“I am thankful to God that I have my own house in the city and I am thankful to God that He has given me children. I am thankful to God that I have my own business. I am thankful to God that I have two cars

This kind of gratitude cannot become like a river which flows on and on, whereas that gratitude which God wants should continue flowing in your hearts like rivers and oceans. When such great thanksgiving

me air, water, chemical elements and time and I will make a man.” This claim obviously implied that God was not necessary for such a feat. But by admitting the prior presence of the man – himself – and the

powers of a Creator, a God, and we should be forced to conclude that the universe itself is a God. Thus the existence of a God would be admitted, but in the peculiar form of a God that is both supernatural

supernatural and material. I choose to conceive of a God who has created a material universe not identical with Himself but dominated and permeated by Himself.24 Notes 1. “Je pense, donc je suis.” 2. John Stuart

our attention; his advocacy of this cause supports his claim that he has been sent to the world by God. One of the major afflictions of human society is that no matter how faultlessly its laws are formulated

whatsoever to God, all kinds of malpractices are to be expected. But the moment God becomes the true focus of attention; all such ignoble activity ceases outright. When one is dealing with God, from whom

law can never be upheld unless there is the kind of respect for it which is rooted in the fear of God. The essential factor in the making of a sound world order is the spirit of self-sacrifice. What does

terms is expressed as ‘God’. If we accept this term, we can say that, in fact, everyone is in search of God. It is God who gives meaning to all phenomena, and, after finding God, everything falls into

content. This incident illustrates the case of man. Everyone, knowingly or unknowingly, is in search of God. And

absolutely valueless and insignificant! This experience will lead you to realize that there is a mighty God of this entire cosmos, who is its Creator as well as its Sustainer. If you try to visualize the vast

beings are actually utterly helpless and insignificant creatures and that God is an indispensable necessity for us, for without God, it is simply impossible for us to exist. This, undoubtedly, is the most

realizes this fact, he throws all inhibitions to the wind and rushes towards God. He cries out with his whole being, “O God! Help me! Without Your help, I can do nothing.”

Belief in the true God is the source of all virtue: belief in false gods is the source of all evil. THE ROOT CAUSE OF ALL EVIL To believe something to be sacred when it is not so is the root of all evil

are not, in reality, sacred or worthy of worship. It accords to non-gods the place, which is the supreme prerogative of the one God. The most significant harm in this iniquitous practice is that it changes

divine blessings in this world is denied them likewise in the next. Because no other power save that of God can give these blessings to man. The loss to humanity affects not only the eternal life but also our

engender in man a lifelong piety and devotion to God. Faith (iman) means belief in divine truths. Prayer, in essence, means bowing before the glories of God, so that any sense of superiority a man may have

recognition of other’s needs, so that what has been given to mankind by God may be equitably shared. Pilgrimage (hajj) is a great rallying of God’s servants around Him. These are not mere empty rituals, but the

factors. It is the same points—the oneness of God, the importance and inevitability of the life after death, the need for people to understand their position as God’s servants, and live as such according to

pattern—which are stressed again and again. When these points come from the tongue of the preacher of God’s word, however, they take on the hue of the preacher’s own person; he adds an element of individuality

preacher of God’s word is full of fear of God; it is his ardent desire to bring his audience on to the path of right guidance. He knows that if he can bring God’s servants close to God, God will be pleased

factors. It is the same points—the oneness of God, the importance and inevitability of the life after death, the need for people to understand their position as God’s servants, and live as such according to

pattern—which are stressed again and again. When these points come from the tongue of the preacher of God’s word, however, they take on the hue of the preacher’s own person; he adds an element of individuality

preacher of God’s word is full of fear of God; it is his ardent desire to bring his audience on to the path of right guidance. He knows that if he can bring God’s servants close to God, God will be pleased

Acknowledgement of God’s Glorymade by Jamia symbolized the continuous progress that Muslims were making in this country. This is a state of affairs which should elicit gratitude. Then why is it that the

speaking in such a highly developed Muslim institution? My thinking was that people were not afraid of God, otherwise, according to a tradition of the Prophet, they ought to fear that if feelings of gratefulness

they would also be deprived of feelings of gratefulness towards God. And without doubt the deprivation of feelings of gratitude to God is the greatest possible deprivation. This reality has been expressed