until it is unveiled, there can be no proper apprehension of what, in essence, it is. Alexis Carrel’s book, Man, The Unknown, is an attempt to make scientific approach to its discovery. Today man can

a purely physiological basis. He is composed of millions and millions of cells of protoplasm. And what is protoplasm? We can say with certainty that it is a viscous, translucent, homogeneous, structureless

People are rightly apprehensive of nuclear warfare. But what they should most fear is the Last Trumpet with which God will announce the end of the world. Nuclear war may or may not be a certainty, but

panics in the face of danger. It is only if he does not lose his nerve and keeps his mind open to what is practical that he will be able to overcome the obstacles in his path. Inevitably, his success depends

makes it one’s mission to publicly oppose convention—when one starts telling people what they are required to do and what not to do. The Prophet was not just a believer; he was also entrusted with conveying

people of Makkah had made it impossible for the Prophet’s followers to carry on with their trading. What the Muslims did was to move to a neighbouring country and pursue their livelihood there. So hard¬working

we have just been wronged. If we take immediate action, we may not be able to consider rationally what we should do: rather, we may act on the basis of our emotions at the time. Patience, on the other

companions, who had learned it by rote in what is now its present order; second, in writing — on pieces of paper and other materials, preserved by the companions. What must be noted here is that the order existed

food, a family, social relations and institutions, a governmental system and so on. They are part of what is called the ‘life-support system’. All these things a person receives at birth itself, and he continues

think that, one day or the other, all of these will be taken away from him. Yet, that is precisely what is destined for us all. One day, after a certain age, death must happen and all the things

The case of Bahaullah does not even figure in the list. For he never claimed to be a Prophet of God. What he claimed, rightly or wrongly, was something else, having nothing to do, directly with the declaration

included in the list of prophets for he never pronounced himself to be a Prophet of God. On the contrary what he claimed, was that he was a shadow of Prophet Muhammad. He never projected himself as an independent

money. There is just one use of all this money—and that is to increase what people regard as their material welfare. That is what they see as the purpose of their lives. But our stay on earth has to end

The conscience instills in you the spirit of mercy and enables you to differentiate between what is right and what is wrong. Above all, the conscience serves as the moral keeper of your personality.