the role of a powerful person; possessing total freedom, he must surrender himself voluntarily to God Almighty. He must be able to hear unspoken words, and acknowledge unseen realities. He must insist

own honesty. The Angels of God are active day in and day out preparing the list of those who will be held deserving of entry into Paradise to live in the neighbourhood of God in the Hereafter.Those who

concentrate their attention on the supreme God alone, the great desire for Whom has rendered every attractive thing of this world unattractive. Their sense of the glory of God obliterates all emotions or feelings

declared thanks- givers while others will be declared as deniers, that is, those who did not acknowledge God. This decision will be based on what deeds one did in life before death. The greatest fortune a person

mysterious. According to the Quran, it will be based on thanksgiving or acknowledgement of God. In the present world, God’s Angels are continuously preparing a record of man’s words and deeds. According to this

Moreover, one who denies God or does not acknowledge God will be deprived of Paradise forever. The thanks giver has a well-integrated personality. This personality may be called a godly (rabbani) personality

is the creation plan of God. All other subjects touched on by the Quran are related to this basic theme, directly or indirectly. God Almighty created the universe, and, it is God Almighty who revealed this

the word “death” represents the second period of life, which may be called the post-death period. God Almighty created man as an eternal being but he divided his life into two periods—the before- death

the post-death period has no such limit. It will continue for all eternity. According to the Quran, God Almighty created an ideal world that is called Paradise. The present world — the planet earth — has

no more, and God willing, God will bless us with His reward.’ (Sunan Ibn Majah, Hadith No. 2357) This shows that iftar invokes the spirit of prayer. It gives us an opportunity to say, ‘O God, I have fulfilled

the pangs of hunger and thirst make a man feel vulnerable and he turns towards God with renewed zeal. He cries out, ‘God, I have obeyed Your one command, there are many I could not. I kept one day’s fast

several other occasions. I seek Your special blessings.’ When a sincere prayer like this is uttered, God turns His special attention to it, and the rewards are boundless. Man prays in this

of prayer come to his lips according to the time. Similarly, when he wakes up, he starts praying to God to help him to make a better start to the coming day. In the same way when he meets someone, or eats

occasion – such prayers come to his lips as mean, O God, in this matter you will decide what is best for us. Dua means seeking from God and this seeking from God has no ending. It continues always. Dua is an

problem of reward and punishment. Other creatures, being helpless, are bound to conform to the will of God. So there is no question of reward or punishment for them. But, a human being enjoys freedom and this

this being so, he is deserving of reward or punishment. PRIOR INTIMATION OF THE DOOMSDAY God gave man the capability to think and distinguish between truth and untruth. By using it one receives proper

Chapter 35 of the Quran states: “O Men. The promise of God is true. Let not the life of this world deceive you, nor let the Deceiver deceive you about God. Surely Satan is your enemy: so treat him as an enemy:

A LIFE OF RESTRAINTA believer engages only in those things for which God has given His permission and refrains from what God has forbidden. According to one tradition, the Prophet of Islam once observed:

between the lawful and the unlawful. He engages only in those things for which God has given His permission and refrains from what God has forbidden.