latter-day conqueror.Doing One’s Bithere was once a person who did not believe in the existence of God or that it was God who provided food to all. His friends tried their best to make him understand this fact but

perfect. If God had indeed been perfect, the problem of evil would not have existed. Complaints are sometimes real, but very often they stem from the warped mentality of the person making the complaints

people like to think of themselves as being superior to others. But when they come across people whom God has made superior to them, they find it very difficult to accept the superiority of such people. Usually

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)

taking planned action. Similarly, success in the Hereafter, finding a place in the neighbourhood of God— Paradise, will also be possible only if one undertakes Akhirat-oriented planning, while living in

while it is dark and one who starts his journey early reaches his destination. Listen, the bargain of God is Paradise.” (Sunan al-Tirmidhi, Hadith No. 2450) In ancient Arabia, it was customary for travellers

other than God may work but, in the Hereafter, monotheism alone will be of any avail. In this world making one’s own self one’s sole concern is advantageous but, in the Hereafter, it is making God one’s sole

believers whom they were torturing. And they had nothing against them, save that they believed in God, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy. (85:4-8) The human condition of those days is similarly depicted in

time when he was resting in the shade of the Kabah wall. We said to him: “Don’t you pray for us to God?” The Prophet replied: “Those who went before you

propagation of the world of God. Whereas the Ikhwan-e-Rasool are those who would make the best use of the possibilities available in the 21st century for the dissemination of the word of God.

talking to Rustm, the Iranian general, expressed, “God has sent us so that we may bring, to whom He wills, out of the bondage of the people to the worship of God.” (7/46) (Al Bidayah wa al-Nihaya Vol. 7, p.

to fulfil their desires and satisfy their egos. Others are overwhelmed by the fear and the love of God. In this world, the difference between these two types of people may not be apparent in all respects

this is not so as far as what is going to happen after their deaths is concerned. He who lives in God and in the consciousness of the Hereafter is saving himself, while he who lives in worldly pleasures

Quran, the increase in blessings (more favours) applies to one who, grateful for the blessings of God in this world, will receive his reward in the form of Paradise in the Hereafter. Actually, gratitude

settled temporarily in the present world so that they may feel the pleasure of it and give thanks to God for it. One who shows his gratitude in this world will be settled in Paradise in the next world, where