Thus, the prayer is an invocation to God to make these children – to whom Paradise has already been granted – a means to take their families also to Paradise.47.does god want us to have the spirit of enquiry

enquiry so that we discover him?God wants that people should stand on self-discovered faith and does not want faith to be imposed upon them. He has given intelligence to human beings so that they can evaluate

anyone to become a case of failure, not even an ant! We have two examples from history through which God has shown us this principle. The principle is to

asks for his rights only from God. These are the noble qualities which will make one deserving of entry into Paradise.THE GREATEST HAPPINESSParadise, an eternal place where all desires will be fulfilled

greatest source of happiness for those found deserving of it by God Almighty. According to a tradition, the Prophet of Islam once said that God would thus address the inhabitants of Paradise: “O, dwellers

not be pleased, O Lord, when You have given us what You have not given to any of Your creatures?” God would say: “May I not give you something even more excellent than that?” And He will say: “I shall

by himself, give anything to, or take anything away from anyone. All events happen by the will of God. Man exists in this world to be tested, and the test of man concerns his intentions alone, for man

These tasks are accomplished by God through His angels. Man is being tested in this world by means of the situations with which God confronts him from day to day. God wishes to see how he reacts to these

Thus, the prayer is an invocation to God to make these children – to whom Paradise has already been granted – a means to take their families also to Paradise.47.does god want us to have the spirit of enquiry

enquiry so that we discover him?God wants that people should stand on self-discovered faith and does not want faith to be imposed upon them. He has given intelligence to human beings so that they can evaluate

anyone to become a case of failure, not even an ant! We have two examples from history through which God has shown us this principle. The principle is to

Prophet came to take the Friday congregational prayer, a Makkan Muslim called out to him: “Prophet of God, these dates have burnt our intestines.” The emigration to Madinah was a watershed in Islamic history

was pursue his preaching work in a peaceful manner; he would not raise any extraneous issue. “I am God’s prophet,” he said. If I come amongst you, will you protect me so that I can continue to communicate

the most dangerous precipice, yet one never feels the need to give warning of it. When a servant of God gives a danger signal, far from being appreciated he is ridiculed and labelled a traitor. He is accused

experiences moments of anguish which make one feel close to God; when one’s voice trembles and one’s heart throbs as one utters the prayers which God has put into one’s heart; then one is partaking of the provision

provision of the Lord in spiritual form. One is tasting of the fruits of paradise which God has kept in store for his righteous servants. The thrills of true faith are the form which the fruits of paradise

In eternity they will take the form of the everlasting blessings of heaven. If one is not close to God in this world, then how can one hope to be close to Him in the next world? If one does not derive

immediately admit that they were wrong. When God Appears When one truly discovers God, one realizes that He cannot have created man and the rest of the world in vain. God has created the universe: He sustains

sustains it in its functioning. How can an almighty and all-knowing God such as He let the whole cosmic machine grind on pointlessly without its meaning ever being revealed?

has to do is to acknowledge the truth of One God, and surrender to Him— not by compulsion but by his own choice. This surrendering before the truth of One God is without doubt the greatest sacrifice that

that any man can make. Acknowledging the truth of One God is, like making oneself smaller not only to God but to others as well. But this is the very virtue, which will raise man to the highest position.

Sovereign. All other things are His subjects. It was God’s will that a creature should come into being which does what God wants him to do, without any compulsion, of his own free will. This voluntary

is the repository of one of God’s trusts. He has to impose on himself what God has imposed on other objects in the universe. He has to rigorously apply the commands of God to himself. Man is in a state