In the present world when anyone finds some good thing in life, it is in actual fact a gift from God. God gives something to someone or other things to others because of the exigencies of putting a person

becoming envious of others’ special abilities is to go against the natural system established by God. In such a situation of strife, no one can become successful: by failing to accept the divine verdict

ProphethoodHuman destiny, by Islamic lights, is a matter of man having been placed on this earth by God, so that he may be put to the test—the test being of his capacity to make correct moral choices. It

such a course? The answer, according to Islam, is in prophethood. Throughout the history of mankind, God appointed certain human beings—prophets—who would be the recipients and conveyors of His guidance as

concept of prophethood is totally different from that of incarnation. According to the latter concept, God

importance. ‘If there is any negligence in this matter,’ he argued, ‘there is nothing one can do to earn God’s pleasure.’ ‘Establishing and maintaining a pious leadership and the Divine System is the real aim

the demand of the Book of God. This is what the practice (sunnat) of the prophets was. And I cannot change my stand on this matter unless someone proves to me from the Book of God and the practice of the

the Prophet (peace and blessings of God be upon him) that this is not demanded by the deen.’ In the same vein, the Constitution of the Jamaat-eIslami declares: The objective of the Jamaat-e-Islami and the

OF ABU HURAYRAH.Save yourself from the curse of an oppressed person, who seeks his rights from God, for God never denies the righteous their rights. HADITH OF AL-BAYHAQI ON THE AUTHORITY OF ‘ALI IBN ABI

promise is apparently between two individuals or two groups. But there is the third party, and that is God, who is necessarily present as a witness. This being so, every promise becomes a divine commitment

fact that every promise made by one to another is under the eyes of God, and that one who makes a promise will be accountable to God. This conviction compels him to be extremely responsible with regard

with one another, so God gave them the medium of air to unite. The stars in space are at great distances from each other, so it is not possible for them to come together physically. God therefore gave them

with one another. The springs coming down from the mountain tops are very far from the seas. Then God

century is stated to be izhar ad-din in the Quran: ‘They desire to extinguish the light of God with their mouths: but God seeks only to perfect His light, however much the infidels may abhor it (9:32-33). Izhar

intellectual and ideological respect, God’s religion assumes ascendancy over all other ideologies and religions for all time. Granting ideological ascendancy to God’s religion was no simple matter. It amounted

amounted to the writing of history afresh. For although God’s religion had always been in a superior position ideologically, it had become obscured by false and misguided ideas. The reason being that in

lips: God, I have prostrated myself before You, I have believed in You, I have surrendered myself to You. My face has bowed to the one who has created it, gave it shape, made ears and eyes. God is most

the Prophet when he was engaged in worship. He used to be totally immersed in God’s glory and majesty. The sense of God’s greatness and his own humility in comparison were so overwhelming that they created

created a tempest within his heart. His worship was akin to a tangible presence before God the Almighty. His worship had a highly intense, living quality to it, and was not just a set of rituals.Great Concern

like the sun appearing bright and shining after the dark clouds have moved away. Moreover, what is God’s creation plan? The critical aspect of this creation plan is that man has been created with total freedom

debated question concerning man and God in philosophy has been ‘the problem of evil’. That is the issue of why there is so much suffering in the human world. If God is All-Good, why did He make such a

understanding God’s creation plan. In some way or other, all these problems are the price of the inappropriate use of freedom. On its face, this price seems to be a very high one. However, from God, we have