The phases through which a person passes and the abodes in which he is lodged during his journey to meet his Lord are also mentioned in the Qur’ān. Slowly but surely, he is moving to encounter his Lor...
The Signs When will the Day of Judgement come? The Qur’ān has made it clear that no one except God has knowledge of this. Only He knows when it will come and He has not disclosed this matter even to a...
إِذَا زُلْزِلَتْ الْأَرْضُ زِلْزَالَهَا وَأَخْرَجَتْ الْأَرْضُ أَثْقَالَهَا وَقَالَ الْإِنسَانُ مَا لَهَا يَوْمَئِذٍ تُحَدِّثُ أَخْبَارَهَا بِأَنَّ رَبَّكَ أَوْحَى لَهَا يَوْمَئِذٍ يَصْدُرُ النَّاسُ أ...
Paradise is the ultimate place that the believers will reside in. The present world stands in no comparison with the world to come – a heavenly abode where sheer happiness knows no bounds. To be fed u...
It was perhaps a ‘loud cry’ that I heard in my deep and comfortable slumber. I was furious to hear this. I had just taken time to rest after going through the ordeal of being interviewed about the mor...
There is an ongoing warfare between good and evil in this world. Sometimes, good wins the battle; and sometimes, evil rocks the field. Impalpable and hidden the fight may be, we do feel it, take part...
Every human being is born with a conscience. Within this conscience resides the cognizance of good and evil. Through this conscience a person has an inborn knowledge of what is good and what is evil....
We are all born to die. Death is the greatest and perhaps the most neglected reality of life. Some fleeting moments and then off we go. We may fall to the deception of this transience -- but not for l...
It is only Allah whose discretion holds supreme in this world. No one else’s discretion has in reality even a trace of authority. However, for the sake of trial, Allah has sanctioned freedom to man, w...
While life is indeed a priceless blessing, death puts an end to it, at least in this present, apparent world. How should a believer react to the phenomenon of death, specially when a close one has dis...
A pilot of our air force once narrated to me a personal experience of a lifetime: one that shook his imagination to the core and transformed his subsequent behaviour in life completely. He recounted:...
Belief in the Hereafter is a fundamental tenet of the Islamic faith. The real message of the Qur’ān is that this world is transitory in nature and shall one day give way to an everlasting world where...
A pilot of our air force once narrated to me a personal experience of a lifetime: one that shook his imagination to the core and transformed his subsequent behaviour in life completely. He recounted:...
While life is indeed a priceless blessing, death puts an end to it, at least in this present, apparent world. How should a believer react to the phenomenon of death, specially when a close one has dis...
