interpreted this verse ‘and they exhort one another to patience and compassion’ to mean that creatures of God (human beings) ought to be dealt with mercifully.

so that by avoiding all unpleasantness, man may continue his onward journey towards the higher goal—God-realisation. The Quran repeatedly stresses the need for patience. In chapter 31, we are enjoined to

from the path of monotheism to the path of polytheism. This went on, repeatedly, for many centuries. God continued to send prophets in succession (23:44), but far from showing any willingness to accept their

prophet, his mission was to end polytheism and to establish tawhid, faith in and surrender to the one God. The Kabah in Makkah had been established as a centre of tawhid, but by the time of the advent of the

their neighbours, friends and colleagues to foster harmony and the spirit of sharing. Eid provides a God-given opportunity for social interaction and dawah between different communities. By sharing our happiness

regard to the madu, or the person whom he calls towards God, he must be a well-wisher, in the complete sense of the term, and with regard to God, he must be completely honest. In the Quran, the word shahadah

According to the Quran, the role of a prophet is to be God’s witness over people. Through peaceful ideological efforts, he informs them as to why God has created them and tells them about the Hereafter and

younger generation. It is a direct result of the divine scheme, a phenomenon specifically created by God Almighty. Every mission, at least in the initial stages, needs young people. They may have energy but

Everyone knows that killing innocent people, and giving others weapons to kill them is a crime against God and humanity. Yet those who wield political and economic power in this world continue to kill, and

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

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

recompense nor thanks from you. Truly, we fear from our Lord a woefully grim Day.’ Therefore, God will ward off from them the woes of that Day, and make them find brightness and joy, and their reward for

bounties of Paradise. One who recognizes God, also recognizes all realities. The knowledge of God opens the door to all other knowledge for him. If he has known God, then he becomes in the full sense a knower