mutual sharing. Thus, their marriage proved to be successful. One very important aspect of marriage is what I call intellectual partnership. Every day we face problems, every day there are some new issues,

to my experience, the best intellectual partner is no other than your spouse. Everyone has adopted what may be called the adjustment culture – the businessman with his customers, every working man or woman

with his immediate superior. He was so upset by this incident that he resigned from his post. But what was the result? He is now unemployed and living in a state of frustration. Another acquaintance of

adjustment, and, lastly again adjustment. He took my advice and now he is very happy with his job. What is the difference between the concept of justice and the concept of adjustment? The difference is

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

metaphorically, not literally. What the Prophet wished to convey was this: “Women are akin to a rib and should be treated with due consideration.” There is another tradition which explains what this means. “A woman

part of man’s nature to want to extend his ‘today’ to ‘tomorrow’. He seeks to get in his ‘tomorrow’ what he failed to get in his ‘today’. The case of animals is different. Animals have no concept of ‘tomorrow’

WHAT IS DEATH?Death is not the end of life. Death is the beginning of a new stage of life. A wise person uses present opportunities to prepare himself so he can be found eligible for Paradise in eternity

6.WHAT IS THE SENSE OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND HOW DO WE DEVELOP THIS?There is no answer possible for this in the secular culture. The idea of accountability inherently brings about the idea of a Creator, an

6.WHAT IS THE SENSE OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND HOW DO WE DEVELOP THIS?There is no answer possible for this in the secular culture. The idea of accountability inherently brings about the idea of a Creator, an