occasion. Actually this was all he said: “Praise be to God. We praise Him and seek help from Him. One whom God guides, no one can send astray, and one whom God sends astray, no one can guide. I bear witness that

that there is none worthy of being served save God. He has no equal.” (Muslim) In these few words Dhamad found a wealth of meaning. “Say that again,” he requested the Prophet. “Your words are as deep as

the Prophet replied. “You can ask what you like.” “Will you swear to me by the name of your God and the God of those before

total trust in God who has power over all things. They exhort us to seek help from Him alone in all matters. By establishing our relations with God, we receive all, as everything is in God’s hands: it is

is He who has the upper hand in all events. The Tabligh mission holds that it is God who is the cause of the causes, who determines our destinies, who nourishes and sustains, who confers power on or withholds

whomsoever He wills. All power belongs to Him. To expend our energies, therefore, on objects other than God is like trying to light a room by struggling with bulbs instead of with the switches. Since the predominance

harmful feelings may be diverted. Belief in God and the Life hereafter serves this very purpose in life. It diverts those feelings, which are harmful to society, to God. In the early history of Israelites,

and discord in his family. Instead, he diverted all this flood of feelings to God saying: ‘I express my grief and sorrow to God.’ There was a similar diversion of negative feeling when caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab

honest living and serving God in one’s life.” This is the meaning that the Companions of the Prophet and their followers generally inferred from the phrase. To believe in God and implement His commandments

qualify oneself for His succour. God bestows multiple blessings on a person who lives a life of faith and righteousness. He enables him to experience the joy of closeness to God in his worship; to settle day-to-day

levels of ethics: one stands in relation to man versus man, another stands in relation to man versus God. These two codes of ethics are different in their dimensions. In relation to man moral behaviour is

they regard him as a good member of society. But the other moral code relative to God leads man to realization of God. When an individual discovers his Creator, this transforms his mind. His divine nature

the passage of time, it has no further reason to exist. On the contrary, the moral code relative to God results from an eternal

levels of ethics: one stands in relation to man versus man, another stands in relation to man versus God. These two codes of ethics are different in their dimensions. In relation to man moral behaviour is

they regard him as a good member of society. But the other moral code relative to God leads man to realization of God. When an individual discovers his Creator, this transforms his mind. His divine nature

the passage of time, it has no further reason to exist. On the contrary, the moral code relative to God results from an eternal

more powerful than themselves, and, in turn, they oppress the weak. They make themselves, instead of God, the centre of their concerns and attention. Instead of living in the desire for heaven and the fear

should be most fearful of! What Will Happen That Day? God is the Lord of everything. Whatever anyone receives is given by God. No one but God has anything to give to anybody. And so, if someone were

observed: “By God he is not a believer, by God he is not a believer, by God he is not a believer from whose evils his neighbour is not in peace.” (Sahih alBukhari 6016) According to this hadith, if a Muslim

of being a good human being. Those who behave in this way will share in the mercy and blessings of God in this world as well as the next world.

for others. You too should become of benefit for your fellowmen. The world has been set in order by God. Human beings have not to reform it. They have only to follow this reformed plan of the Creator. Like

Like the reformed planet earth, people have also to reform human society. In the world of God, only two attitudes are possible for a person – that of reform and that of creating mischief. The attitude

universal system. He does not live harmoniously with the reformed system of God and adopts some selfmade attitude. The reformed world of God is the best place for human habitation as well as gives the best example

things of this world for man are his achieving God-realization by unconditionally making the Prophet his guide. The good things in the Hereafter is that God gives him a share in the rewards of the Hereafter

protect us from the torment of the Fire.” (2:201) There are some who think that this means to ask God to grant the benefits of both the worlds, that is, enough wealth in this world and Paradise in the

this is not what is meant by the Quranic prayer. The “good” thing means what is good in the eyes of God, rather than something of value in the eyes of men. In this respect, the “good” things would mean the