to nothingness. Even before death, he finds himself in a world where his will is no longer his own. What then, will be his fate after death? After death, he will enter another world where he will be forced

branch would you like to teach?” the principal asked him. “Indian History”, Father Heras replied. “What do you know about Indian history?” the principal asked. Father Heras said he knew nothing. “Then how

between these two types of people may not be apparent in all respects, but this is not so as far as what is going to happen after their deaths is concerned. He who lives in the consciousness of God and the

Hereafter. One who is seduced by the alluring pleasures of this world loses out on the next world. What anguish and despair he will feel when he reaches that world, and beholds the eternal blessings which

quite entranced by it. When a handsome child is born to a couple, their joy knows no bounds. Then what of our experience of God, who is the source of all beauty, joy and virtue? On discovering Him, can

riverbeds to overflowing, each according to its measure. The torrent carries along swelling foam, akin to what rises from smelted ore from which man makes ornaments and tools. God thus depicts truth and falsehood

1966. This book has been translated into many languages. For instance, in Arabic it is titled ‘Al-Islam Yatahadda’ (1970) and in English ‘God Arises’ (1988), etc. Much work has been done on this subject

our history books of the men who, using peaceful methods, helped convert the Tartar marauders to Islam and turned them into servants of the faith. Today, men like Osama Bin Laden who talk about violence

goal. We shall have to adopt the same strategy in modern times as that adopted by the Prophet of Islam in the 19th year of his prophethood. This historical strategy has come to be called the Hudaybiyya

Maker of the heavens and the earth for answers to the questions surging in his mind. What is our true role in life? What does the Lord require of us, as His servants? Whence do we come and whither will we