Death is a discharge from the duties of life; it is a rest, a change of residence, a change of existence; it is an invitation to an eternal life, a beginning, the introduction to an immortal life.” (Risale-i Nur Collection; the Letters, First Letter)

People who think about qadar and who do not comprehend the secrets of qadar ask themselves the most and wonders about the answer the most to this question:

“God knows whether I will go to Paradise or to Hell. And He wrote it in my book of qadar. Then, why does He send me to this world?”

The reason of life and the meaning of creation had been lost and vanished. Everything had been covered by a hallow emptiness and sorrow.

We are entering the hijri year of 1433. We, as the family of Questions on Islam, congratulate our all brothers and sisters on their new hijri year.

It is necessary to state that the month of Muharram has three main important features in the history of Islam. The first one is fasting; the second one is that it is the beginning of the Hijri calendar; and the third one is the fact that Hazrat Husayn and his children were martyred in Karbala.

The Qur’an has strictly condemned terror and has qualified anarchy and mischief-making as most horrible things.