afflicted soul, constantly tormented by thoughts of having been a failure in life, of not having achieved what he set out to do. Rich and poor, powerful and weak, all human beings are a prey to such despair.

mercy to us is many times more than that of a mother to her child; by His grace He will make up to us what we lack, but on one condition—that we make Him our everything, as a mother means everything to her

place where Prophet Muhammad, along with all the Prophets, had prostrated himself before his Lord. What is the solution to this problem? Its solution lies in a practice (sunnah) of Prophet Muhammad: to

political aspect of the matter. This would enable men of religion to solve the problem by applying what is called ‘practical wisdom,’ that is, to avoid the present problems and grasp the available opportunities

the present course, in terms of non-achievement of goals, has been counterproductive. What has come into being, and what is going to be achieved in the effort to consolidate the position of religion is in

‘The Shaikh is dear to me, but the truth is dearer to me than the Shaikh.’ This incident tells us what the proper attitude should be in matters of differences and criticism. That is, each person must be

representative on earth. The appearance of truth is like the appearance of God. When God appears before one what else will be more important in comparison? This does not mean that one who claims to be the champion

solution having been found. But have we looked at the problem from all possible angles? A glimpse at what is happening in other countries with minority problems would indicate that there is one line of action

has been almost totally neglected in India—that of self-help. It is positively heartening to see what this has done for minorities elsewhere in the world. (Let us never forget that India does not stand

society of your wish to prevail, you will seldom succeed, so practice the art of doing what is possible and leaving what is impossible. This is a sign of maturity. The mature person remains even- tempered

What is Zakat al-Fitr?According to a Hadith reported by Ibn ‘Abbas: The Prophet made Zakat al-Fitr obligatory for the fasting person to keep him from idle talk and indecent conversation and to provide

obligatory on all Muslims: young, old, male and female. Every Muslim who possesses over and above what is needed as basic food for the duration of one day and night must pay Zakat al-Fitr for himself and

I have that you will be able to outdo me in recitation.” It is only such utter devotion—no matter what the field of activity—which can lead to success. There are few worthwhile things in life which cannot

your service, day and night. In addition to this, if you show thankfulness to God, He will give you what is greater than all of this — Eternal Paradise in which there will be “...neither fear nor grievance”

there is a heap of ten million such coins and that if he runs quickly he can obtain all that money, what do you think he will do with the one rupee coin that you have given him? He will forget about it and