unfolding before him, until he reaches the highest level of conviction and realization of God.The Journey of the Realization of GodWhen a government officer, without reason and without taking permission

he had already worked for twenty years in. This is also true of the journey of the realization of God. If you start a journey of realization and for a long time continued to follow it, but then you make

which means you shall have to go back to the point where you started your journey of realization of God. Reality opens up to a person and then he goes on the journey of realization. But then on the way,

traditions that, after entering Makkah, he stood at the gate of the Kabah and said: “There is no god but the one God. He has no partner. He fulfilled His promise, helped His servant and defeated His opponents

was totally different. For him the victory was only apparently his own achievement. For him it was God alone who was the author of his success.

action. Thanksgiving as Opposed to Arrogance If, when you find something good, some blessing from God, and you consider it to be the result of your own struggle, of your own hard work or of your innate

will become consumed by arrogance. But if you think that the blessings you have received are from God, you will have a sense of gratefulness. The former state or feeling results from deviation from the

asunder the apparent veil of cause and effect, for it is only then that he will arrive at true faith in God. When you have a desire for something, you make an effort to find it. Your efforts pass through various

art? The Quran opens with the words: ‘Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds.’ This invocation is of great significance. It means: ‘Thanks be to God, Maker and Sustainer of all creatures in the world.’

him as finding himself in the world without any accurate knowledge of his origin or ultimate fate. God has more compassion for His creatures than a father has for his own son. It is inconceivable, therefore

God Almighty bestowed upon Man all these material things which man needs if he is to live a good life on this Earth. All these things are silently conveying the following message: “O Man! Are you seeking

you want a world of perfection after this imperfect world? Would you like to taste the blessings of God in the world of eternity after you have tasted them in this ephemeral world? Do you wish to have all

your full potential after experiencing the limitation of your capacities in this present world?” God created a perfect and complete world as an eternal abode for Man. Then, He wanted to know who was worthy

their merit. Paradise is another name for receiving an eternal seat in the neighbourhood of Almighty God (54:55). This kind of superlative abode can be granted only to those fortunate people who have the

the role of a powerful person; possessing total freedom, he must surrender himself voluntarily to God Almighty. He must be able to hear unspoken words, and acknowledge unseen realities. He must insist

full of falsehood. In an environment of dishonesty, he must maintain his own honesty. The Angels of God are active day in and day out

people, at least refrain from harming them. The Prophet exclaimed: “By God, he is not a believer, by God he is not a believer, by God he is not a believer whose neighbour is not safe from his mischief.”

utilizing it to build ships. What is the reason? The reason is that God wants man to perform this second phase work. On the one hand, God created all kinds of raw materials and, on the other hand, He endowed

endowed man with the reason and intelligence to make use of them. Now God desires that man should shape the raw materials into machines;

traditions that, after entering Makkah, he stood at the gate of the Kabah and said: “There is no god but the one God. He has no partner. He fulfilled His promise, helped His servant and defeated His opponents

was totally different. For him the victory was only apparently his own achievement. For him it was God alone who was the author of his success.

their merit. Paradise is another name for receiving an eternal seat in the neighbourhood of Almighty God (54:55). This kind of superlative abode can be granted only to those fortunate people who have the

the role of a powerful person; possessing total freedom, he must surrender himself voluntarily to God Almighty. He must be able to hear unspoken words, and acknowledge unseen realities. He must insist

full of falsehood. In an environment of dishonesty, he must maintain his own honesty. The Angels of God are active day in and day out