stayed home.”32 How ironic that such a “successful” career should have ended in helpless failure. God has endowed everything pertaining to the world of matter with particular characteristics. The objects

transgressor who has set up another god besides God. Hurl him into the terrible doom.’ His companion will say: ‘Lord, I did not mislead him. He had already gone far astray.’ God will say: ‘Do not dispute in

and night come one after another on the earth. This is an astonishing arrangement made by God. This is how God Almighty has given man the chance to work in the day time and rest at night. If a person were

the night on earth that he would jump from his bed as soon as the morning approached and would thank God for granting him a precious opportunity for work. Only

of God. That is, to tell man why God created this world; what the purpose is of settling man on earth; what is required from man in his pre-death life span, and what he is going to confront after death

death. Man is born as an eternal creature. When God created man as such, He divided his life span into two periods, the pre-death period, which is a time of trial, and the post-death period, which is the time

synonym for war. THE TRUE JIHAD Jihad involves discovering God, attaining Godrealisation, and searching for ways to develop closeness with God. To better understand what jihad is, one must first know that

intellectual activity, contemplation is not visible, but there is no greater deed than this in the sight of God. There is an element of blessing in everything in the world. Through contemplation, we discover different

Discovering things as blessings is an act that brings man closer to God. For man, this is the greatest source of the realization of God.THE PROCESS OF REFLECTIONAbu Darda was a companion of the Prophet of

splendours and wonders of God’s Glory and Power. In this divine Palace, man should have the same feeling— only more intense—which he has while walking inside a royal palace. But when I see people walking

walk instead of responsibility registered on their faces, there is insensitivity. In this world of God, people are not even as serious as they are while walking inside some palace or some presidential home

while walking through the divine palace. It is as if they have distanced themselves from the mercy of God.

inherent strength and its many benefits for mankind, so that God might know who would stand up for Him, though unseen, and His messengers. God is powerful, and almighty.” (57:25) According to this verse

society. People’s right will be respected and everyone will have the opportunity to share freely in God’s blessings. In such

“That person was successful who obeyed God and who received sustenance or provision according to need, and whatever God’s blessing he received he was graced by God with contentment for it.” (Sahih Muslim

paths of peace’ (5:16). It describes reconciliation as the best policy (4:128), and states that God abhors any disturbance of the peace (2:205). The root word of Islam is ‘silm’, which means peace

spirit of peace. The first verse of the Quran breathes the spirit of peace. It reads: In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. This verse is repeated in the Quran no less than 114

times. It shows the great importance Islam attaches to such values as Mercy and Compassion. One of God’s names, according to the Quran, is as-salam, which means peace. Moreover, the Quran states that Prophet