Heavenly Souls

Badges mark quoted or attributed material (Qur'an, hadith, another author, an opposing view). Unbadged passages are Maulana Wahiduddin Khan's own words.

Contents (196 chapters)

1. Man’s Quest
2. What is Truth?
3. A Danger Warning
4. The Teachings of the Prophet
5. Towards Death
6. A Final Word
7. The Oneness of God
8. All Praise is Due to God
9. The Angels
10. God’s Prophets
11. Termination of Prophethood
12. The Resurrection
13. When Death Comes
14. The Next World
15. As You Sow, So Shall You Reap
16. The Inhabitants of Paradise
17. The Straight Path
18. Islam— An Integral Part of Life
19. Worship of God
20. Forms of Worship
21. A Day in the Life of a Muslim
22. Giving as God Wills
23. Islamic Character
24. Humility— The Foundation of Unity
25. Who Should Preach?
26. Acknowledgment of the Truth
27. Three Types of Human Beings
28. The Reward of God
29. The Islamic Life
30. Life in Accordance with Reality
31. From God’s Point of View
32. Care in All Matters
33. Relinquishing Power for God
34. The Trial of Man
35. Testing Man’s Fitness
36. Some Earn the World, Others Eternity
37. Stimulus and Response
38. It’s Selection Time
39. People of God
40. Abstaining from Baseness
41. A Believer Lives for God
42. Setting Oneself Right
43. Thinking on a Higher Plane
44. Realizing One’s Own Mistakes
45. A Believer’s Wealth
46. Making a Living
47. Education
48. The Mosque
49. Islam and Infidelity
50. The Relationship Between Man and God
51. Do As You Would be Done By
52. God is One
53. God—The Sublime, the Tremendous
54. God’s Signs
55. In Heaven and on Earth
56. The Cosmic Call
57. Lord of the Great Throne
58. Love for God
59. God’s Prophets
60. Heaven and Hell
61. Prayer
62. Fasting
63. Almsgiving
64. Pilgrimage
65. Sacrifice
66. Serving God
67. The Shari’ah
68. The Servants of the Merciful
69. Trust in God
70. Words of Wisdom
71. God-Fearing People
72. The Good Life
73. Haram and Halal (Lawful and Unlawful)
74. Heavenly Souls
75. The Serene Soul
76. Divine Souls
77. The Correct Way
78. Profitable Trading
79. Real Piety
80. God’s Hospitality
81. The Believer’s Livelihood
82. The People of Paradise
83. Everything for God
84. The Believer is God’s Tree
85. Good Advice
86. Doomed to Destruction
87. The Deniers of God’s Signs
88. Fair Testimony
89. Living in Harmony
90. Islamic Society
91. Calling to God
92. Magnifying the Lord
93. Eternity is Better
94. Their Efforts will be Rewarded
95. The Day of Reward and Retribution
96. The Religion That is Pleasing to God
97. Prayers
98. To the Lord
99. Protect Us!
100. Help Us!
101. Purify Our Hearts
102. Grant Us a Righteous End
103. Have Mercy on Us!
104. Save us from Evil
105. Strengthen Us!
106. Do Not Leave Me Alone!
107. Save Us From Doom
108. Belief in God
109. Discovery of God
110. God’s Neighbour
111. Spiritual Nourishment
112. Closeness to God
113. Paradise— The Greatest of Gifts
114. Heavenly Vision
115. God’s Worshippers
116. A Complete World
117. Light After Darkness
118. When all Things Come to Light
119. A Dream World
120. Loss Turned to Gain
121. Avoiding Disaster
122. The Universal Way
123. The Islamic Life
124. The Believer: God’s Industry
125. Action or Acknowledgement
126. The Long Road of Patience
127. God’s Tree
128. The Inheritance of Paradise
129. Selection for Paradise
130. Two Kinds of Souls
131. Thankfulness
132. Godly People
133. The Seeker Finds
134. Citizen of Paradise
135. Submission to God
136. The Lesson of a Tree
137. Belonging to the next World
138. Heavenly Conduct
139. Who will be Granted Paradise?
140. Who will be Saved?
141. Without Paying the Price
142. Heavenly Actions
143. The Heavenly Traveller
144. The Inheritance of Paradise
145. Heavenly Character
146. People of Paradise
147. Eternal Bliss
148. A Flower of Paradise
149. Those Who Bow Before God
150. Virtuous Life
151. God’s Envoy
152. The Reality of Life
153. Inner Revolution
154. The Trial of Man
155. What Man should Realize
156. Doomsday
157. Credit Alone
158. Seeing into the Future
159. Before Time Runs Out
160. When Will They Ever Learn?
161. The Tragedy of Man
162. No Refuge
163. Wishful Thinking
164. Angelic or Satanic
165. When God Appears
166. The Lesson of Death
167. Delusive Grandeur
168. The Inevitable Fate of Man
169. Life’s Journey
170. God’s Mercy
171. Extraordinary Disillusionmen
172. The Great Divide
173. When Words Fail
174. The Final Hour
175. The Coming Day
176. Remembering Death
177. Man’s Negligence
178. Man Stands Alone
179. The Deluge of Eternity
180. Man’s Ignorance
181. The Trumpet of the Last Day
182. The Day of Reckoning
183. Only One Chance
184. Real Success and Failure
185. The Greatest Earthquake
186. On the Verge of Death
187. All Too Soon
188. Divine Scales of Justice
189. After Death
190. Brought Before God
191. The Greatest Calamity
192. Warning People of the Hereafter
193. Responsibility of Preaching
194. The Awe-Inspiring Day of Retribution
195. The Soul of Islam
196. Hushed Silence Among the Crowd

Heavenly Souls

I

ndeed man was born with a restless disposition. When evil befalls him he is filled with self-pity, but blessed with good fortune he grows niggardly. Not so the worshippers who are steadfast in their prayer; who set aside a due portion of their goods for the needy and the dispossessed; who truly believe in the Day of Reckoning and dread the punishment of their Lord (for none is secure from the punishment of God); who preserve their chastity (save with their wives and slave girls, for in their case they are not blameworthy; but those who lust after other than those are transgressors); who keep their trusts and promises and bear true witness; and who attend to their prayers. These shall be laden with honours, and shall dwell in fair Gardens. (70:19-35)