When a person observes the signs of Providence, Mercy and Justice of the Almighty all around him, he is drenched with a profound sense of gratitude. This is the feeling that induces him to worship the...
Pledging oaths carries a great significance in Islam. Keeping one’s word is a fundamental part of Islamic ethics. Oaths emphasize an assertion to the ultimate extent. When a person swears by the Almig...
The Qur’ān (31:17) requires us to not only stay away from evil but to prevent others from getting involved in it as well. Evil can take different forms and unless it is properly understood, it cannot...
Same old evenings. Same old routines. Same trite TV programs and the so-called exhilarating ads. Nothing different in our lives. But that day was something special. The day began with an unusual thing...
Once I saw some students take an examination in a center and the sight of them made me think that God’s system of trial is quite similar. Usually a student is at liberty to write what he chooses. The...
Since Moses (sws) extradited the Israelites from Egypt, the struggle for Jewish souls emerged. Moses (sws) displayed signs and warnings to the Israelites to capture their souls. Similarly, Jesus (sws)...
Benevolence (Ihsān) has been emphasized over and over again in Islamic teachings. The Qur’ān says: Indeed Allah ordains justice and benevolence. (16:90) Benevolent behaviour is considered a natural re...
A young, poor friend of mine came to see me from a place some seventy kilometers from Lahore. He did inform me on the phone that morning about his arrival. Incidentally, I had a particularly busy sche...
(The author can be contacted at: alisalman74@hotmail.com Leaders develop a bad habit of becoming a model. They start believing and practicing ‘leading by example’. However there is a flip side of lead...
The Qur’ān, in general, criticizes the behavior of some People of the Book and says that the arrival of Jesus (sws) was meant in the divine scheme to instill the real spirit of the law among the Jews...
(The author can be contacted at kamranb76@hotmail.com ) Last night I was wondering over the feelings of young Mehdi I met a few days ago. I was sitting in the library reading some works of literature...
Travelling by an otherwise comfortable bus service plying between Lahore and Islamabad, I had an uncomfortable time facing constant disturbance through involuntary ‘consumption’ of filthy songs and in...
(The author can be contacted at kamranb76@hotmail.com ) The whole town was excited and so were ‘The Rings’. Originating as a youth club from a campus in the suburbs, ‘The Rings’ was found at every pla...
The Prophet (sws) is reported to have said: ‘Both the lawful (Halāl) and the unlawful (Haram) things are obvious, and in between them are doubtful [Mushtabihāt] matters. Whoever forsakes those doubtfu...
Islam claims to be a divine religion. In fact, Islam claims to be the only divine religion which exists in its original shape. It claims to be the religion prescribed by God for man since man’s incept...
(The author can be contacted at kamranb76@hotmail.com ) It was the time of the beginning of the freshman class. Students were rushing to their classrooms anticipating their ideals to be realized. Kim...
(The author can be contacted at saadia@theflash.net ) Behold! in the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alternation of night and day there are indeed signs for men of understanding. (3:190)...
(The author can be contacted at alisalman74@hotmail.com ) Most of the religious practices are repetitive and periodic in nature. Muslims offer prayers five times a day, fast for about a month every ye...
A temporary loss of health is one of the great blessings Allah Almighty enables his servants to experience. When one falls ill, all worldly engagements involuntarily come to a standstill -- engagement...
Islam...What is it? A religion? A way of life? It’s a word we, as Muslims, take very much for granted. Being born Muslims in a Muslim country we don’t bother to look beyond the fact of our being follo...
