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

hate and violence and is devoid of malice.14.THE QURAN SAYS, ‘GOD GUIDES WHOEVER HE WANTS, AND MISGUIDES WHOEVER HE WANTS.’ (35:8). WHAT MAKES GOD WANT TO GUIDE OR MISGUIDE SOMEONE?This is a matter of expression

simply conveys that a person who wants to be guided will be able to draw guidance from the Book of God, whereas

Prophet told him that this was God’s religion, the path that God had chosen Himself. It was to call people to this path that He had sent His prophets to the world. ‘Believe in one God,’ the Prophet said. “He

you are not ready to become a Muslim, keep the matter to yourself.’ Ali waited for one night, then God made his heart incline towards Islam. He went back to the Prophet early in the morning. ‘What was it

that there is none worthy of being served save God. He is One. He has no partner. Forsake Lat and Uzza, and disown all those who are set up as equals with God.’ Ali did this and became a Muslim. Then, in

’ Say, ‘God is my witness and your witness. This Quran has been revealed to me, so that I may warn you (people) and all whom it may reach. Do you really bear witness that there are other gods besides God

God?’ Say, ‘I myself do not bear witness to any such thing.’ Say, ‘He is only one God, and I disown whatever you join with Him.’ (6:19) The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was sent as a ‘warner’ for the whole

response from man to his God. Man’s grasp of reality tells him that the greatest blessing that he may ask from God is right guidance. Right guidance is a must for man. And it is God alone who can set man’s

man’s foot on the right path. Overwhelmed with his feelings of obligation to his Maker, he says: “O God, show me the right path.” The sixth verse of this chapter reads: “The path of those You have blessed;

himself. I have myself told him not to worry about me. I am receiving treatment for my illness. If God were to bring us together in heaven, we would have enough time to live in peace.” Some months later

anguish. To him, faith involved trusting in God in all matters to the exclusion of all else. Once he said that working for this cause entailed a firm belief in God because it was He alone who could bring success

follow his path themselves nor let others follow it, will be shattered by God as He does the shell of an egg. The superpowers, to God, are not worth even a spider’s web. It is only the deplorable lack of pure

the Prophet only when we continue to convey the message of God in every period of history without a single pause. It is not an optional type of duty. But it is necessary for every member of this community

community that he should take part in this mission of conveying the message of God to the people. Even those who do not have sufficient knowledge of Islam to do dawah activities should at least distribute the

Difficulties were to be faced with fortitude. No impulse was to cause one to deviate from the path of God. In order to survey the situation the Prophet made a halt at Hudaybiyyah, which is, situated nine

Kharash ibn Umayyah on camelback to inform the Makkans that the Muslims had come to visit the House of God, not to do battle. On reaching Makkah, Kharash’s camel was slaughtered, and attempts were made to murder

for the Muslims. The Prophet’s followers could not understand how, when God had given them tidings of a visit to the House of God, the Prophet could have agreed to return

counted in scores rather than in hundreds of millions. It is very difficult to recognize a prophet of God when he comes in the guise of ‘Ibn Abi Kabshah’. On the other hand, to accept one who has become an

person,” people would say. “Up till now we knew him by his common name. How did he become a prophet of God all of a sudden?” “Whenever a prophet comes among his people, this objection is raised, posing a serious

When they failed to believe in the prophets, however, they were punished according to the law of God. Now God decided to send a prophet who would break down this barrier. There would be no room for doubt

In the Quran, God declared the Makkan munkirin as kafirs. It is God who called them as such, but it is not right for humans to judge people by such labels since only God knows who is a munkir and who is

is not. So, our job as Muslims is to keep the work of dawa and leave it to God to see whether they are kafir or not. In short, whether Western people or any other people do not see Islam as truth we do