The human intellect, like the eye, needs the light—the light of God’s revelation—if it is not forever to grope in the dark. Without God’s revelation, we can never arrive at the truth of things. A scholarly

would be visited by God’s chastisement. The Ark of Noah proves the veracity of the coming to pass of such a chastisement (in the form of a flood). It serves as living evidence of God’s creation plan. The

world. Every prophet brought God’s religion and communicated it to his people. This divine scheme has continued in every age and in all places. All these religions brought by God’s messengers were one and

non-sacred as sacred. The Christians believed that the earth was a sacred sphere, the birthplace of God’s son (Christ). Because of this belief, they found the notion that the earth was the centre around which

could continue to claim the holy privilege that he and his fame were the goal and culmination of God’s actions.20 The Christians held Christ to be a part of the holy Trinity and developed the concept

them is a great sin. Do not commit adultery, for it is indecent and evil. Do not slay any person whom God has forbidden you to kill, except for a just cause. If someone is slain unjustly, to his heir We have

injunctions are but a part of the wisdom with which your Lord has inspired you. Do not appoint another god with God, or you will be cast into Hell, despised and rejected. (17:23-39)

Judgement, he would have struck her with it. Even the mildest of punishment was to be eschewed for fear of God. The prisoners of war taken captive at the battle of Badr (Ramadhan, 2.A.H.) were amongst his bitterest

pulled out, so that he might not be so vile in his speeches. The Prophet replied, “Were I to do this, God would disfigure me on the Day of Judgement, not withstanding the fact that I am His messenger.’’ The

him, while tragic things would sadden him. But his humanity would not go beyond the limits set by God. Towards the end of his life a handsome, healthy son was born to him, whom he named Ibrahim after

left to his own resources. God did not just leave man in a world where there was no way to find the truth. Divine provision for him went much further than that. To see how God gave His guidelines to mankind

the path of virtue. What is the path of virtue? It is the path outlined as per the Creation Plan of God. The Creator of the

was nothing new. But the leaders were not ready to give refuge to a prophet who believed in the One God. Instead of giving him refuge, they incited the urchins to chase him away from the town by pelting

where he spent the night. According to a tradition, on that occasion God sent the angel of the Mount to him. The Angel said to him: “God has seen the treatment meted out to you by the people of Taif. Now

punishes, and none can bind with bonds like His! [But to the righteous, God will say], ‘O soul at peace, return to your Lord, well-pleased, well-pleasing. Join My servants. Enter My Paradise.” (89:15-30)

person is one who would bow down before God and thank Him when he received something, and when things were taken away from him, he would once again bow down before God and express his humility. It is the second

Nearly 4000 years ago, the Prophet Abraham preached the word of God in Ur, the capital of ancient Iraq. He impressed on people that God was the sole controller of loss and gain. He has no partner. From

reigning king, Nimrod, to bear. So violent was his reaction to Abraham’s preaching, that he ordered God’s prophet to be burnt at the stake, a fate from which he was saved by divine intervention. Though there

monarchs of his day, was a figurehead of this system. He was meant to be an incarnation of the sun god, endowed with a supernatural right to rule over others. No modern ruler would base his rule on such