It is necessary to refer all matters of disagreement between Muslims to Allah and His Messenger, sallallahu alayhe wa sallam. This is important for the Muslim to know and implement because it indicates the complete submission to Allah without which one would not be a Muslim. Allah says, “If you differ in anything among yourselves, […]

From the perspective of humankind, the question “Why did God create man?”  This implies “For what purpose was man created?”  In the final revelation (the Quran), this question is answered without any ambiguity.  Humans are first informed by God that every human being is born with an innate consciousness of God.  In the Quran, God […]

God says in the Quran—in a passage that the Prophet, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, used to repeat often when he would begin his speeches:  “O mankind!  Be dutiful to your Lord, Who created you from a single person, and from him He created his wife, and from them both […]