that the concept called tawheed (oneness of God) in revealed knowledge is fully borne out by scientific knowledge as well—that there is only one God, not many gods controlling this world. Notes 1. First

du‘at (those who called people to the truth), strove very hard in the world to convey the message of God to people. They dedicated their entire lives to this mission, as if it were their own personal work

of Judgement, according to the result of their actions. According to the Quran, after believing in God, a man is required in practical life to carry out a two-fold task. One is ita‘at-ekhuda and the other

other is nusrat-e-khuda. Ita‘at-e-khuda means man’s obedience to all the commandments given by God through

26. Dawah and DuaSome times it happens that we want to convey the message of God to an individual but apparently he looks indifferent to it. What should we do on such an occasion? On such occasions we

dua. That is, on such situation we should pray to God to guide him to the right path. In present time, the condition of the people is that they turn to God and pray to Him when they face a problem in their

avail of all such opportunities to do dawah work. On such occasions, one will gift the book of God to God’s servants. On the contrary, one who is not so oriented will consider all such dawah opportunities

of God. The true believer is one who accepts God’s reality before any visible signs appear to support it. This world is a world of trial, in which God appears only to those who have the ability to penetrate

called, Kitab al-Iman. The hadith is as follows: Abbas ibn Abd Al-Muttalib heard the messenger of God say: “The essence of faith is savoured by the man who has agreed to accept Allah as his Lord, Islam

man to do, when egoism is the most powerful feeling he has. Humanism too, in changing the focus from God to man, has given the human ego a disturbing new dimension. To become a true believer, the postulant

تخیلات تھے،مگر اب جدیدترقی یافتہ سماج میں وہ اپنی ضرورت اورافادیت کھوچکے ہیں۔‘‘ The concept of God has reached the limits of its usefulness  it cannot evolve further. Supernatural powers were created

to gods; from gods to God—so crudely speaking, the evolution has gone. The particular phase of that evolution which concerns us is that of gods. In one period of our western civilization the gods were

set forth by God Himself. That is what makes it possible for man to travel over the water, in the air and on the earth. This was so ordained that man might recognize the blessings of God and be His thankful

happening on their own. These engender neither feelings of gratefulness to God nor the realization of His might. The realization of God is deeply embedded within man’s own nature but rises to the surface only

you who worshipped Muhammad, know that he was a man and is dead and for those of you who worshipped God, know that He is alive and eternal. (Sahih al-Bukhari, hadith no. 1241, 1242) Afterwards, the companions

not harm the Lord in the least. God will reward the grateful. (Quran 3:144) Death is not a negative event in the life of a believer; it is a part of the creation plan of God. If one consciously realizes

realizes that death means meeting God, he would become positive in thought and character and will prepare himself for it.

you who worshipped Muhammad, know that he was a man and is dead and for those of you who worshipped God, know that He is alive and eternal. (Sahih al-Bukhari, hadith no. 1241, 1242) Afterwards, the companions

not harm the Lord in the least. God will reward the grateful. (Quran 3:144) Death is not a negative event in the life of a believer; it is a part of the creation plan of God. If one consciously realizes that

that death means meeting God, he would become positive in thought and character and will prepare himself for it.