but the conditions conducive to its success are provided by God, just as the farming is to be done by the farmer while the rains come from God. In modern times favourable conditions have been fully provided

give life and bring death!’ Abraham said, ‘God brings up the sun from the east, so bring it up yourself from the west.’ Then the disbeliever was confounded. God does not guide the wrongdoers. (2:258) This

but is able to see the other party’s mind, which he tries to address. When the prophet said that God Almighty was the Lord who gave life and brought death, the king said he could do likewise. This answer

is possible in this world without working for “fifteen years.” It is God alone who has the power to achieve instant success. But God has not created this world on the basis of instant success. Man must

must learn his lesson and should not fritter away his time in futile efforts. In this world of God, innumerable events are taking place, all of which are based on eternal,

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 ..

known as fundamentalists. For instance, according to the traditional concept, the Quran was a book of God. The modernist Muslims attempted to give this concept a new interpretation. They said that the Quran

revelation of God, it is in the words of Muhammad (may peace be upon him). Now the conservatives among the Muslims refused to accept this interpretation. They insisted that the Quran was the book of God both in

the angels, God will decide the future of every man. Those men and women whose records show that they lived in the world with nobility of character, and used their freedom according to God’s will, thus

(2:159-60) If God’s will is what He has expressed in His Book, the Quran, it can be concluded without doubt that if Muslims individually do not reform themselves, and do not ask for forgiveness from God and fail

fail to communicate God’s religion to non-Muslims—to their own compatriots as well as to people at the global level—they will not be able to escape divine retribution, even if they continue to worship day

their additional morning afternoon prayers. The notion that the way to heaven does not pass through God’s creatures is highly erroneous. It should be clearly understood that the gates of heaven cannot be

realization (ma‘arifa) is required. When one finds religion at the level of realization, one is endowed by God with the wisdom (hikmat) to be able to understand the deeper meaning of the words of the scriptures

appear to follow Islam but actually stray far from its spirit. They fail to differentiate between God-sent religion and man-made interpretation. At this point, one who calls people to the original Islam

even among those already in the Muslim fold. However, losing popularity in this world for the sake of God will earn him a greater reward in the life Hereafter. For, when the image of Islam had been distorted

most sins, God will punish their perpetrators in the next life. In the case of tyranny and oppression, the punishment for them starts in this very world. There is no way out for the tyrant. God will certainly

redress the wrongs that he has done others. Sooner or later, he is sure to be visited by the wrath of God. People usually oppress others with a view to consolidating their own position, and that of their