introspection. During this practice, one finds time to reflect on one’s life, one’s past and present, and what course to follow in the future. The ten-day period of itikaf requires a person to undergo overhauling

body or external circumstances are a cause for misery for a person in this present world. In terms of what he is seeking, the real issue is to acquire a life free of all sorrow. If sorrow exists, nothing can

he will be called to account for by his Creator on the Day of Judgement. Everyone, no matter from what walk of life he hails, will be required to stand before his Maker and lay his life absolutely bare

furious and rise in a violent uproar, which leads to riots leaving death and destruction in their wake. What has been the outcome of such bloody agitation? It hasn’t prompted even a single person to submit to

Lord and attend to their prayers; who conduct their affairs by mutual consultation and spend out of what We have provided for them; who, when they are attacked, defend themselves. Let harm be requited by

and woman and no one can change this fate. Living in this present world, we must first of all know what the creation plan of our Creator is. Why has the Creator created this strange world and why has He

preparation. Wise is he whose mind is alert about death, whose actions are planned in accordance with what is beneficial for him in the period after death, whose life is Hereafter-oriented rather than worldly-oriented

no time to listen to anyone. They spend all their time and money on reaching their desired goals. What is this goal which keeps everyone so busy? It is only one—improving their worldly life more and more

gives us this interpretation: ‘Verily, in cattle there is a lesson for you. We give you to drink of what is inside their bodies, coming from a conjunction between the contents of the intestine and the blood

MattersAn unbeliever tends to be insensitive, but a believer should have a heightened awareness of what is right and wrong. The believer’s sensitivity is not limited to God and objects generally regarded