Ghauri sāhib was a rare man: down to earth, extremely polite, a devout believer, tolerant, friendly, and a genuine and devoted scholar of his field. He did a deal with His God to get an extension in l...
I am narrating my experiences with some devout Christians that I had while I was staying in Britain for my studies. I am mentioning a brief account of them followed by some questions that come to my m...
When I started learning religion from both the mentor and his student, Mawlānā Amīn Ahsn Islāhī and Javed Ahmad Ghāmidī sāhib, almost at the same time from 1980 onward, the few people I knew who were...
In this article the author has attempted to answer the queries of those who do not appreciate the idea of studying a course on Islamic ethics in an academic programme focusing on business or business-...
I am narrating my experiences with some devout Christians that I had while I was staying in Britain for my studies. I am mentioning a brief account of them followed by some questions that come to my m...
This article is divided into five parts. The first part describes the reasons why ethics should be studied. The second one deals the question of the rationale of studying Islamic ethics in particular....
Are God’s expectations from humans easy to fulfil? If they are, should we not let others do what they are doing and not get involved in unnecessarily disturbing them by declaring what they are doing a...
I am narrating my experiences with some devout Christians that I had while I was staying in Britain for my studies. I am mentioning a brief account of them followed by some questions that come to my m...
Individuals who stay away from practicing Islam despite being Muslims fall into two broad categories: There is one group whose apparent association with Islam owes itself entirely to the accident of b...
In order to understand the true message of Islam, we need to ensure that the Qur’anic text is interpreted properly. 1 The Arabic text of the Qur’an has to be given meanings by the reader to find out w...
Faith is the confidence of an individual that there is a certain reality out there which cannot be seen. That reality could be a living existence, the definiteness of a principle, or an understanding...
To walk the path of righteousness is not an easy business. There are numerous thorns and thistles lying on the way to Paradise – the ultimate reward for piety and righteousness. In a society that is f...
1. Introduction Human Rights activism emerged in the twentieth century with the potential of the universal recognition and application of its ideals as the only acceptable way of approaching human val...
I would like to share with the readers some foolishness I went through a few years ago, which, nonetheless, enabled me to gain better insight into some of the ways our fellow creatures – the jinn – op...
This article addresses the question of how to deal with religious diversity from an Islamic perspective. It is divided into five parts. Part one is the introduction. The second part describes three im...
Muslims across the globe are cursing America and its allied Western powers for the humiliation the Taliban and al-Qaeda men went through in Afghanistan recently. According to another popular Muslim ex...
My father, Syed Fasihuddin, died a quarter of century ago, on February 21, 1977. With him ended one phase of my life. And another began. I was a few months away from my nineteenth birthday when it hap...
Professor J.D. Latham is regarded by many as the successor of Professor Montgomery Watt, the famous author of many well-known books on Islam including his highly acclaimed two volumes on the life of t...
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...
An important guiding principle mentioned in the Qur’ān for regulating the economic life of Muslims in an equitable manner is that in an Islamic society wealth should not be allowed to circulate among...
