AngelsOf the many beings created by God, the angels are of special importance. God has invested them with the supernatural power to keep order in the functioning of the universe. They

They do not, however, deviate in the slightest from the path of God, for all their functioning is in complete obedience to His will. Diverse and numerous events are taking place at every moment in the universe

attended to by the angels. Working in the universe as extremely faithful and obedient servants of God, they ensure the continued existence of the human and animal species on earth. As well as running

AngelsOf the many beings created by God, the angels are of special importance. God has invested them with the supernatural power to keep order in the functioning of the universe. They do

do not, however, deviate in the slightest from the path of God, for all their functioning is in complete obedience to His will. Diverse and numerous events are taking place at every moment in the universe

attended to by the angels. Working in the universe as extremely faithful and obedient servants of God, they ensure the continued existence of the human and animal species on earth. As well as running the

will find entry into Paradise who qualifies for it. Entry into Paradise is a matter of selection, and God Almighty will make this selection in the world Hereafter.Eligibility for Citizenship in ParadiseTo

be held eligible for entry into the perfect world of Paradise in the hereafter, we must discover God’s Creation Plan. According to this Plan, we must spend a period of trial in this imperfect world, and

citizenship of the refined world of Paradise by God Almighty. There are two necessary conditions for entry to Paradise. The first condition is that one discovers God at the level of realization, called maarifah

only at the level of total conviction. This is true also of God, Who is the Creator and the Lord of man. Man’s primary discovery about God takes place at the rational level. But such discovery ascends

perception, that God exists in the same way that he does. This is the case with the truths pertaining to God, for example, the truth that the Quran is the word of God and the Prophet is God’s Messenger. This

expresses the discovering of God in all His greatness and so on. The same is true of the entire universe. Everything in the universe sends out the message of God-realization in natural terms as if the

is a great library of God-realization. In the same way that a scholar enters the library and derives knowledge from books, a true human being receives the intellectual food of God- realization from the

universe has the status of an encyclopedia of maarifah. Here the leaf of a tree enshrines a library of God-realization within it. This has been expressed thus by a Persian poet: Barg Darakhtan-e-sabz, dar nazar-e-hoshiar

The evil in earlier times was not a denial of God but was rather that of associating something else with the One God. In earlier times, the existence of God was accepted as an axiom. However, in present

present times this axiom is not regarded as valid. Today is the age of atheism, of denial of God. A study of the Hadith shows that dajjal or dajjaliat (dajjalism) is, in fact, a phenomenon of the scientific

give the impression that religious truths cannot test scientific rationalism. Then, by the grace of God, an individual will arise— the hajeej—and will put an end to this dajjali menace (fitnah) by using

means, moreover, acceptance of the fact that God has not created man, or the universe at large in vain. That a magnificent universe should stand mute, without its true significance ever being understood

inconceivable when its Creator and Sustainer is an allknowing God. Man’s discovery of faith instills in him the conviction that a day must come when the unseen God – the great orchestrator of all events in the Universe

the second pillar of Islam, entails the worship of God five times a day in the prescribed manner. This mode of worship, laid down for mankind by God through His Prophet, is so all-embracing that one cannot

utterance of a set of words. According to a hadith qudsi (the hadith in which the Prophet says that God says so and so), the Prophet observed: “I am with the expectations of My servant, so he ought to have

to man’s discovering certain attributes of God, and then on the basis of this discovery, having good expectations of God: that is, he seeks goodness from God. For instance, the Quran says: “He has given

asked of Him.” (14:34). This verse provides a point of reference to man who may invoke God’s blessings thus: “O God, I was not even aware of my needs in the life of this world that I should have asked You

seeking God’s counsel in his affairs. And one who does so consistently never goes astray. If God shows him a dream to solve his problem, then he should regard this as God having given him a preview of

other choice. One who is offered guidance by God to this extent, but who even then fails to accept His guidance would be committing an unpardonable crime. God will not accept any excuse from such a person

person and he will be deprived forever from establishing any contact with God. Tazkiya and Renunciation of the World In later times one group adopted the path of renunciation of the world in order to attain

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 Allah, if it is Him you worship” (2:172). This means that God Almighty has created

recognition, from the depths of his heart, that God is the Giver and Man the receiver. The Qur’an mentions as examples of God’s beneficiaries the people of Saba.’ God Almighty gave them a sign in the, “two Gardens

also be rewarded with eternal Paradise, which is a perfect version of this present imperfect world of God.