God has also made a beautiful world, Paradise. It is a perfect world, in which every sort of pleasure is present in its perfect form. Man and Paradise are, as it were, counterparts of each other. Man is

entrance into Paradise is that a person should prove that he is worthy of it in terms of his character. God made the present world as a selection-ground for this very purpose. Conditions in this world have been

in such a way that everything here is a test-paper for us. Here, at every moment we are on trial. God is preparing a record of every person’s words and deeds here. On the basis of this record it will be

ZealThe Holy Prophet commenced his mission in Makkah with the determination to convey the word of God to mankind at all costs. But there were many in Makkah who became antagonistic to him and his cause

missionary activities took was the direct result of the efforts made by the Muslims to preach the word of God in Madinah. In this, the Prophet, aided by his companions, was zealous in following the injunction:

surely fail to convey his message.” It was their earnest belief in the last part of this injunction: “God will protect you from all men,” which gave them the courage to carry on (5:67). This message to the

teachings he had brought from God. “That relationships should be strengthened and wrongful killing avoided. Roads should be left open. Idols should be broken. Only one God should be served; no others should

he presented his message in a different manner: I call you to serve God rather than men, and to acknowledge the sovereign power of God rather than that of men.12 The Quran itself provided a constant and

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.14 In these few words Damad found a wealth of meaning. “Say that again,” he requested the Prophet. “Your words are as deep as the ocean

adhering to the set of do’s and don’t ordained by God Almighty. He is entirely pure in speech, and even subordinates his intention and thinking to the will of God. He always feels himself to be a servant of

of his Lord. The Qur’an depicts the true Muslim thus: And the servants of the Beneficent God are they who walk on the earth in humbleness, and when the ignorant address them, they say: “Peace.” And they

neither extravagant nor parsimonious, but keep the golden mean. And they who do not call upon any other god besides Allah and do not kill, which Allah has forbidden, except in the requirements of justice, and

only genuine devotion to God will benefit you. True devotion to God is to fear God in such a manner that you think of Him all the time. It is to live in the awareness that God is constantly watching you

pledge for which man is accountable before God. The Quran says in the chapter Al-Isra’ (The Night Journey): Keep your promises. You will be called to account [before God] for every promise which you have made

the Quran says: O you who believe! Why do you say that which you do not do? It is most hateful to God that you say that which you do not. (61:3) To not fulfil a promise is a very wrong habit. It bears

his social status. The greatest danger of this habit is that such a person will be presented before God on the Day of Judgement and will be asked by Him: ‘Why did you fail to fulfil the promise after having

teachings he had brought from God. “That relationships should be strengthened and wrongful killing avoided. Roads should be left open. Idols should be broken. Only one God should be served; no others should

he presented his message in a different manner: I call you to serve God rather than men, and to acknowledge the sovereign power of God rather than that of men.12 The Quran itself provided a constant and

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.14 In these few words Damad found a wealth of meaning. “Say that again,” he requested the Prophet. “Your words are as deep as the ocean

uttered either by one who is a Prophet of God in the real sense or by one who is insane. No third person can let this claim fall from his lips. I have had two personal experiences in this regard, one

holy men told me that their respective gurus were Prophets of God. I said that it was the guru who had the knowledge of being a Prophet of God, and not his devotees. Therefore, the question of considering

considering such a claim seriously arose only when the concerned person uttered these words: “I am God’s Prophet.” So long as these words were not spoken by the concerned person, the case was not worthy of consideration