A believer is a clean person. First of all faith cleanses his soul. Consequently his appearance becomes pure as well. His religious...

Modern man aspired to freedom as the highest good, but once having reached this goal, he was unable to set reasonable limits to freedom....

William Penn was born in London in 1644 and died in 1718. A great advocate of religious tolerance he took part in both religion and...

There are two parts of the divine religion. One part of it may be called realization, and the other part obedience to commands....

God is the Creator. When I see my existence, it is but natural for me to think how this existence came into being. The renowned French...

I once penned an article entitled ‘Realization—The Purpose of Humanity’. Almost immediately after it appeared in print, (Al-Risala,...

We have been told in the Quran that ‘God is the light of the heavens and the earth.’ (24:35) That is, all the light in the entire...

The journey of realization of God begins with ‘la ilaha’ (there is no god) and then it finishes with ‘illallah’ (but God). The individual...

All the prophets of God have said their prayers with ism-e-aazam. For instance, when on the occasion of the battle of Badr the Prophet of...

The third kind of realization is at the voluntary or optional level. That is, man possessing total power, discovers the Majesty of God...

Among the first things a student of Chemistry learns is that nothing ever dies. It only changes its form. There is no need for a human...

Pinning Your Hopes on the Eternal Charles Moss Duke Jr. is an American astronaut. He was born in 1935 in North Carolina, USA. He did his...

Adam, the first man, had two sons, one of whom killed the other in anger—while quarrelling. This was the first incident of the killing of...

Learn the art of conversion and the whole world will become a means of spiritual food for you Everyone likes a house surrounded by green...

In education, there is a recently developed method of imparting skills and knowledge, based on research carried out by Jean Piaget and...

Looking beyond the Apparent THE 1990 FIFA World Cup, held in Italy, was telecast in India by Doordarshan (an autonomous public service...

According to a survey, out of the world’s hundred richest people today, 27 are heirs and 73 are self-made. Of these self-made, 18 have no...

“Read! In the name of your Lord...” (The Quran, 96:1) The Quran exhorts believers to “strive for the cause of Allah as it behoves you to...

The first four of the following sayings of Prophet Muhammad, upon whom be peace, stress the high standard of conduct which a man is meant...

The moment of death is more serious than any imaginable or unimaginable moment. All other difficulties that human beings encounter, pale...