the end, the whole community, barring a few reformed individuals, was destroyed in a terrible flood. God saved the believers in the Ark. The Quran has this to say about the ark, “We saved him and those who

him in the Ark and made the event a sign for mankind.” (29:15) Chapter 54 of the Quran reads, “We (God) have left this as a sign.” (54:15) The story of Prophet Noah relates to an entire era of history

Prophet Adam. Noah’s Ark represents this era. As we learn from the Quran, the Ark has been saved by God to serve as a lesson. At the time of the revelation of the Quran in the seventh century AD, no one

in the Quran in the following words (59:18): Believers! Fear God, and let every soul look to what it lays up for the future. Fear God: God is aware of what you do. Everyone is a Traveller Towards Death

it. “If you are truthful, produce ten invented chapters like it, and call on whom you can besides God, to help you.” (Hud, 11:13). In the pre-Islamic era, the Arabs excelled at poetry and tried to match

literary quality of the Quran is one of the proofs that it is the word of God. He also pointed out that there were obvious signs of God everywhere—in the beauty of nature, in life-giving water, in the growth

A person once said to the Prophet, ‘O Messenger of God, a certain woman is said to offer salat (prayers), observe fasts and give alms generously, but she hurts her neighbours by the way she speaks.’ The

The Prophet replied, ‘She will go to Hell’ Then the man said, ‘O Messenger of God, a certain other woman says fewer prayers, keeps fewer fasts voluntarily and offers little in the way of alms. She only

of Zamzam gushed forth, a sign that although God had indeed made them face a stiff test, He would not leave them to face it alone: they were engaged in God’s own work and He would always be there at crucial

Ishmael grew into adolescence, Abraham dreamt that he was slaughtering his child. He interpreted it as God’s commandment, and readied himself to carry it out. Then, as he held the knife poised over Ishmael’s

throat, a voice came from heaven telling him to stop, and sacrifice a lamb instead. This was sign from God that Abraham would have to prepare himself for enormous sacrifices: but he was not in reality required

These people will be made to stand on raised platforms on the Day of Judgement. They will announce God’s judgement to the people of Paradise and to the people of Hell. This reads as follows: ‘A barrier will

been your great numbers and your false pride? And are these the people you swore would never earn God’s mercy?’ (And again turning to the blessed, they will say:) ‘Enter the Garden! You have nothing to

Heights’ in this verse refer to shuhada’. That is, those special servants of God who, in the service of the religion of God, were witness to the deeds of the nations of the world. Some accepted their call

of Zamzam gushed forth, a sign that although God had indeed made them face a stiff test, He would not leave them to face it alone: they were engaged in God’s own work and He would always be there at crucial

Ishmael grew into adolescence, Abraham dreamt that he was slaughtering his child. He interpreted it as God’s commandment, and readied himself to carry it out. Then, as he held the knife poised over Ishmael’s

throat, a voice came from heaven telling him to stop, and sacrifice a lamb instead. This was sign from God that Abraham would have to prepare himself for enormous sacrifices: but he was not in reality required

as a trust from God, and then make use of them according to God’s will. Human creation has an extremely meaningful purpose, that is, one day every person will have to stand up in God’s court where it will

ascertained who has made proper use of God’s blessings, and who has failed in fulfilling his responsibilities. This day of justice will come after death. On that day God will test each person according to

verse of the Quran, quotes the words of Abdullah ibn Masood, the senior Companion of the Prophet: “God said, ‘I have kept Doomsday hidden from all creatures. Had it been possible, I would have kept it hidden

opportunities available to confuse people. In this way, he will cause people’s thinking to deviate from God to non- God. This Dajjalism will be at work in both secular

except for the voice of God. Only the truth will have any weight on that day. Nothing else will be of any consequence. On that day, man will be judged. From the Islamic viewpoint, God had made this world

Then all the evil people would be sent to the universal dustbin, and all the good people, who obeyed God, would inhabit the eternal world of Paradise. In the 7th century, the Prophet of Islam said that the