is accountable to God Almighty for all his deeds. There is no escape from this accountability. After a brief span on earth, he is destined to face his death and find himself before God for his fate to be

man’s only task is to pass the divine test set by God, so that he may save himself from divine punishment in the next world, and be held deserving of God’s rewards in the form of paradise. In paradise there

believer should be: “When the time to depart from the people of this world comes, I want to be near to God Almighty.When I have to leave the company of human beings, I want to be blessed with the company of

let me not be left all alone but let me find the blessing of a nobler assembly in the company of God. Let my journey of death become a journey from a lower to a higher level of being.” This prayer is

present one. He wants the blessings of God which he had in this present testing ground, to be given to him in the world after death in the far higher form of God’s eternal blessings. He desires death to

made by God, because the world made by himself just doesn’t exist. In such a situation, it is very natural that man should first of all learn what the laws are that govern this world made by God and what

made by himself. He undertakes this journey in the world made by God. Therefore, it is essential for all men and women to understand God’s creation plan and to build their lives accordingly. In the absence

Deathfaithful servants of God, who devoted themselves entirely to Him, will be honoured in heaven. God’s invisibility in the world seemingly gives unbelievers the license to run amok. But when God appears before

everlasting world in which they will enjoy the eternal delights of paradise, while those who defied God in the world will be thrown into the fire of Hell. The Lesson of Death Man desires life, but, sooner

and deeds? For all this God has given clear commands. He has explained what man should do and what he should not do. In life’s daily affairs opting for the course permitted by God is like the stars moving

leads his life in the sphere appointed for him by God. It is those who unswervingly pursue the course set for them by their Creator, will share God’s blessings in this world as well as His eternal blessings

four holes at one stroke, he is said to have played a Master Stroke. Belief in God too is a kind of masterstroke. Belief in God affects a man’s whole being, bringing into play all of his forces. Although

bow to the norms of rectitude. Indeed, the conviction that man’s whole existence is in the grip of God, has a through-going influence on all of the individual’s thoughts, words and deeds. The true believer

People continue to exploit others in order to satisfy their unfulfilled wishes. But, when belief in God takes root in the mind, it turns the man into a complex-free soul, (called a peaceful or

Dawah According to one tradition, the Prophet of Islam observed: ‘The day will come when the word of God will enter into every home, big or small of the globe, willingly or unwillingly.’ (Musnad Ahmad, Hadith

methods. ‘The day will come when the word of God will enter into every home, big or small of the globe, willingly or unwillingly. ’ (Musnad Ahmad, No. 23814) When God desires some work to be done, conducive

make use of it to achieve the desired goal. One example of this is provided by rain. Rain comes from God but it is the farmer’s duty to understand the silent message of rain and make use of it for agriculture

realization of God reaches its ultimate limit, it manifests itself as fear of God. One who fears God becomes desirous of Paradise in its totality and along with this, he is fearful of his fate if God does not

continue to make an invisible God the centre of his attention. Worse, his inclination towards visible gods went on increasing. Anything large and impressive was regarded either as a god or possessing divine attributes

other, the practice of nature worship, or pantheism. This worship of some thing or person other than God finally developed into shirk or polytheism. This shirk gradually came to dominate all aspects of belief

Their success lies in their ability to discover that particular injunction which is desirable by God in terms of their circumstances. Their failure lies in their inability to discover this injunction

nature. This can be likened to a Prophet’s contemporary failing to recognize him as the true Prophet of God. The deprivation resulting from this failure is very serious while the gains resulting from success

Guidance and IgnoranceThe Quran states, “By itK God causes many to stray and many He leads into the Right Path.” (2:26) The Quran is, without doubt, a Truth from God. Then why is it that some find guidance from