The opportunity a man has to exercise his will is one of the greatest favours the Almighty has blessed him with. However, just as this freedom is a source of honour for him, its misuse is a source of...
يَاأَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ إِذَا طَلَّقْتُمْ النِّسَاءَ فَطَلِّقُوهُنَّ لِعِدَّتِهِنَّ وَأَحْصُوا الْعِدَّةَ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ رَبَّكُمْ لَا تُخْرِجُوهُنَّ مِنْ بُيُوتِهِنَّ وَلَا يَخْرُجْنَ إِلَّا أَنْ...
Peace and freedom are two essential requirements of a society. Just as various penal measures help in protecting a society from the evils and excesses committed by an individual, resorting to armed of...
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْمِ ا لم i ( ١ ) ذَلِكَ ii الْكِتَابُ iii لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ هُدًى iv لِلْمُتَّقِينَ v ( ٢ ) الَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْغَيْبِ vi وَيُقِيمُونَ الصَّلَاةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْن...
يَاأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَأُوْلِي الْأَمْرِ مِنْكُمْ فَإِنْ تَنَازَعْتُمْ فِي شَيْءٍ فَرُدُّوهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَالرَّسُولِ إِنْ كُنتُمْ تُؤْمِنُونَ بِالل...
The objective of Islam is to purify all aspects of human life and soul. It therefore insists that besides cleansing the inner self from contamination, care must be exercised in the intake of food and...
1 The various manifestations of the conduct, mannerisms and pattern of living of a group of people are called customs and etiquette. No period of human civilization has remained devoid of them. We fin...
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...
Prelude Of fancy, when thy ruby blood-drop stains The tulip red, and rises insurgent To the supreme power of nature and regains, Eternal providence: O’ refulgent – O’ Zephyr, ay, thou art pernicious,...
Shall I compose an elegy on thy death, Or a sanguine lyric from mine tulip’s cud, Milord --- may fall like mild dew on wreath Of the claret buds to nip in the bud; The love, the sweetest love of a cro...
According to the Qur’ānic directive of Amruhum Shūrā Baynahum (Their system is based on their consultation, (42:38)), the details of the methodology adopted by the Prophet (sws) and his companions for...
Amruhum Shūrā Baynahum Their system is based on their consultation. (42:38) The system of government of an Islamic State is based upon the above quoted verse. The extensive meaning this short verse en...
God commands you to hand back trusts to their rightful owners and to always pass judgement upon men with fairness. Verily this is from God an excellent admonition. For God is He who hears and sees all...
[These believers are those who], if We grant them authority in this land, will establish regular prayers and pay Zakāh and enjoin what is virtuous and forbid what is evil. (22:41) This verse of Sūrah...
The Sharī‘ah ordained by the Almighty regarding punishments has already been elaborated upon by this writer in a separate discourse 1 . It is shown in this discourse that the Sharī‘ah has specified th...
The opportunity a man has to exercise his will is one of the greatest favours the Almighty has blessed him with. However, just as this freedom is a source of honour for him, its misuse is a source of...
A detailed analysis of the economy of Pakistan reveals that the whole economic set-up of our country is based on great vice and evil. The foremost evil in it is the institution of Banking. Through thi...
1. When death approaches any one of you and you are leaving behind some wealth, it is incumbent upon you to make a will in favour of your parents and relatives according to the conventions [of society...
The language in which the Qur’an was revealed was the Arabic of the highest level of Umm al-Qurā (Makkah) spoken by the people of the Quraysh in the Jāhiliyyah 1 period. There is no doubt that the way...
And whatever the Almighty has bestowed on His Prophet from the people of the cities, it is reserved for Allah and His Prophet and the relatives of the Prophet 1 and the orphans and the needy and the w...
