With peace, one can achieve what one cannot achieve with violence.

man who realizes to what extent he needs his Maker’s help in acquiring True Knowledge will feel his heart simply overflowing with gratitude to and praise for his Lord, when he sees what favour He has shown

reality, but has found it impossible to discover unaided. He longs to understand what the universe is, how our life began, and what its end will be. He seeks to understand the true nature of good and evil, and

on the part of the best brains have failed to determine even the most basic factors in this field. What greater proof can there be that we need the help and guidance of God? Without this, we cannot arrive

principles on which we should lead our lives, we cannot understand what is meant by religion, and we shall certainly never discover what is ultimately the truth. Modern man has admitted that life is still

way, it defines what part of the law is inviolable, and what part may be subjected to changes. What makes this definition take pride of place over the others is the fact that it comes directly from God

Any action, therefore, which does not fall into this category cannot be made illegal by society. In what light then are we to consider adultery? It cannot be defined as illegal in terms of conventional law

fosters a frivolous, sensual attitude to life, which inclines people to go to any lengths to achieve what they desire. The permissiveness of society opens up all kinds of avenues to such evils as theft, deceit

be free from cultural differences and all citizens of the state share a common culture. No matter what name it is called by—‘social engineering’ or ‘cultural nationalism’ or whatever—there have been no

of the effort to build and impose a single culture on people. It is tantamount to nothing less than what could be called ‘cultural bulldozing’. It is thoroughly impractical and unrealistic. And to pursue

ideological, but, rather, practical grounds. I do not say that their aim is wrong, but, rather, that what they want to bring about is simply impractical. Supposing it became possible for everyone in the country

take to the granary only as much grain as he has grown, and that the crop can never be other than what he had sowed. In the afterworld, man’s reward or punishment will be in direct proportion to the goodness

period of his endeavours and leads him to the final point at which he will experience their results. What a critical matter this is! If only man could come to a mature understanding of this before he died

erecting walls of sand which will crumble away to nothing. Man! Recognize yourself! Know what you are doing, and what you ought to be doing!

people. This was a major social problem. For its solution the Prophet adopted a strategy known in Islamic history as ‘fraternizing.’ The form it took was a bond of brotherhood

agreement was reached which came to be known as the Treaty of Hudaybiya. In this, the Prophet of Islam unilaterally accepted all the conditions of the Makkan leaders. However, at the Prophet’s suggestion

had to be voluntary, for ensuring submission by force would have failed to achieve the aim of the Islamic Caliphate. In ancient Arabia over the centuries, the Quraysh had come to acquire the position of

and hurdles are removed, the onward journey can never he made. But the Sunnah of the Prophet of Islam is totally different. That is, one should refrain from tackling difficulties by confrontational methods