for the cause of God, its most important value is that of an act of worship. True, it is distributed among the people, but in its essence it becomes a means of linking the giver with God, of bringing man

man closer to God. Zakat in spirit is an act of worship, while in its external form it is the carrying out an act of social service.

for the cause of God, its most important value is that of an act of worship. True, it is distributed among the people, but in its essence it becomes a means of linking the giver with God, of bringing man

man closer to God. Zakat in spirit is an act of worship, while in its external form it is the carrying out an act of social service.

selected by God to be lodged in eternal Paradise. Those who fail to become seekers of Paradise in their present lives and whose hearts are set on things other than Paradise are not held desirable by God

God.These are the people who have set no value upon the blessings of God in this world. Their case is one of showing disrespect rather than showing respect. Such people will be unworthy of being lodged

receive the blessing of sharing in the heavenly provision of Paradise. They ignored God’s Paradise in the present world. Now God will ignore them in the Hereafter. In the world Hereafter they will be subjected

life entirely to God. A man’s soul should commune with God in this world. If this is not the case, it means that the true spirit of religion is lacking. People may claim to believe in God, but their belief

religion down to the level of their own consciousness, and neglect the spirit of true submission to God. When this happens, people tend to ignore the spirit behind religious observances, and as a result

elevated realization opens through this creative process.The Universe A Source of God-RealizationThe Quran describes the power of God, in these words: “When He decrees a thing, He need only say, ‘Be!’ and it is

history of creation proves that God did not take that course. According to modern scientific discoveries, the age of the present universe goes back fifteen billion years. God, first of all, made a composition

is a Godoriented life. The greatest concern of a Muslim is God Almighty. The focus of his whole life is Akhirah, that is, the ideal world of God. He always obeys divine injunctions in every aspect of life

of the Qur’anic verse: Take on God’s own dye. And who has a better dye than God’s? And we are His worshippers. (2:138) ‘Taking on God’s dye,’ means being of a ‘godly character’ in all the personal, social

one’s life. The following pages of the chapter are devoted to portraying various aspects of this ‘godly’ character as personified in a Muslim individual whose words and deeds in family matters, or with

will be the time to bring before man God’s preserved book–the Quran–because the Quran is the only book which describes clearly the history of the prophets and God’s creation plan. The appearance of the

special features, was best suited for the role God desired the Ark to play. God in His foreknowledge knew that Turkey would, in future, be an Islamic country. God knew that Turkey was a country which enjoyed

enjoyed the position of a junction between the eastern and the western world. God knew that, for various reasons, Turkey would be visited by tourists from all over the world. Along with this, it was

who asserts that God has chosen him and revealed true knowledge to him for the purpose of conveying it to others. Intrinsically, this is the only plausible claim so far, for only God, who is eternal and

actual knowledge of truth. God’s divinity itself is proof of His all-pervading knowledge of reality. The claim of one who asserts that he has received knowledge of truth from God is worthy of consideration

however, will have no trouble in finding the answer to this question. There is no doubt that in the past God has raised many individuals to the status of prophethood, but one can judge an event only by virtue

belief in God, the universe is rendered meaningless. It is belief in God alone that makes the meaningfulness of the universe understandable. The Price of Finding God A high level of realization of God is actually

should observe God’s commands in his life. This was misrepresented as meaning that a believer was God’s vicegerent on earth and, as such, it was his duty—as His deputy— to enforce God’s commands here on