by George Reedy, press secretary of the former American president, Lyndon Johnson, in these words: “What counts with a candidate for President is his character, and nothing shows it like his relationship

account, your children, your life and your country for four years. If his own wife can’t trust him, what does that say?” It is a fact that one who establishes illicit sexual relations only proves that he

of the question is really the crux of the matter. If she does not deliver what the in-laws expect, she cannot expect to get what she wants either. The truth is that the in-laws’ house is a place where

the grave. The Messenger of God said: “These hearts rust just as iron rusts" When someone asked what is the method of polishing, the Prophet replied, ”Frequent remembrance of death and recitation of

answer, the train of life will go on in its scheduled course and we shall be left standing, wondering what to do next and how to avert the disastrous consequences of our failure to get on board. It is, therefore

Day of Resurrection) an earthquake is but a very minor affair. Nevertheless, it gives us an idea of what will happen on that day on a much vaster scale. The Times of India of October 21, 1991, reported an

EarthquakeWhen the earth is rocked in her last convulsion; when the earth shakes off its burdens and man asks ‘What may this mean?’— on that day it will proclaim its tidings, for your Lord will have inspired it. On

among those He has blessed: the prophets, the truthful, the witnesses for God, and the righteous. What excellent companions these are! (4:69)

evil is a necessary price that we have to pay for all those developments which have culminated into what we refer to with pride as civilization. 

life. At this stage, they are not in a position to take a decision on purely objective basis. Then what should be done? The Quran gives a very practical criterion for making a decision in this matter. One