TrialMan is free in this world. God has not placed any curbs on him. But this freedom is for the purpose of putting man to the test, and is not meant to encourage him to lead a life of permissiveness

is of the highest moral character. One who conducts himself in this manner should be reckoned as God’s special servant who, without any apparent compulsion, chose to be a man of principle; who, without

gives him the opportunity to gain credit for being the most superior of all God’s creatures. All the things in this world are God’s subjects. The

TrialMan is free in this world. God has not placed any curbs on him. But this freedom is for the purpose of putting man to the test, and is not meant to encourage him to lead a life of permissiveness,

is of the highest moral character. One who conducts himself in this manner should be reckoned as God’s special servant who, without any apparent compulsion, chose to be a man of principle; who, without

gives him the opportunity to gain credit for being the most superior of all God’s creatures. All the things in this world are God’s subjects. The

prescribed by God. On the other hand, there is a clear indication that this course separates the seeker from God’s creation and leads him to a life of isolation. This makes it plain that God cannot enjoin

lost this very nobility of character in their detachment from the cause of propagating God’s message among the people. Very soon after this military action had been taken against the Romans, in the times

and to become true worshippers of God. Past events are testimony to the fact that both Rome and Persia were the main targets for the propagation of the message of God, but the aggression demonstrated by

conferred on the callers of truth in the life of the Hereafter. However, calling people to surrender to God is no easy task. It amounts to a re-enactment of the history of the Prophet and his companions, who

the true nature of the message he brings to mankind, otherwise his activities will be irrelevant to God’s cause and may even prove counterproductive. Then, in bringing others within the fold of Islam, he

meant putting an end to idolatry—replacing polytheism with monotheism. Nowadays, the invitation to God means putting an end to atheism. With the end of idolatry, a new phase was launched in world history

importance attached to this event in the life of Abraham. Here history speaks, telling us what happens to God’s servant who arises to preach the message of truth in all its purity: he is rejected by the conventional

happening. “Spring” gush forth in the desert. The blessings of God start descending from above. Winds scatter the words of the preacher among mankind. God, in all His might, comes to the assistance of His servants—the

beneath the heavens; but it is this task that draws God’s succour more than any other. This succour only comes, however, when the preacher of God’s word has fully communicated his message, and people’s

completing God’s favour to mankind and allowing us to avail of the divine succour of which their waywardness had deprived us: They seek to extinguish the light of God with their mouths; but God will perfect

satisfied with what he has; he always seeks more. As a result, he never ceases to be discontented. God has favoured everyone in some way or another, but man is more concerned with what he does not have;

pays scant regard to what he has. People who have this attitude cannot be moved to offer thanks to God. They are lacking in that priceless virtue which is essential for admission into paradise. No one

difficulties he encounters, for he is being tested in this world. He should concentrate on earning God’s pleasure, and not on achieving a trouble-free life, for that is something which can only be achieved

your desires. But in the end, this is a disastrous choice. This world was not created by you, but by God Almighty. So you have to adjust yourself to the divine laws. In this world you are free, but your freedom

have some limitations, and that is to avoid anarchy and adhere to the laws of nature laid down by God. Your freedom should be a disciplined freedom and not unlimited freedom. The other way is to discover

discover these laws without fail. Those, who control their desires, making every effort to know God’s laws as demonstrated in Nature and literally stated in the Quran, have adopted the right path and

completing God’s favour to mankind and allowing us to avail of the divine succour of which their waywardness had deprived us: They seek to extinguish the light of God with their mouths; but God will perfect