cosmos on the basis of nature, while humans are independent creatures and have free will. And so, God wishes that they should freely decide to adopt this ‘peace culture’ in their lives. The Quran, a Book

peace. The very first phrase in the Quran is: ‘In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful.’ In other words, the highest attribute of the God who has sent this Book is mercy, and this Book is an expression

commandments of qital or war—in other words, less than 1 per cent. . Those who regard the Quran as God’s Book can be considered to be true believers only when, abiding by the teachings of the Quran, they

under the banner of monotheism all men become equal in the real sense. As humble servants of one great God, they all become true human beings with a right to human dignity. By finding their true place in the

lower classes said: ‘By God, this Arabian has spoken the truth.’ As for the upper classes, they said, ‘By God, he has attacked us with words which our slaves will find irresistible. God damn our predecessors

expertise in this field are the first to admit that man’s psychological ills stem from his abandonment of God. Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1960), the eminent Swiss psychiatrist, has this to say: During the past thirty

man and lifts him, step by step, until he feels the Divine presence. The instinctive cry of man, “God help me,” is natural, and the crudest prayer lifts one closer to his Creator. Reverence, generosity

not arise from atheism or negation, a surprising form of self-conceit which puts man in the place of God. Without faith, civilization would become bankrupt, order would become disorder, restraint and control

they could never succeed in this world made by God. Subsequent events have shown that the words that I spoke in Kashmir on June 29, 1989, by the grace of God, became a reality in Kashmir. The armed struggle

Chapter 10 of the Quran, God calls mankind to the “home of peace”. (10:25) Similarly, chapter three of the Quran has this to say: Do they seek a religion other than the religion of God, when

and said, “O Chief of the Faithful, is the Book of God (Quran) to be followed or what you have to say?” ‘Umar replied that it was certainly the Book of God that was to be followed. The woman then retorted

retorted, “You have just forbidden people to increase the amount of dower, whereas God says in His book: ‘O believers, it is unlawful for you ... to force them to give up a part of what you have given them.’”49

INFERIOR TASK A certain woman called Nasibah once came to the Prophet Muhammad and said: “O Messenger of God, Men have excelled in meriting the rewards of the Hereafter. They join the Friday prayer, attend congregations

the next morning, “What you said was quite true. But you hadn’t told me the whole story. Of course, God does provide you with food. It’s just that you have to sneeze and come down a tree to get it!” Although

notion that God helps those who help themselves. And although man’s role is a very minor one, it is nevertheless a very necessary one. A man must prove his worth to have his due share of God’s gifts. We

We must never, therefore, neglect to make ourselves deserving of God’s nourishment.Broken PledgesOnce a doctor was visited by a stranger who had a box with him. He sat in a corner waiting until all the patients

Zaid Bin Thabit, who said: “By God, if Abu Bakr had ordered me to move a mountain from its place, that would not have been more difficult than the task he has given me of compiling the Quran.” The tradition

tool to keep them alive and active. This can be illustrated by another example. The Quran says that God made His revelations therein in order to warn the people (25:1). As is well known, the Quran was originally

How then is it possible to warn all the different communities through the Arabic of the Quran? If God had desired all communities to be directly instructed by means of the Quran, He would have revealed