honest-to-God way. God guides him on the straight path. He always seeks God’s pleasure, and nothing can turn him away from this aim. The Quran has given a clear exposition of the theoretical and practical

description of the good life and an authentic example of how it should be lived. The Garden of Paradise God has created an ideal world called paradise. It is a world of everlasting joy and bliss. No turmoil

present finite world. God has reserved it for the next world. None can earn paradise automatically; only those who perform heavenly actions on earth will be deserving of it. God has divided our lives

power in this world belongs to God alone. He is the Lord of all things. No one can escape from His control for an instant. Those who recognise this fact will submit to God of their own accord. They are

Those who deny this fact and proceed in whatever direction their impulse takes them, are offenders in God’s sight. They will have no share in the blessings of the life-hereafter. The Fire of Hell The most

they fear. The only fear which 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

his attachment to his Maker. If the Quran is the book he values most, it goes without saying that God is dearer to him than any other. But if some other book is held in greater esteem by him, then the

to find the true God anywhere but in the Quran, so is it impossible that, after finding God, any book other than the Quran should be more precious to him. For the Quran is the book of God. It is the means

well and truly on the path of submission to Him. In so doing, it brings him closer to God. In seeking to ascertain God’s will, just to read

weight of a grain of mustard seed and though it be hidden in a rock, or in the heavens or on the earth, God will bring it forth… Say your prayers, and enjoin good, and forbid evil, and endure patiently whatever

avert your face from people out of haughtiness and do not walk with pride on the earth: for, behold, God does not love arrogant and boastful people. Walk modestly and lower your voice, for the ugliest of

of all voices is the braying of the ass.’ (31:16-19) This advice can be summarized thus: 1. God is all-knowing; He knows everything, both hidden and open. This belief inculcates a strong sense of

the contrary, one who has not made God his sole concern, but has rather made other things his concern, in terms of the shariah he is guilty of polytheism. The personality of the monotheist is an integrated

personality, while the personality of a polytheist is a split personality. According to the shariah, God is man’s real goal or purpose of life, other things are only his need. Both monotheism and polytheism

title–Time Spent in the Company of God (Saatun ma Allah). This is a proof that our writers have set a value upon the company of man, but they have not done so for the company of God. As mentioned in a Hadith,

the most superior form in Paradise. This reality gives man a point of reference to pray to God. He may say: “O God, when You have created all kinds of desires in my nature,You should also grant their fulfilment

lives in this world as a true seeker of Paradise, will be selected by God to be lodged in eternal Paradise. The Quran tells us that God has created man in the best of moulds (95:4). One aspect of this is

many forms of God’s creation such as the stars, the planets, the sun, the moon, the trees, the animals, etc. but none of these are blessed with a sense of pleasure. On the one hand, God has given man a

The Call to TruthBearing witness to God’s oneness is the key which unlocks the door to Islam. When a person discovers the truth of Islam, and when this feeling is awakened within him that on the Day of

Resurrection he will appear before God as a Muslim, he utters these words: ‘I bear witness that there is no god but the One God, I bear witness that Muhammad is God’s servant and His messenger.’ There

relates to the self. The individual declares that the Creator and Lord of this universe is only one God, and he becomes a witness to this higher reality. Applied Shahadah is another aspect of this reality

Embellishment of ActionsMen, the promise of God is true. Let the life of this world not deceive you, nor let the Dissembler trick you about God. Satan is your enemy: therefore treat him as an enemy. He

to him, like the man who is rightly guided? God leaves in error whom He wills and guides whom He pleases. Do not let your soul expire in grief for them: God has knowledge of all their actions. (The Quran

Quran 35:5-8) We are told by the apostles of God that the nature of life is beyond the experience of man. On the contrary, the things of the world—death, earthquakes, calamities are like tidings

According to the creation plan of God, the hour of death for every individual has been appointed by God Himself. We should accept our natural time of death, as God knows what is best for us.6.IF ALLAH

ISLAM IS TRUE, SHOULD NOT MUSLIMS BE WINNING?God does not differentiate between His creations. In order to become acquainted with the creation plan of God, it is necessary for a person to have a thorough

guidance. In this connection, we quote a passage from the Qur’an: Allah is He besides Whom there is no god, the Everliving, the Self-subsisting by Whom all subsist; slumber does not overtake Him nor sleep;

whoever disbelieves in Satan and believes in God, shall indeed lay hold of the firmest handle, which shall not break off. God is All-Hearing and all-Knowing. God is the guardian of those who believe. He leads

leads them from darkness to the light. As for those who disbelieve, their guardians are false gods who lead