for men on this earth created by God—reformed behaviour and corrupt behaviour. Reformed behaviour is the conscious following of the perfect order already established by God in the universe. As opposed to

the adoption of a self-made system. But the latter course ill befits God’s creatures, for the earth has already been reformed by God. This has not been left for man to do. Man has only to follow the path

the same pattern. This reformed earth of God is not only the best place for human habitation, but it is also the best model for human conduct.OCTOBER 30 God’s VoiceWhen your Lord brought forth descendants

God’s own are those who accept the Quran Anas ibn Malik reports the Prophet as saying: “Some people belong to God.” Asked who they were, he said, “Those who adhere to the Quran.” (AL-DARMI, SUNAN) Liking

Bani Harithah where he came upon Muhammad ibn Maslamah. “How do you find me?” he asked Muhammad. “By God, I find you just as I would like you to be and just as it would please any well-wisher to see you.

placing them in a vice.” At these words, Umar, the second Muslim Caliph, exclaimed: “Praise be to God, who has put me among a people who will straighten me when I become crooked.” (KANZ AL-UMMAL)

engulfs one’s entire being in the fear of God. This fear is manifested in all one’s dealings with others. One does not humiliate the weak, for one sees that they are God’s envoys. One does not cower before the

the strong, because one sees that all are helpless before God. One accepts the truth when it is proven, for denying it would be like seeing heaven and Hell before one, then leaving the fresh gardens of

injustice. If one were to be aware of the presence of God, one would be careful to avoid all injustice and cruelty. All worldly events occur by God’s leave. Everything fits in with a divine scheme according

3244) PARADISE FOR WHOM? Paradise is another name for God’s neighbourhood. Only those people will find entry into Paradise, who realize God and adhere to divine ethics in this world. Living merely by

man, why would God send me to hell?” I said that, good behaviour on its own would not lead one to Paradise. What is Paradise? Paradise is, in fact, another name for God’s neighbourhood. God will allow only

Hadith No. 3244)PARADISE FOR WHOM?Paradise is another name for God’s neighbourhood. Only those people will find entry into Paradise, who realize God and adhere to divine ethics in this world. Living merely by

man, why would God send me to hell?” I said that, good behaviour on its own would not lead one to Paradise. What is Paradise? Paradise is, in fact, another name for God’s neighbourhood. God will allow only

displeasing to God, then they avoid them. They only say what they know God would like them to. When one faces some problem, one immediately chooses a method of dealing with it. If one lives in God, then one

one will not act on impulse; one will consider what is just and unjust in God’s sight. Though fame and wealth may lie on the path of injustice, one forsakes that path. One adheres to the path of justice

justice, though it may incur worldly loss and unpopularity. One looks at everything from God’s point of view, and not from any other standpoint.Abstaining From BasenessA believer makes mistakes, but does not

oneself. Along with the discovery of God, there comes the realization that one is not free to do as one pleases in this world. God’s special reason for setting us down in this world for the few years that

When this reality of life dawns on an individual, his prime concern is then to save himself from God’s eternal punishment, and to make himself deserving of His mercy and forgiveness. This concern for his

demeanor towards his fellows. He becomes compassionate and forgiving towards others, in the hope that God will in turn shower mercy and forgiveness upon him. He also shows great-heartedness in all his daily

Ever dependent upon His Lord, man bows before Him. God is the giver. Man the receiver. Man never gives anything to God. He has nothing to give. But when man bows to man, that is quite a different state

the crucial test set for him by God. Without making this sacrifice, he cannot earn God’s favour. One who shirks from making this sacrifice can never endear himself to God no matter how many exercises in

achieves a certain superiority owes his position to God. To acknowledge the superiority of another, then, amounts to acknowledging the fairness of God’s distribution of His blessings. If one refuses to recognize

(The Quran 31:14-15) After God, a man’s parents are the ones to whom he is most indebted. But where there is a clash between what his parents desire from him and God’s will, he must disregard the former

the fullest sense of the word. Man’s obligation to God is to thank Him from the deepest recesses of his heart. He must acknowledge the godhead of God. All his feelings and emotions must be

Whenever God makes a man responsible for other people, whether in greater or lesser numbers, he will be questioned as to whether he ruled his charges in accordance with God’s decrees or not. And that will

will not be all. God will question him even about his family members. HADITH OF AHMAD IBN HANBAL ON THE AUTHORITY OF ‘ABDULLAH IBN ‘UMAR.If you show kindness to your servant while employing him in some