God. One who respects the Higher Reality will surely respect other human beings. It is this aspect of mysticism which I have called its social aspect. A Persian mystic poet has expressed the mystic code

friends and according better treatment to foes. “ When a Sufi or mystic is engrossed in the love of God, he rises above the mundane world and discovers the higher realities. He becomes such a human being

are the religion of human nature as well as what Islam demands of us. The Quran tells us, “ ... and God calls you to the home of peace.” (10:25)

tradition tells us about the actual spirit of fasting, which is to abstain from all those things that God has forbidden. The command to refrain from consuming food and drink during the month of Ramadan is

from. Putting a curb on man’s basic necessities is to give a strongly worded lesson—that the things God has forbidden you must be eschewed, however contrary that might be to your tastes and habits. This

say in return, “Peace be upon you, I am not the one to return abuse for abuse.” For such a person God has this to say: “My servant took refuge in fasting for someone’s evil; so I also gave him refuge from

for spiritual and intellectual development. Once made aware of his own helplessness, he connects to God with sincere prayer. The practice of fasting is also largely aimed at saving a person from distractions

rabbaniyah, that is, a God oriented life. This expresses what the Quran means when it refers to spirituality. Spirituality (rabbaniyah), according to the Quran, is that mental state in which God-oriented thinking

avert your face from people out of haughtiness and do not walk with pride on the earth: for, behold, God does not love arrogant and boastful people. Walk modestly and lower your voice, for the ugliest of

divine guidance, a life of being grateful to God, of worshipping none other than God as a result of this sincere feeling of gratefulness is what is called a God-oriented life in the true sense. Honour and

distraction and from developing what is called a ‘grasshopper’ mind. When a believer adopts the belief that God is only one, he develops the habit of concentration. Concentration is the ability to direct all your

functioning of his mind. So, believers in the one God naturally become believers in a single target. In terms of religion, this is to believe in the oneness of God and, in terms of non-religious

According to Anas ibn Malik, when God’s Messenger said, ‘Help your brother, irrespective of whether he is the oppressor or the oppressed,’ a man said, ‘O Messenger of God, I can help the oppressed, but how

Islamic mission of dawah, or inviting people to God. They must do this even if their interests are affected if they suffer commercial loss and undergo physical hardship. They must be with the Prophet in

in every situation in this dawah mission. In this verse, the phrase ‘jihad in the path of God’ has been used about the Prophet’s dawah mission and not war. The word jihad appears in the Quran for the

unflagging efforts, as are essential to achieve the desired objectives in the world of God according to the law of nature set by God. A person who was employed as an ordinary worker in a Bidi (tobacco) factory

Preservation, Updating, Da‘wahAddressing Prophet Muhammad e, God Almighty has declared: We have sent you forth as a mercy to all mankind. (21:107). Similarly, the Quran states: Blessed be He who has revealed

Muhammad e was sent for all humanity and for all present and future generations. He was appointed by God Almighty to give a divine lead to all mankind, and this process has to be continued, generation after