He is saying within himself, O God, whatever I have is all given by You. Now I am spending it in Your path, I pray You for more blessings and mercy for both of us (the helper and the receiver). By engaging

his own possessions. Social work is in other words, service to humanity. And after the worship of God, no task is nobler.

THE LESSONS OF NATURE At the very beginning of human history, God communicated to man the necessity to interpret His signs in the world around him. Everywhere there are lessons to be learnt from nature

do. Nature had taught him the way. (The Quran, 5:31) Thus, at the very beginning of human history, God communicated to man the necessity to interpret His signs in the world around him. Everywhere there

HEAVEN AND HELLNo just estimate have they made of God, such as is due to Him. But on the Day of Resurrection, the whole earth will lie within His grasp, while heaven will be folded up in His right hand—Glory

is in heaven and whoever is on earthwill fall down in a swoon, except those who shall be spared by God. Then the Trumpet will be blown again and they shall rise and gaze around them. The earth will shine

” He replied: “These verses tell us that a person is accountable to God and every deed of his, big or small, will be evaluated by God. Now I always keep this in mind. I always do what seems good to me and

He is saying within himself, O God, whatever I have is all given by You. Now I am spending it in Your path, I pray You for more blessings and mercy for both of us (the helper and the receiver). By engaging

his own possessions. Social work is in other words, service to humanity. And after the worship of God, no task is nobler.

it is only through our attachment to God that human beings can retain their hold on the cord that binds each to each. The Quran explains that it is this One God alone who sustains us throughout our lives

aspects of the same reality. The Quran is a statement in words of God’s revelations, while the universe is a practical demonstration of God’s scheme of things—“He ordains all things.” Science is nothing other

the support of Islam in two ways: first, it makes man study the wonders of God—the only direct means of the realization of God in this world; and second, it produces scientific thinking, which is exactly

only the European mind but also the educated mind of the whole world. But, according to the Quran, ‘God has power over all things,’ (12:21). By the end of the nineteenth century, objective thinking

Alhamdulillah (Thanks be to God) fills up the scale.” (Sunan anNasa’i, Hadith No. 9924) On the Day of Judgment, one’s good deeds and evil deeds will be weighed on the scale set up by God. According to the tradition

Alhamdulillah requires a great intellectual effort. To say Alhamdulillah is to express gratitude for God’s blessings. Man receives these blessings in various forms all the time. Every person receives them

freedom in this present world, he establishes a civilization which is non-spiritual in nature. But God wants a spiritual civilization: very soon this world will come to an end and will be replaced by a

would be possible, according to God’s desired plan, to bring a high level of spiritual civilization into existence. Here it would be possible for an elevated level of God-realization to be attained. According