have worded their explanations of this in a variety of ways, but the gist of what they say is largely the same. Here is what Ibn Kathir has written: The sound heart is one, which knows no impurity or idolatry

man’s good deeds, which provide the criterion for entrance into heaven, but rather his inward state. What will be of real value on Doomsday is the character a man has developed in this life. Those in possession

forefathers set up partners with Allah; but will You destroy us, their descendants, on account of what the followers of falsehood did?’ Thus We make plain Our revelations so that they may return to the

issue comes before an individual, it is his conscience which gives him a clear indication of what is right and what is wrong. (In our times, the experiences of the USSR in one respect and of Turkey in another

Atheismto go on what most attract their attention.” “We now know that in the first six months babies learn things much quicker than we thought possible. What they are born with and what they learn is difficult

What God Wants from Ushumiliate another creature. It does not know how to demean others in order to exalt itself and satisfy the urge to feel proud. It has no desire to unnecessarily get others into trouble

stature’, but in his foolishness, man demeans himself in the lowliness of ‘the lowest of the low’. What God Wants from Us An examination was being conducted in a college. A student entered the examination

something that appears so utterly absurd in the context of an examination of this sort is precisely what everyone is doing with regard to the Hereafter. A college student ought to write his examination in

these things, he remembers the period after death since what he has received in this world has been given to him in order to put him to the test. What will happen in the phase after death is entirely in the

grace, extend Your blessings from this world to the next world.” There is prayer and then there is what goes before prayer. The real prayer is uttered when there has been a prior spiritual experience. Man

History is a record of human experiences, both positive and negative. What is implicit in this record is the message that we should not repeat the negative experiences of history: we should repeat only

in the Quran gives this advice: ‘Travel about the land and see what was the end of the deniers.’ (6:11) The implication here is that what happened to the deniers was not only unrewarding but also punitive

the Day of Judgement:’” (Sahih Muslim, Hadith No. 214) This tradition tells us what God requires from his servants. What is required is acknowledgement. When man realizes his position of servitude and

price of Paradise. The man who has neither any deed to his credit nor any confession of inaction, what will be the basis of his entry into Paradise?

you will be provided with your need unilaterally. But what happens in the next life is totally different. The principle of the next life is that what you sow you will reap. It is very strange that people

utmost to improve their present lives but when it comes to the next life, they are totally oblivious of what needs to be done. In the present life, if we have not done something today, tomorrow, by doing more

complaints cannot go together. Considering that there is no escape from such negative experiences, what should one do? The answer is that if you want to live as a spiritual person, you have to install a

change society, you have no power to do so. That is because social laws work independently of us. Then, what to do? You shall simply have to condition yourself to think positively, even in negative situations

Make negative experiences grist to the mill of your own personality development. Nurture yourself on what they teach you. The best way to cope with the problem of complaints is to take it as a challenge.

comes, we will realize, with terror in our hearts, how wrong we had been about things in this world. What seems real to us in this world is, in fact, only a deception; the reality of things will only be revealed

many friends in the world, but they have all deserted me; there is no one to help me now.” This is what man should realize. But unfortunately man has forgotten that this is the reality that is going to