every person tells him or her, “You need God. Without God, your life cannot be complete. Without God, you cannot succeed.”

carrying out of God’s commands. If a person readily comes under the influence of irrelevant matters, he will certainly stray from the path of God. In order to adhere to the path of God, knowing God’s commandment

determination too is necessary to withstand all those negative influences which go against God’s will. When God commanded the angels to prostrate themselves before Adam, they did so immediately. But Satan

the angels took this matter as pertaining to God. On the contrary, Satan took this matter as pertaining to man. When an issue is treated as a matter of God’s will, there is only one

this relation with God cannot be established. The true sign of real modesty is when one attains the state in which praise does not please him and criticism does not displease him. One who is not truly

or importance. This kind of feeling is a veritable obstacle in establishing any relationship with God. The modest man, on the contrary, has the ability to fully accept divine inspiration. Whereas, where

recipient of divine inspiration. The Godly Personality According to a hadith “Be alert through the wisdom of the believer, because a believer sees by the light of God.” (Sunan al-Tirmidhi, Hadith No. 3127)