section, titled ‘God and His Creation Plan’, the Maulana answers questions pertaining to atheism, issues arising out of the problem of evil, God’s existence, man’s relationship with God, the concept of

of prayer and God’s help, the criterion for salvation and the nature of Paradise. In the second section, ‘Inter-faith Dialogue in Islam’, there is a discussion on the relations between religious communities

section, titled ‘God and His Creation Plan’, the Maulana answers questions pertaining to atheism, issues arising out of the problem of evil, God’s existence, man’s relationship with God, the concept of

of prayer and God’s help, the criterion for salvation and the nature of Paradise. In the second section, ‘Inter-faith Dialogue in Islam’, there is a discussion on the relations between religious communities

Prayers Praise be to God, Lord of Creation, the Beneficent, the Merciful, King of Judgement Day. You alone we worship, and to You alone we pray for help. Guide us to the straight path, the path of those

sins, and have mercy upon us. You alone are our Protector. Give us victory over the deniers. (2:286) God, Lord of all sovereignty, You bestow sovereignty on whom You will and take it away from whom You please;

Jamaat-e-Islami is ‘to establish the Government of God’s laws (Allah ki tashriʿi hukumat) in the world’, ‘to enforce the deen and shariah sent by God and reform the world’ and ‘to establish the deen and

and to make it dominant over all false deens.’ This, he says, is the purpose of God’s sending the Prophet to the world. He says that this is mentioned in the Quran, Hadith and books of Islamic history.

that have been mentioned in the Torah. Abdullah told him about these qualities, one of which was that God would not take the Prophet away from the world until through him the ‘crooked community’

of society is symbolic of man’s submission to the word of God. Adherence to Islamic social order demonstrates not only man’s obedience to God, but his having passed the most crucial test in life. Those

Those who refrain from subjecting themselves to such an order live in defiance of God’s commandments, thus failing in life’s greatest trial. Political power, it should be emphasized, does not in itself ensure

congregational prayers. Although this entails the restriction of personal freedom for the sake of God, one’s submission to such a system must be purely voluntary.

of Islam is thus addressed: These are whom God guided aright, so follow their guidance. (The Quran, 6:90) Everyone of them was an upright man guided by God along a straight path and as such was superior

ordained a law and a path for each of you (The Quran, 5:48). The crux of this matter is that although God’s religion is one-monotheism-the human condition keeps changing; individually as well as socially.

Prophet. According to this Hadith, God said: “I was a hidden treasure. I wanted to be known. Therefore, I created man.” (Kashf al-Khafa by al-’Ajluni: 2016) According to this statement, the purpose of

eternal Paradise if he proves eligible for this. This realization of God is no easy matter. It is a challenging campaign. This is because God’s world for man to spend time in before death is full of doubts.