Quran Pocket Guide

This Quranic statement is an eternal challenge. It declares a certain future for the Quran: no individual or group will be able to cast any doubt upon it. This book will remain preserved from all types of doubt and suspicion to the last stage of human history. This is a unique book which has no comparable example in any other religious books. One thousand four hundred years have passed since its revelation but, till now, no one has been able to find any trace of doubt. This is the same Arabic Book which the Prophet presented as a divine book in Arabia. Today, the whole Quran is in its original form and in the same language as it was revealed 1400 years ago. The Quran has constantly maintained its unassailable position, unaffected by doubt or suspicion of any kind. There are many references in the Quran which are related to human sciences, and astonishingly, the scientific developments of the later times have not proved any of the statements of the Quran to be open to question. Each statement of the Quran has been borne out as to its veracity. God’s Help The Prophet Muhammad was born an orphan. Then God provided him with the best of guardians. He went eagerly in search of the Truth. Then God opened the door of Truth for him. He was apparently without wealth. Then God made him prosperous through his wife, Khadijah. These are historical examples which show how Almighty God helps His subjects. Man should help the weak so that he may be entitled to God’s grace. His words should be full of the expression of God’s grace, so that God may confer His blessings upon him. Righteousness Human beings differ from each other in many ways, notably in terms of race and place of origin—some are black, some are white, some are from the rain forests, some are from the tundra. But all these differences are for the purpose of identification—not for the making of distinctions. Human beings, in view of their origin, are all one. Among them, if at all there is any basis for distinction, it is as to who is fearful of God and who is not. Even this is known only to God and not to any human being. Islamic Spirituality According to Islam, spirituality is not synonymous with being lost in some mysterious world, nor is it such a search as begins from one’s own self and ends in one’s own self. On the contrary, Islamic spirituality is man’s achieving the living realization of the reality of God; his finding a conscious anchorage in the eternal world of realities. The journey of Islamic spirituality passes along known ways and not through unknown valleys. This intellectual discovery changes man’s whole life. Now, he becomes a new human being, a human being who builds a meaningful life both in this world and in the hereafter. Those Who Find Guidance The truth is actually introduced to a man by means of words. But words can be explained and interpreted in so many different ways, that only that person can take guidance from it who is sincere to the last extent in this matter. This is why it is described in the Quran that God’s book is true but it becomes a means of guidance only for those who are eager to take guidance from it with open-mindedness. Modesty With regard to ladies, satr defines which parts of her body a woman must cover and which parts she may keep uncovered, either in or outside her house, and before whom, when and under what conditions. The literal meaning of ‘O! You Believers! Turn all together towards God,’ is that in carrying out the instructions of the Islamic law, the most important virtues are the receptivity and sincerity of people’s hearts. The male and female Companions of the Prophet Muhammad maintained the highest standard in this respect.