Uhud, the Quran pointed out the lack of unity in their fold. The following are the Quranic words: And God made good His promise to you when by His leave you were about to destroy your foes, until you showed

introspection in order to discover your own weakness and then to reassess your own planning. Indeed, God has helped you on many occasions. On the day of Hunayn, when you took pride in your great numbers,

point that gave the other party the opportunity to overcome you. According to the creation plan of God, our world is a world of challenge and competition. In this world, success is not the monopoly of any

possible way for His creatures to conduct themselves, and that is to obey God. But when an issue has to be taken up between man and man, the first reaction will be to gauge whether the opposite party

the first man. On such occasions, when a man surrenders before the truth, it is as if he submits to God, and when he does not accept the truth, it is as if he has followed in the footsteps of Satan.

GOD HELPS THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVES Anyone who wants success to come his way in this world of God, will first have to make himself deserving of it. He must organize and channelize his energies properly

Muhammad once said that one who keeps a fast but does not stop lying or practicing wrong ways then God does not need him to leave his food. (Sunan Ibn Majah, Hadith No. 1689) The term ‘leave’ in this tradition

of the moon. It is reported that when the Prophet of Islam saw the new moon of Ramadan, he said: “O God, make this month for us a month of peace and submission.” (Musnad Ahmad, Hadith No. 1397)

A PRAYERA Prayer of the Prophet of Islam is as follows, “O God, show me the truth in the form of truth and help me to follow it, and show me the falsehood in the form of falsehood and help me to avoid

truth. In this prayer, one is asking his Lord to save him from this error. In response to his prayer, God may bless him with the insight that allows him to see things as they are. Right thinking leads to

The Sacred Texts The Quran The Quran is a book of revelations from God. Today it exists in the form of a book consisting of 114 chapters. They were sent down by the angel Gabriel or Jibril, bit by bit

circumstances. The Quran is a revealed book: it is not authored by a human being. It is the actual word of God in human language. The Quran began to be revealed to the Prophet Muhammad through the angel Gabriel

own. Islam is the name of marefat or self-discovery of truth. One must discover the creation plan of God and the laws of nature. If one only follows Islam because others have told him to do so and has not

ISLAMIC IDENTITY?Identity is nothing in Islam. Islam is the name of the Quran, Sunnah and worship of God – buildings, costume and culture are different in different countries. Those who think that to keep

three saving graces and three destructive traits, the Prophet observed that the former were “fear of God both in public and in private; speaking the truth whether calm or angry; and moderation whether one

“And the last one, that is the worst of all,” he said. (AL-BAIHAQI, AL-SUNAN AL-KUBRA) Fearing God in matters that concern the weak After the Battle of Badr (624 AD) seventy idolaters were taken prisoners

having freedom, submits to God and leads a principled life in this world, he will be held deserving of Paradise in the Hereafter. In the present world, every human being is free. God has not set any constraints