between the mother and the son as so many memories were associated with it. This example tells us what it is to weep in God’s remembrance. Such remembrance is the result of a contact at a psychological

said, “‘When you pass through the gardens of Paradise, try to graze there.’ The question was asked, ‘What are the gardens of Paradise?’ To this Prophet Muhammad replied, “Remembering God together.’” (Sunan

him and he will be able to derive spiritual food from every experience of the present world. This is what is meant by religious awareness. One who is fully awakened in terms of his religious consciousness

be declared as deniers, that is, those who did not acknowledge God. This decision will be based on what deeds one did in the life before death.

of man gives people the courage to indulge in injustice and contumacy in this world. If people knew what was coming to them they would stop dead, in fear; their

After the invention of printing press the role of a muqri (da‘ee) would be naturally changed. Now what they have to do is to prepare more and more copies of the Quran and then distribute them among the

Why such emphasis on positive bent of mind? We can experience in our own lives that our mind has what is called a ‘positivity advantage’, that is your brain at positive performs significantly better than

will receive his or her share. There the giver will also get things in various forms in return for what he has given to others, sometimes directly and sometimes indirectly. On the contrary, in a society

The conversation which ensued between God and Satan is described thus in the Quran: “God asked, ‘What prevented you

themselves. They cannot on their own abandon the path of violence in favour of the path of peace. What is needed at that time is that a third party should work to cool down their feelings of animosity