The person in the mirror is the one that needs our attention the most. However, we are more occupied in trying to find out faults and shortcomings in others. We may well give up this practice and turn...
On the shoulders of the young adults of a society rests its future. If they are honest, intelligent and dynamic, a country is bound to prosper and take its position among the comity of top nations. Ho...
Jealousy is a human weakness and a negative emotion we all must strive to overcome. It damages human relationships. Friends turn into foes. Long time affiliations take ugly turns and turn into hideous...
One of the most outstanding human attributes is selflessness. It shows what human beings can do to the extent of sacrificing their own lives to give life to others. Yet many a time, we end up being se...
Criticism comes to us naturally. It can be very constructive and can achieve the required goal if a certain decorum and etiquette is followed. Constructive criticism is a skill and an art that has to...
Many a time, we end up being selfish and self-centered. Seldom do we look beyond our needs and interests and seldom do the needs and plight of others bother us. Living for others is now the motto of o...
Anger is a human emotion that can wreak havoc. It can ruin relationships in the blink of an eye and hurt people irreparably. The tongue can inflict wounds deeper than the sword, as they say. In a few...
When we wake up in the morning, our eyes open to see the world light up around them and our ears listen to the sounds and voices around us. Not so for the blind and deaf. When we lie down to go to sle...
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Eyes are one of the greatest blessings of God. We often take them for granted because seldom do we lose them. Yet for the people who have slowly gone blind after once having this privilege, it is a ve...
Our children are addicted to junk food. Such is its appeal that even the old are equally attracted to it. Obviously it has low nutritional value. Parents keep asking their children to not make this a...
We all have our weaknesses. A category of them relates to our fellow brethren and at times are a result of loose talk. More often than not these weaknesses are exposed in our conversations with one an...
Facing criticism is not easy. It hurts our ego and self-pride. But should we let our ego get in the way? If the critique is sound, we must acknowledge it and change our stance. It is a corollary of se...
One of the privileges afforded to us today is having access to scholars who try to engage Islam rationally and who depart from the traditional approach to understanding Islam. These scholars bring a f...
As soon as we reach mental maturity, we are faced with two tough and perpetual trials: one relates to the heart, one to the eye. At times, choices have to be made every second. The sequence is relentl...
Lord! Make the cause of truth the most cherished thing for us to live and die for. If life, wealth, honour and freedom of expression are under threat, give us the strength to raise our voice against t...
As human beings, all of us have self-esteem and pride in us. We would not like any person to ridicule or condemn something we never did. If anyone does, our natural response is that we react and at ti...
At times we are too shy to take the initiative and too timid to take the first step. But experience shows that once a person is bold enough to break the ice, several people stand up by his or her side...
Failures often disappoint us and bog us down. And if they come repeatedly we may end up in a permanent state of depression and dejectedness. Despondency and despair are the worst enemies of the mind....
As human beings, we need to continuously work to become spiritually advanced as much as we can. We need to pick the thorns that surround the roses in our hearts. Three such thorns are: cynicism, criti...
