speech, I stood up and recalled the prayer made by Moses and its answer from God. I uttered these words in a frenzied, emotional state. “The Quran is not a book of history. It is a living guidance. The

Then after recounting the story of Moses, I said: “If a servant of God finds himself helpless in making a speech and he calls to God for help in the words of Moses: ‘My Lord, I fear they will reject me

worshipped save God. True faith brings visions of unseen realities Malik ibn Anas tells of how Muadh ibn Jabal came before the Prophet and was asked by him, “How is your morning?” “Full of faith in God,” replied

with them are their prophets, and their idols, too,—those to which they used to appeal, as well as to God. It is as if I see, with my very own eyes, how the people in Hell are being punished and the people

this world is the nurturing of a noble personality. Such is the individual considered desirable by God according to His creation plan.

the task of being witnesses to God’s religion, being concerned now only with themselves and their own communal affairs. But along with this, in their extreme self-righteousness, they kept up with the claim

prophet, the Prophet Moses. This fact about the Jews is mentioned in the Quran (3:187-88) as follows: God made a covenant with those who were given the Book to make it known to people and not conceal it. But

the ancient Jews in this regard. They have abandoned the task of dawah, of calling people towards God. Instead of this, they are engaged in affairs that

he should try to understand the creation plan of God and, accepting that, build his life accordingly. By misusing his freedom in this present world, he can deviate from the divine plan, but he cannot

his or her life will take. Instead of being guided by his own wishes a person should be guided by God’s will. Instead of chasing after his desires, he should lead a life in accordance with divine principles

Every human being is a divine creation, but at the same time, he is subject to the creation plan of God. It is in acceding to this that he will discover the secret of human progress. Just as humans have

case of grave injustice on the part of the Prophet. And God disapproved of an utterance of this nature. The angel Gabriel was immediately sent by God to the Prophet with these words of caution: You have

him; to continue to advise his hearers to follow the right path, leaving his own personal fate to God. This example set by the Prophet has to be adopted, unconditionally, by the dayee in his dealings

inherent strength and its many benefits for mankind, so that God might know who would stand up for God, though unseen, and His messengers. God is powerful, and almighty. (The Quran, 57:25) Suppose someone

Literally, ma‘arifah means realization. In religious terms, ma‘arifah means man’s realization of God, his Creator. He awakens in him the profound consciousness of the reality of the creature and the Creator

another name for conscious discovery. There is nothing mysterious about it. Ma‘arifah of God means that man discovers God by deep pondering upon and contemplation of His signs rather than by rumination upon

Ma‘arifah enables man to lead a life with God rather than a life without God. It is possible with ma‘arifah for man to discover his high potential and, with the help of God, make it an actuality. Ma‘arifah enriches

realization of God is an integral part. Prayer is of two kinds. One is that which requests God to fulfil some need of the suppliant with reference to some personal problem he is facing and entreating God to provide