explains to people the signs of God, but they do not fall prostrate. Man proves himself to be the most insensitive, although allegedly the most sensitive of all God’s creatures.The Fire of HellPart Five

practice, it is a sign of God’s displeasure. (AL-IMAM AUZA‘I) A believer is satisfied, not by giving vent to his anger, but by controlling it Said Umar: “For a servant of God, there is nothing sweeter

bring us better guidance so that we may accept it. By God, we must bow our head to what we have now received. (ABU NU‘AYM) Appreciating criticism “God bless the man who makes me a gift of my own shortcomings

manifestly plain to you. (The Quran 17:11-12) The order of day and night tells us that the way of God is for darkness to precede light; both are equally necessary in the divine scheme of things. Just as

darkness and be a seeker of “light” alone. One with such a desire shall have to leave this world of God and find another world for himself, for the fulfillment of such a desire has no place in the divine

Maulana, I know we have been created by God, and we all have a purpose here to fulfill on earth, which, if carried out, will be more satisfying than getting heaven after death. But the point on which I

man want to achieve this purposeful life? – in the world made by himself, or in the world made by God? Obviously, this purpose has to

ReckoningThe angel who is to announce the Last Day is ready and waiting with the trumpet in his hand for God to give the order to sound it. This will be a most terrifying time for man. He will want to speak,

of creation will be gathered before the Lord. All voices will be silenced except for the voice of God. Only the truth will have any weight on that day. Nothing else will be of any consequence. On that

both having given themselves up entirely to God: they both subordinated their own wills to that of the Almighty. In the case of Khadijah, she was chosen by God to be the life partner of the final Prophet

affliction, she was never heard to protest. It was these qualities then that made her worthy in the eyes of God to become the life companion of His Final Prophet. What was the underlying cause of her superiority

at large, the ulema have another very important task—that of Dawah, inviting others to the path of God, conveying the message of the true religion to all humankind. It is my advice to the ulema to stay