God: cast him into severe punishment’ — and his associate [Satan] will say, ‘Lord, I did not make him transgress, he had already gone far astray himself.’ God will say, ‘Do not quarrel in My presence.

achievement of such a goal. God does not demand of you a livelihood, the verse states, rather He himself is responsible for your livelihood. This means that worship of God is a purpose

believer must submit to the divine will and entrust his matters to his Creator. He should pray to God for guidance and sustenance. Prayer is not the mere repetition or usage of specific words, rather it

Quran mentions several expressions of prayers through which divine guidance is sought.5.CAN I ASK GOD FOR DEATH?No, this is completely forbidden according to Islamic teachings. This has been alluded to

exercise patience, saying: “I have been commanded only to perform da’wah, communication of the message of God. I have not been given permission to do battle.” If the complete Quran in bound form had existed at

might have stood up and said: “See, Muhammad e is asking us to exercise patience, while in the Quran God asks us to do battle with our opponents.” But no such thing took place in Makkah, for the simple reason

time. This gives us a clue as to how and why these idols managed to lead the people astray. Although God is the greatest reality, He is invisible to the eye. On the contrary, the sun, the moon and the stars

them until there is no more persecution (fitnah) and religion should be only for God; but if they desist, then surely God sees what they do (8:39)

and drink. Divine law, being an expression of the will of God Almighty, provides a solution to this problem. The very fact that its origin is God is sufficient reason for its application in the world of

of man. It does not require any further justification. God is All-knowing and All-seeing. When He prohibits something, it is because, quite simply, it is bad for man, and whatever is bad for man should be

the afterlife. When people begin to realize what value their right action will have in the eyes of God, they will root out all injustice from society and lay down a solid foundation for truth and justice

of previous religions were not powerful enough to preserve their religion in its original form that God sent the Prophet of Islam as the final prophet to the world, and helped him to gain ascendancy over

success of the Prophet was indeed extraordinary, giving tangible proof that he was truly a prophet of God, for such success has not been the lot of any other individual throughout the entire history of the

message gives prime importance to the Kalimah: to believe in the reality that there is no deity but God, that He alone is the Creator and Nourisher of the universe, and that the truth had been made manifest

messenger, Prophet Mohammad (on whom be peace). When one recites these words: there is no deity, but God and Prophet Mohammad is His messenger, it amounts to expressing one’s inner feelings of conviction

these words. It also proclaims one’s determination to follow a path based on the firm conviction that God is the only real existence, centre of all our complete trust. This proclamation is an expression of

quite in accordance with the way (sunnah) of God. He produces in the lives of the unmindful such circumstance as stand out like question marks before them. God had produced favourable circumstances for the

their duty and disseminate the divine message to the people. The ground had been fully prepared by God to make

is at the zenith of historical grandeur. The Quran tells us that only that faith is acceptable to God, which conforms to the example set by the Companions: If they believe as you have believed, then are

are they rightly guided; but if they turn back, then know that they are entrenched in hostility. God will surely suffice to defend you against them, for He is All Hearing, All Knowing. (The Quran, 2:137)