those whom they call towards God, so that the latter can have no reasonable ground to deny this call. This responsibility of the ummah of the Prophet Muhammad is explained in the Quran (2:143) as follows:

Prophet Muhammad is an intermediary between the last prophet and later generations of people. It takes God’s religion from the last of the prophets and conveys it to later generations of people, without expecting

expecting any recompense for this and engaging in this task till the Day of Judgment. This conveying of God’s religion is not simple announcement. Rather, it is necessary that the religion be conveyed, as the

a profound study of creation, he witnesses God’s power and greatness. The ancient idolatrous concepts had, on the contrary, rendered all material things of this world mysteriously sacred. The superstitious

being carried out on the multitude of objects in this world. When the entire world came to be held as God’s creation in the wake of the monotheistic revolution, this mentality of holding everything sacred vanished

and fear of God. He is elevated to the plan of ihsan, a state of worship in which man feels as if he is seeing the Almighty. There is a hadith to this effect, asking the believers to worship God as if they

that paradise which is a manifestation of God’s immortality: that beauty which will never fade; that joy which will never end; that life, the continuity of which will never be interrupted; that world where

eternally perfect order. The resources needed for such a world are lacking. The Prophet taught that God has made this world one of trial and tribulation, not one of reward and retribution. The world is full

in the trial of life, accepting the role of God’s true servant, adopting the life pattern of the Prophet and restricting one’s freedom to the limits which God has laid down. The dreams of those who succeed

benefactor far more deeply. The believers had this very superb opportunity to be highly thankful to God, but at the same time, satanic deception caused their thinking to deviate and produced a negative mentality

became deprived of experiences that could have led to profound gratitude and an intense realization of God. This satanic deception is indeed something of enormous proportions; that is why in the hadith, this

continual thinking process thus initiated that we may develop such a personality as lives in thoughts of God. This is, as it were, the first prerequisite for learning from the prayers of the Prophet. After this

an expression in words of the feeling which is produced after a helpless person discovers Almighty God. The prayers of the Prophet are

HUMANITY IN A NEW AGEThe intellectual revolution Islam ushered in, based on Tawheed, the unity of God, broke the mental block to open the doors to the investigation of nature, leading to scientific progress

advent of Islam. The intellectual revolution that Islam ushered in, based on Tawheed, the unity of God, opened the doors to the investigation of nature, leading to scientific progress. There were three

‘big bird’ style. They rise above their circumstances. Even when in trouble, they are thankful to God. In the most distraught of conditions they stick to their religion. They are benevolent and just towards

with eternity. An unbelieving heart is attached to human beings; a heart full of faith is always with God.

that the present world is not the place that they have been created for. Their hearts cry out to God: “O God! Bestow on us, the paradise of the Hereafter. Give us a place in the world of Your neighbourhood

expressed thus in the hadith: “His will be the greatest witness of truth to mankind in the eyes of God.” (Sahih Muslim, Hadith No. 2938) This great dawah event will take place before doomsday. The Dajjali

the forceful presentation of falsehood, until the advent of a believer who by the special grace of God, will put this dajjaliat (deception) to an end at an ideological level.

other words, future times will see the intellectual ascendancy of Islam. However, if the word of God is to be brought into every home, conditions must exist which will favour the success of such a mission

begun embracing Islam in countries all over the world. Now, the need of the hour is for servants of God to arise and, by fully availing of new opportunities, play a decisive role in the last and most significant