The next step is to control material desires and ambitions and free the self from the things that distract it from Allah.

The reference stated that Jabir said, " The Prophet ... returned from one of his battles, and thereupon told us, ' You have arrived with an excellent arrival, you have come from the Lesser Jihad to the Greater Jihad — the striving of a servant ( of Allah ) against his desires ( holy war ).

: If one is able to crush al ‑ nafs al ‑' amāra during the stoning of Jamrat al ‑< sup > c </ sup > Aqaba Jamrah of Aqaba, then one has taken the next step in attaining closeness to Allah, and since between the servant and Allah there is no more than the distance of one step, if one has been able to take this step and make it past one's own low desires and wishes, then that which follows is the level of closeness to Allah.

I am fed by Allah, the food which is pure I am not having any disease nor any need or desires.

Most of the time he will be indulging in his own desires and sometimes he takes out time to do some work for Allah.

' Surely Allah desires to remove all imperfection from you, of family of the house, and purify you completely.

Allah only desires to keep away the uncleanness from you, O Ahl al-Bayt!

A constant concern for Allah ( i. e. God ) results in a careful attitude towards people, animals, and other things in this world.

Shah Khalil Allah moved to Yazd in 1815, probably out of concern for his Indian followers, who used to travel to Persia to see their Imam and for whom Yazd was a much closer and safer destination than Kahak.

He who gives in charity and fears Allah And in all sincerity testifies to the Truth ; We shall indeed make smooth for him the path of Bliss

Called al-Nasir li-Din Allah (" the Defender of God's Faith "), he ascended the throne in his early 20s, and reigned for half a century as the most powerful prince of Iberia.

The Qur ' an ( 57: 27 ) states, " But the Monasticism which they invented for themselves, We did not prescribe for them but only to please Allah therewith, but that they did not observe it with the right observance.

In 969 the Fatimids were led by General Gawhar al-Siqilli with his Kutama army, under the moral flagship of Ubayd Allah al-Mahdi, the Shiite Ismaili Imam of that time and ancestor of the current Aga Khan, to establish a new capital for the Fatimid dynasty.

measure of God ( Allah ) reinforced the significance of reserving and maintaining rights and equality for concubines in the then Arab society where earlier they were merely used for sexual pleasures without any social security and respect.

During this stage a dispute occurred between ad-Darazi and Hamza bin Ali mainly concerning ad-Darazi's ghuluww ( Arabic, " exaggeration "), which refers to the belief that God was incarnated in human beings, especially ' Ali and his descendants, including Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah who was the current Caliph, and ad-Darazi naming himself " The Sword of the Faith " which led Hamza to write an epistle refuting the need for the sword to spread the faith and several epistles refuting the beliefs of the ghulat.

In 1018 ad-Darazi was assassinated for his teachings ; some sources claim that he was executed by Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah.

The fast is meant to allow Muslims to seek nearness to Allah, to express their gratitude to and dependence on him, atone for their past sins, and to remind them of the needy.

Because Allah is just, He never wrongs His creatures, for injustice is an evil deed while He is far from doing evil.

All of the prophets and messengers of God had successors, and just as Allah appointed His prophets and messengers for the guidance of mankind, He also appointed successors to the prophets and messengers as a matter of necessity.

Allah placed human beings on the earth to test them, and so different people live for different lengths of time before they die and their souls are separated from their bodies.

Pre-Islamic Arabs believed in a supreme God, and the word they used for him ( Allah ) is the same one used in Islam.

Early in the history of the state of Pakistan, a resolution ( the Objectives Resolution ) was adopted proclaiming " Sovereignty belongs to Allah alone but He has delegated it to the State of Pakistan through its people for being exercised within the limits prescribed by Him as a sacred trust " ( 12 March 1949 )

Muslims believe that Allah ( God ) will hold every human, Muslim and non-Muslim, accountable for his or her deeds at a preordained time unknown to man.

The angel Israfil, is waiting for Allah to give him the command to sound the horn which will signal the beginning of the Judgment Day.

The Quran, however, never uses the term Jihad for fighting and combat in the name of Allah ; qital is used to mean “ fighting .” Jihad in the Quran was originally intended for the nearby neighbors of the Muslims, but as time passed and more enemies arose, the Quranic statements supporting Jihad were updated for the new adversaries.

A faithful Muslim, as evidenced by his memoirs, he expressed his gratitude to Allah for his many victories.

Yusuf Ali ’ s translation reads " That they said ( in boast ), " We killed Christ Jesus the son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah ";― but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but so it was made to appear to them and those who differ therein are full of doubts, with no ( certain ) knowledge, but only conjecture to follow, for of a surety they killed him not .― ( 157 ) Nay, Allah raised him up unto Himself ; and Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise.

Now, you probably share the widespread Western belief that the Lord Buddha is the most compassionate of the gods, much more so than Jehovah and Allah and the rest.

" ( 38: 26 ) " And remember when the Lord of Abraham tried him with certain commands which he fulfilled ; Allah said to him, ' Verily I am going to make you a leader ( imam ) of mankind.

" Allah does not forbid you to deal justly and kindly with those who fought not against you on account of religion and did not drive you out of your homes.

It is regarding those who fought against you on account of religion and have driven you out of your homes and helped to drive you out that Allah forbids you to befriend them, and whoever will befriend them, then such are the wrongdoers.

Verily, Allah gives you the glad tidings of a Word-and he was!

The verse reads: " Men are the maintainers of women because Allah has made some of them to excel others and because they spend out of their property ; the good women are therefore obedient, guarding the unseen as Allah has guarded ; and ( as to ) those on whose part you fear desertion, admonish them, and leave them alone in the sleeping-places and beat them ; then if they obey you, do not seek a way against them ; surely Allah is High, Great.

The Prophet ( peace be on him ) told them with asperity, People before you perished because of their asceticism ; they made excessive demands on themselves until Allah brought hardships on them: you can still see a few of them remaining in monasteries and temples.

Then worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him, perform the Hajj and the ‘ Umrah, be righteous, and all affairs will be set right for you.

Like the 1001 Nights the Sinbad story-cycle has a frame story, which goes as follows: in the days of Haroun al-Rashid, Caliph of Baghdad, a poor porter ( one who carries goods for others in the market and throughout the city ) pauses to rest on a bench outside the gate of a rich merchant's house, where he complains to Allah about the injustice of a world which allows the rich to live in ease while he must toil and yet remain poor.

Moreover, those who abandon Salaah are warned of dire consequences, while only those who humbly submit themselves to Allah alone are said to have ease in offering it.

The Imam would put on good clothing according to the Sunnah of Muhammad and would eat poultry everyday with nabeeth acting on the Sunnah so that he could worship Allah with ease.

The lineage of Muhammad was: Muhammad ; the son of Abd Allah ibn Abd al Muttalib ; the son of Abdul Muttalib ; the son of Hashim ibn ' Abd Manaf ; the son of Abd Manaf ibn Qusai ; the son of Qusai ibn Kilab ; the son of Kilab ibn Murrah ; the son of Murrah.

) The mosques that were built after the conquest of Constantinople ( Istanbul ) by the Ottoman Turks in 1453, and influenced by the design of the 6th century Byzantine basilica of Hagia Sophia, had increasingly elevated and large central domes, which create a vertical emphasis that is intended to be more overwhelming ; in order to convey the divine power of Allah, the majesty of the Ottoman Sultan, and the governmental authority of the Ottoman State.

The Islamic creed is the Shahadah, the proclamation لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله ( lā ʾilāha ʾillà-llāh, muḥammadun rasūlu-llāh ) – “ There is no god but Allah ; Muhammad is Allah's messenger .” Taking this creed is one of the five pillars of Islam.