morality being a universal reality. God has determined similar standards of conduct both for man and for the rest of the universe, and nature in its entirety serves as a model for human conduct. What Miguel

other than the religion of God, while all creatures in the heavens and on earth have, willing or unwilling, bowed to His Will? (3:83) This verse clearly indicates that God wishes to see human life resting

appropriate to say, placing the matter in the eternal rather than the temporal perspective, that just as God taught mankind by means of the pen in Arabic, it is now up to human beings to teach their fellow men

insuperable problem which it appears to be, for God has His ways of turning the impossible into the possible. In order to support the dayee of truth, God has brought about a new revolution in human history

the most dangerous precipice, yet one never feels the need to give warning of it! When a servant of God gives a danger signal, far from being appreciated, he is ridiculed and labeled a traitor. He is accused

Impending Day In the present world, when someone believes in God, he does so on the basis of evidence. But in the Hereafter, those who will accept God will do so on the basis of His power. And

adversity, thus preparing us for eternal entry into Paradise. The Quran introduces Paradise thus: God calls man to the home of peace. (Quran 10:25) According to Islam, the present world is a place of work

pre-death period. The basic theme of the Quran is to make the reader aware of the creation plan of God, according to which the present world has been created for a limited period of time. When this time

recommendation, and it is not anyone’s birthright. It depends totally on one’s deeds and how one uses one’s God-given freedom. The Quran is very clear on this point:

equal opportunities, equal freedom, equal right to development and progress. Muhammad was a Prophet of God, but in terms of equality, the Quran did not differentiate between the Prophet and a common man. Equality

accepted from one of them and not from the other. The latter said, ‘I shall kill you!’ The former said, ‘God accepts [things] only from the righteous. If you raise your hand to kill me, I will not raise mine

lower self persuaded him to kill his brother, and he killed him and he became one of the lost. Then God sent a raven, which scratched the earth, so that He might show him how to hide the corpse of his brother

disturbing others. Man must refrain from this bad habit.Successful DialogueAbraham was a prophet of God who was sent to ancient Iraq. At that time King Nimrod of Babylonia had established a kingdom in the

plain of Shinar, circa 2450 B.C The Prophet Abraham brought the message of tawhid (the oneness of God) to him. But the king refused to accept his message. A part of their conversation is quoted in the

of the Quran as follows: Have you not heard of him who argued with Abraham about his Lord, because God had bestowed the kingdom upon him? Abraham said, ‘My Lord is the

tells us that after the people of Paradise are ushered into Paradise, they will say: “Praise be to God who has taken away all sorrow from us” (35:34). In this worldly life everyone passes through the stages

exclaims: “O God, you have freed me from sorrow in this world, similarly I pray toYou to relieve me from sorrow in the Hereafter.” One who can utter these words with true feeling, may, God willing, earn

you. You have done well, enter Paradise and dwell in it forever,’ and they will say, ‘Praise be to God who has fulfilled His promise to us and made us the inheritors of this land, letting us settle in the

been passed in justice on all and it will be said, ‘Praise be to God, Lord of the Universe!’” (39:73-75) The invocation,‘Praise be to God, the Lord of the Universe’ is a part of the first chapter in relation

adversity, thus preparing us for eternal entry into Paradise. The Quran introduces Paradise thus: God calls man to the home of peace. (Quran 10:25) According to Islam, the present world is a place of work

pre-death period. The basic theme of the Quran is to make the reader aware of the creation plan of God, according to which the present world has been created for a limited period of time. When this time

recommendation, and it is not anyone’s birthright. It depends totally on one’s deeds and how one uses one’s God-given freedom. The Quran is very clear on this point:

who fear its loss. If one believes that everything and everybody is owned by God, then what is there to lose and lament?