human beings and birds eat, then this will be a continuous form of charity so long as the creatures of God keep benefiting from it.” (Musnad Ahmad 15616) Being of use or being helpful is an immutable principle

One can build one’s life by one’s own efforts. Whatever misfortune befalls you is of your own doing—God forgives much (42:30). This verse of the Quran tells us that whenever a person is afflicted by any

without its first having been recorded in a book, before We bring it into being. That is easy for God to do; so that

are all based on truth. They appear just as they really are. In this unfathomably vast universe of God nothing is based on untruth. There is nothing which shows itself in any form other than its real form

whose tongue and hands people are safe. (Musnad Ahmad, hadith no. 12561) One of the attributes of God described in the Quran is ‘As-Salam’, which means peace and security. According to Sahih Muslim, the

a prayer of ism-e-aazam. No human word has the power to become God’s ism-e-aazam, because it cannot encompass the unlimited being of God. I said that there was once a person just like him. He was in search

a prayer of ism-e-aazam. No human word has the power to become God’s ism-e aazam, because it cannot encompass the unlimited being of God. I said that there was once a person just like him. He was in search

counterproductive. After such an abuse of another’s privilege, there would be nothing to stand between us and God’s punishment, for it is He who has provided us with this unique opportunity to bring other people within

not wasted. Missed opportunities spell ruin. That is the way of the world. And that is the will of God. At the Olympic Games held in Los Angeles in July-August 1984, about 62 Indian sportsmen participated

national issues. But to represent Islam, on the other hand, is to present God’s religion before mankind. The Quran tells us how God sent countless prophets in ancient times and revealed to them the scriptures