CHOOSE YOUR PATHMan is free in this world. If he chooses a life of gratitude to God, he will be held deserving of bounties in Paradise in the Hereafter. Chapter 76 of the Quran states: “Was there not

fire, but the righteous shall drink from a cup mixed with the coolness of kafur, a spring from which God’s servants will drink, making it gush forth in branches. They keep their vows and fear a day the woe

despite their love for it, to the poor and orphans and captives, saying, ‘We feed you for the sake of God alone, we seek neither

COME WITH RESPONSIBILITIESThe extraordinary gifts man has received from God are a trust. Man must make use of them according to God’s will. In chapter 82 the Quran addresses man thus: “O man! What is it

will be? It will be a Day when no human being shall be of the least avail to any other human being, God [alone] will hold command on that Day.” (82:6-19)

reward from God. Those who fail to live up to this criterion can have no fate but total loss. THE PURPOSE OF SENDING THE PROPHETS Man ought to build his life taking guidance from the book of God and the

These are the verses of the Quran which were first revealed to the Prophet of Islam. This shows God’s method of sending revelation to the Prophet, and explaining its purpose. Its purpose was that human

books of Hadith reads: “God created Adam in His own image.” (Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith No. 6227) This does not mean that man is like God in physical appearance. It means that God has in a limited way granted

or reflect upon them. It is these Satanic whisperings which deprive man of the right realization of God and reality. Humility–A Great Form of Worship Tradition has it that every person is a sinner and

for his sins, which is a great form of worship. This relates to God as well as human beings. When you acknowledge your wrongdoing before God, this is called ‘repentance’ or tawbah, and when in relation to

understand the creation plan of God. This question of man and the world looking so incompatible arises because of not knowing the creation plan of God. Therefore, we obtain a satisfactory answer to this

this question by knowing this creation plan. God created man by His plan. Knowing this plan is necessary for the proper explanation of man. The significance of a machine can be known only when we see the

Creation Plan of God. This question arose due to unawareness of the creation plan only by knowing the creation plan of God we can arrive at a convincing answer. The reality is that God – the Creator of

revealed to him, word by word, by God is itself a compelling proof of his being a true prophet. What are those features of the Quran which prove it to be the word of God? There are many, but I shall refer

have revealed to Our servant, produce one chapter comparable to it. Call upon your helpers besides God to assist you, if what you say be true.1 Needless to say, this challenge has not to this day been

dustbin and all the good people, who believed in and obeyed God, would inhabit the eternal world of Paradise. From the Islamic viewpoint, God had made this world for a limited period of time. Now those

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

concerned, the word of God has entered every home. We now have to continue to place more and more information on the internet and social media, so that no one can stand in front of God Almighty on the Day

Quran, 4:165) The above tradition also tells us of a sign of the Qiyamah. The entering of the word of God into every home is, in fact, a sign of the approach of the Qiyamah. Today through television, the internet