The way to Salvation in the light of Surah Al Asr: سورة العصر

This booklet includes two papers on the same topic. The first one was published in the monthly 'MEESAQ' Lahore in 1966. The second is a speech which was delivered before a gathering of the staff and senior students of Aitchison College, Lahore (Pakistan). These articles are based on the sole aim, that is: to explain to Muslims the correct doctrine of eternal salvation and deliverance and the practical demands of the Islamic faith.

About The Author

Dr. Israr Ahmed, the founder of "Markazi Anjuman Khuddam-ul-Quran Lahore" Pakistan, completed his M.B.B.S. from King Edward Medical College in 1954. From 1952-53 he was Nazim-l-Ala of Islamic Jamiat-l-Tulaba; and in 1954 he joined Jamat-i-Islami. He, however, dissociated from it in 1957. During a brief stay at Karachi, he completed his M.A. in Islamic studies in 1965 from Karachi University. In 1972 he founded Markazi Anjuman Khuddam-ul-Quran and in 1975 Tanzeemi-lslami for establishing the 'Deen' through a truely revolutionary process. The Anjuman brings out two monthly magazines "Meesaque" and "Hikmat-e-Quran".

Table of Contents

• The Way To Salvation In The Light Of Surah Al-'Asr
• Big Impact
• Changes
• Destruction.
• Truth.
• Two Sides
• Truth.
• Unity.
• Conditions
• Kindness
• Struggle
• Commentary On Surah Al-'Asr
• The Two Levels of Understanding Quran:
• The English Translation of Surah AI-'Asr:
• Analysis of the Translation
• The Criterion of Success and Failure
• The Minimum Conditions and Essential prerequisites of Salvation
• All the four Conditions are indispensable
• Eloquence with categorical Emphasis
• The Real Meaning of "Wal-'Asr"
• The Inter-relation of the First Two Verses
• The Real Meaning of 'Iman' or Faith
• The Real Meaning of Righteous Deeds
• The Meaning of Mutual Exhortation
• The Meaning of 'Haqq' or Truth
• The Meaning of Patience
• Exhortation to Truth and Exhortation to Patience are co-essential
• The Interrelation of Faith, Righteous Deeds and Mutual Exhortation
• Its relation to the surahs before and after