the Quran (59:18): “Believers! Fear God, and let every soul look to what it lays up for the future. Fear God: God is aware of what you do.” Old age is something from which we should take lessons, not

forever!” Most people know what they need to do in order to be successful in the phase of life before death. For this, they make elaborate preparations. But how many of us know what preparations we need to

usual for people in this land to utter these words.” The Prophet asked ‘Addas where he came from, and what his religion was. ‘Addas replied that he was a Christian, and hailed from Nineveh in Iraq. “So you

another. “This fellow has corrupted our servant.” “Shame on you.” they said to ‘Addas when he returned. “What were you kissing the fellow’s head, hands and feet for?” “Master,” ‘Addas replied. “There is nothing

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

make laws which provide for them at the expense of their menfolk. When they are earning like men, what is the point in making such a law? Only in exceptional cases, surely, do they need to be looked after

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

God grants to non-violence what he does not grant to violence. This is no simple statement. It tells us of a very profound reality. It tells us of an eternal law of nature. By the very law of nature itself

as compared to violence, is life. Both the Quran and Hadith speak of jihad as a very superior act. What is jihad? Jihad means ‘struggle.’ This word is used for non-violent activism as compared to violent

murder ‘Ammar’s mother. Relating this incident, this is what the Prophet’s biographer, Ibn Hisham, writes: When the Prophet passed them by, from what I have heard, he would say to them: “Be patient, family

the Hereafter. With this mental re-orientation, he will start thinking about what he will undergo after death, instead of what the fate of his grave will be.

to express your intense feelings. From this example, one can understand what is a lower level of thanksgiving (shukr) and what is a higher level of thanksgiving. If you give thanks on a basic level, you