Concept of Worship

Islam does not teach or accept mere Ritualism. It emphasises intention and action. To worship God is to know Him and Love Him, to act upon His laws in every aspect of life, to enjoin goodness and forbid evil and oppression, to practice charity and justice and to serve Him by serving mankind.

Islam seeks to implant in man's heart the strongest conviction that his every thought and action are with God, Who sees him at all times and in all places.

The Qu'ran presents this concept in the following sublime manner:

"It is not righteousness that you turn your faces to the East or the West, but righteous is he who believes in God and the Last Day and the Angels and the Book and the Prophets; and gives his wealth for the love of Him to kinsfolk and to orphans and the needy and the wayfarer and to those who ask, and to set slaves free; and observes proper worship and pays the Zakat. And those who keep their treaty when they make one, and are patient in tribulation and adversity and time of stress. Such are those who are sincere. Such are the God fearing". ( Holy Qu'ran )