side lies the conscience which pulls him towards God. On the other side there is his ego, which pushes him towards Satan. His conscience represents God, while his ego represents Satan. The role of a da‘i

of God. When He wills, He will deprive man of His gifts. The fasting of Ramadan is an annual period of training calculated to produce this same feeling. In this month, a man on his own, temporarily abstains

overwhelmed by hunger and thirst, he has the experience of how great problem he will have to face if God were to deprive him of food and drink permanently. This feeling engenders in him an inner divine state

from the angle of the present, while God looked at it from the angle of the future. It is this reality, which has been pointed out in the Quran in these words: God knew what you did not. (The Quran, 48:27)

beginning, the Hudaybiya peace treaty appeared to mean nothing but surrender and humiliation. But God saw it from the point of view of its practical result in the future. That is why the Quran called it

into belief plus. That is, simple faith should be developed into a faith based on deep realization of God. In the Quran this has been called “adding faith to your faith” (48:4). That is, intensifying your

indicate. We learn from the Quran that, for a true believer, pondering upon the verses revealed by God becomes a means of realization of the truth (5:83). Furthermore, according to the Quran, by pondering

scattered throughout the universe, it becomes clear that what the Quran has to say is the truth and that “God encompasses all things.” (41: 53). From the study of the Quran and Hadith, we learn that there are

that to God, the real faith (iman) is that which reaches into the deepest recesses of the heart; which awakens human consciousness in such a way as to bring to the individual the realization of God. That

apparently an act of pure formality, but according to the Quran, the inner spirit of zakat is fear of God. The Quran describes the believers as “those who dispense their charity with their hearts full of fear…

from the angle of the present, while God looked at it from the angle of the future. It is this reality, which has been pointed out in the Quran in these words: God knew what you did not. (The Quran, 48:27)

beginning, the Hudaybiya peace treaty appeared to mean nothing but surrender and humiliation. But God saw it from the point of view of its practical result in the future. That is why the Quran called it

was asked from man was nothing but acknowledgement, but man was so engrossed with things other than God that he could not pay this price of acknowledgement. What is acknowledgement? Acknowledgement is not

man thinks deeply, divine realities are revealed to him. On the one hand, he attains realization of God, and on the other hand, he discovers the realities of divine creation. He becomes fully conscious of

his mind. When this consciousness and this feeling spontaneouslybring words of acknowledgement of God to his lips, it is such acknowledgement as will make him deserving of Paradise.

and messages of the person are being automatically recorded. Developments like these are signs of God. They happen so that people can learn how to control their tongue and use it in a controlled way. If

reaches the person he is addressing, it has already reached God. This story should serve to alert us that we ought to be careful and aware, for God is listening to each and every word that we utter. The

to be tested, he had been granted freedom of action and God had conveyed to him His Will. Now the Lord wants to see who obeys His will and who does not. The relation of man with the universe is also subservient

a haphazard place. It is designed rather to help man in discharging the duties assigned to him by God. This world is, in fact, our field of action where we have been placed to take our test. This is the

present world is the beginning of our life and the Hereafter will be our final destination. In this way God has made us aware of our future. This future world has been kept hidden from our eyes, which was necessary

prepared in this world. According to the Quran, Paradise is a place which is in the neighbourhood of God. Here, in this world of truth, only the truthful will find an eternal abode, “in the seat of truth

Sovereign” (54:55). Inhabiting Paradise is to be in the neighbourhood of God (66:11). The notion that entry into the neighbourhood of God can be had just on the basis of human recommendation is totally baseless