not “panja-e-sil” but rather it is “panja-e-shal”, which means “lifeless hands of the comb”. A comb resembles the fingers of a human being. Being a lifeless thing, the poet has called it “panja-e-shal” (lifeless

admit his ignorance, he immediately said: “Right, right. There is no difference between “panja-e-sil and panja-e-shal.” If one does not accept the fault even after it is laid bare, he only seeks to prove that

who changed this trend and published such books that were based mostly on real historical data like E. E. Kellett, David Samuel Margoliouth, Philip K. Hitti, Michael Hart, etc. Now Orientalism is not just

Ramadan is mentioned in the Hadiths. In the Hadiths, the month of Ramadan is described as ‘Shahr-e-Sabr’. ‘Shahr-e-Sabr’ means ‘a month of patience’. Fasting is an act of patience. So the three values mentioned

whatever a person utters from his lips is genuine dua, or prayer. It is this dua which is dua with ism-e-aazam and such a dua is always in one’s own mother tongue, rather than in any other language. Prayer

succeeded in finding it. I asked him what his question was? He said, “I want to know what ism-e-aazam is?” Ism-e-aazam means a prayer that invokes God’s greatest name. He told me that he had read many books

self-induced. You have supposed that ism-e-aazam is like a mantra, that is, a magic formula. Now you want to know that mantra, but this will never happen.” I said that ism-e-aazam is not the name of some words

Just as the arrow reaches its target by being shot in precisely the right direction, similarly qaul-e-sadid hit the mark by making one’s words correspond in every detail with reality. According to a hadith

to my heart and grant my language (word) qaul-e-sadid. This prayer shows how great is the importance given to qaul-e-sadid in Islam. The truth is that qaul-e-sadid is the mark of a person being a true believer

believer speaks, he should say what is right and fair. Qaul-e-sadid is a proof of man’s humanity and, utterances not in accordance with qaul-e-sadid, are a proof of his having strayed outside the fold of

The general concept regarding asma-e-husna is that they are some mysterious words. It is believed that some miraculous effect is hidden in these words, just as in the chants (mantras) of magicians, and

what people think of divine names. But this kind of concept of God’s names is totally baseless. Asma-e-husna are in no sense mysterious words. They represent a known and meaningful reality. Divine names

nothing mysterious about it, rather it is a blessing which can be fully explained rationally. Asma-e-husna indeed are the known doors of God’s mercy. These doors have been opened as we learn from to the