I. Meaning & Morphology ( الصرف و اللغة ) 1. ‘ فُوْم ’ Commentators have alluded to another meaning of ‘ فُوْم ’ viz ‘corn and bread’. Ghāmidī has rejected this meaning since it does not conform to th...
If we minutely observe our universe, it becomes evident that the Almighty has created everything in pairs. Both members of a pair complement one another and there exists a tremendous amount of affinit...
I. Meaning & Morphology ( الصرف و اللغة ) 1. ‘ مُصَدِّقًا لِمَا مَعَكُمْ ’ Farāhī has pointed out 1 that the verb ‘ صَدَّقَ ’ also means ‘to make something true’ besides its other meaning of ‘to testi...
The poise and balance of a society heavily depends on the poise and balance of the attitudes and tendencies of its people. Whenever human attitudes cross their natural limits, disorder and discord res...
There are people who think that the affluent people of the world are put through lesser trial since they have wealth and riches to play about. They do not have to worry about their food and shelter. T...
Not always do our plans materialize; not always do our expectations fetch congruous results; not always do our efforts bear fruit. And then, at times we are faced with staggering circumstances: a hand...
The issue of the relationship of a Muslim country with other countries of the world, especially non-Muslim ones is indeed a sensitive one. An era in which many anticipate the famous Huntington hypothe...
I Meaning & Morphology ( الصرف و اللغة ) 1. ‘ خَلِيفَة ’ (Khalīfah) The word ‘ خَلِيفَة ’ (Khalīfah) in the Arabic language has two meanings: 1. A person who is someone’s deputy or succeeds someone by...
The dawn of October 1st 2003 took away from us Khalid Masud, a man whose life epitomized sincerity, devotion and hard work. He was one of the most prominent pupils of the profound Qur’ānic scholar Amī...
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The word Sha‘ā’ir ( شَعَائر ) is the plural of Sha‘īrah ( شَعِيْرَه ) and implies certain objects which indicate and symbolically represent certain realities. In religious parlance, it implies those m...
The issue of citizenship of an Islamic State is a very sensitive one and needs elaboration. This elaboration is all the more required in the wake of events that are ensuing after the tragedy of Sep 11...
I Meaning & Morphology ( الصرف و اللغة ) 1. ‘ اَلْفَاسِقْ ’ Contrary to its meaning of ‘disobedient’ as a term in Islamic Jurisprudence, it has been used in the Qur’ān to denote a person who is ‘arrog...
In our society everything is given patronage except learning and research. Praises are showered on worthless ideas, meaningless concepts are applauded and senseless thoughts extolled. Sadly enough, tr...
I Meaning & Morphology ( الصرف و اللغة ) 1. The Particle ‘ لَعَلَّ ’ The particle ‘ لَعَلَّ ’ in the expression ‘ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ ’ is causative ( لِلْتَعْلِيْل ), as is evident from Ghamidi’s...
It is generally believed in our religious circles that the teachings and directives of Islam only appeal to our emotions and sentiments; they do not address our intellect and as such they have to be a...
I. Meaning & Morphology ( الصرف و اللغة ) 1. ‘ مَرَضٌ ’ The word ‘ مَرَضٌ ’ is generally used in the Qur’ān in two connotations: hypocrisy and jealousy. Here it is evident from the context that the la...
Not all people are sharp and intelligent, not all are good looking. Not all are born with a silver spoon in their mouth and not all achieve fame. However, the yearning to be intelligent and the desire...
I Meaning & Morphology ( الصرف و اللغة ) 1. ‘ الم ’ In religious parlance, these letters and others similar to them are called the Hurūf-i-Muqatta’āt (the separated letters). They are found at the beg...
As humans, we must never claim that we have totally conquered evil temptations and surmounted the peak of our base desires. We may be able to conquer evil most of the time, but never can we conquer ev...
