Creator. By an extension of the awe he feels for God’s handiwork, the believer is compelled to see all other human beings as creatures worthy of the greatest regard.NOVEMBER 10 Islamic CharacterIn chapter

prophet David is thus addressed by God: “Rule with justice among men and do not yield to lust (intense desire), lest it should turn you away from God’s path.” (38:26) God has laid down a straight path of

of which—having no free will of their own—adhere strictly to God’s law. Man, however, is not in the same category as these things, for God has given him the freedom to choose the path that he wants to

but, despite his hunger and thirst, he will make no move to eat or drink. He exercises self-control. God desires that he should also exercise the same restraint whenever he gets the opportunity to display

ways just because the bait is tempting, and all doors have been opened for him. If man is to earn God’s favour, he must eschew the path forbidden by Him, and set his feet firmly on the path of modesty and

obviated the necessity for other prophets to follow him by preserving the Book of God intact, in its original form. God’s final Prophet imparted to the true religion a stability which it had never had before

this religion exactly as it was when God’s messenger preached it. The preservation and continuity of religion are now ensured without prophets coming to the world. God’s Book and the Prophet’s Sunnah are

Through the prophets, God makes people aware of the Truth beforehand. The prophets announced that a person should obey God out of his own free will. Everything else in the world obeys God, but out of compulsion

battle. Ask God instead for peace. But, when confronted by the enemy, stand fast and do not flinch. You must know that Paradise lies in the shadow of swords? Then the Prophet prayed to God: ‘Oh God, You who

hope that God will be generous to him. He will give to others more than he receives from them, for he hopes that, in return for even the most paltry of his good deeds, great rewards will be bestowed upon

upon him by God. In an Islamic society, the individual should be more conscious of his responsibilities than of his rights; when there is cause for disagreement, or he has a grudge against someone, he should

which its members show for one another. The Prophet’s wife Aishah tells of how the Prophet said: “God is gentle: He favours gentleness in all matters.” (Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith No. 7927) Another tradition

mankind. During the ensuing thirty-three years of his prophethood, Mohammad proved that God’s trust in him had not been misplaced, for he carried out his prophetic duties with the highest imaginable degree

responsibilities entailed by prophethood. It is thanks to the Prophet that God’s Book, the Quran, as communicated to him by God’s Angel, has been handed down to us in pure and pristine form, thus making

clear description of all those qualities and observances, which our Lord requires of us. In the Quran, God converses with us in human language, and, if His words are as clear to us today as at the time of their

the Prophet.NOTES1. Quran, 61:9. 2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica (I984), Article on “Man and his God,” p. 389. 3. Quran, 5:44. 4. Quran,15:9. 5. Quran, 8:39. 6. Quran, 58:22. 7. Philip K. Hitti,

NOTES1. Quran, 61:9. 2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica (I984), Article on “Man and his God,” p. 389. 3. Quran, 5:44. 4. Quran,15:9. 5. Quran, 8:39. 6. Quran, 58:22