Learning From Nature
Walter de la Mare (1873 – 1956), the English poet, once observed a lady at a dining table taking her...
Making friends out of strangers: part 2
The fact is that all the men and women have common ancestors, that is, Adam and Eve. This means that...
Making friends out of strangers: Part 1
People, normally preoccupied with their family members and a small circle of friends, do not generally want to become familiar...
Divine Food
Jesus Christ once said: ‘Man cannot live by bread alone.’ (Matthew 4:4) What Jesus meant was that material provision does...
Peace in Quran: Part 2
Some people bracket justice with peace, but Islam does not subscribe to this notion. Islam believes in peace for the...
Peace in the Quran: Part I
The Quran is undoubtedly a book of peace. It is not a book of war and violence. This can be...
Preparing for death, not conquering death
Louis XI (1423-1483), the king of France, ruled the country for a period of 23 years, from 1461-83. His reign...
Truth will prevail
Why do hunters think it is a glorifying act to kill lions? Why are some lions confined to a cage?...
Avoiding the useless
The Quran advocates a purposeful life. It exhorts people not to indulge in useless talk or useless activity. On this...
Seek the nectar of spirituality
Just visit a place of natural beauty, any place where there are mountains, flowing rivers, tall, lush green trees, birds...
Death: Compulsory eviction
If all the stages through which a person will have to pass, death is the most certain. Everyone who is...
The realistic approach
According to religious traditions, God created the human being and settled him in Paradise. But after some time, man committed...
Goodness in every situation
Strange are the ways ofa believer, for there is good for him in every situation. And this is not true...
Do not break a person’s heart
The petal of a flower and the feather of a bird are incredibly beautiful, but at the same time both...
Abstaining from baseness
A believer makes mistakes but does not stoop to baseness. Mistakes are often made in sudden fits of emotion, but,...
No place for half measures
A noted western writer, after studying the lives of great men, attempted to pinpoint the special qualities that were common...
Prayer from the heart
Any person who has become conscious of the existence and presence of God has experienced the most important and heart-shaking...
God-oriented life
The earth is the sun’s satellite. It constantly orbits around the sun. It takes one year to complete such a...
Accountability to God
It is essential that man should have within his reach, a super formula for life’s management. God provides just such...
God: A source of spiritual awakening
God is a spiritual focus for man. One whose heart is attached to God undergoes spiritual experiences at every moment....
Doing one’s bit
was once a man who stubbornly refused to believe that it is God who provides for and nourishes his creatures....
Without an identity card
A village boy came to the city. As he was walking along the road, he passed by a school. It...
Lose in order to gain
The Prophet of Islam has been reported as saying that the noblest charity is that of imparting knowledge to one’s...
The Divine Way
There are countless stars and asteroids in the universe. All of these are incessantly rotating in the vastness of space....
