shoals of fish washed up on the sea coast, man realizes his utter helplessness in the face of nature. What is most tragic about earthquakes and volcanic eruptions is the fact that no one can predict when or

it says about the people of Paradise: “Whenever they are given fruit to eat they will say, ‘This is what we were provided with before,’ because they were given similar things.” (2:25) A hadith relates that

extreme despair. It is actually paradise, the perfect or ideal world, which is cherished by everyone. What must be remembered is that the place to find this world is the Hereafter rather than the present world

death. In this world, if you face a shortage of something today, you can make efforts and acquire what you need tomorrow. But in the life after death, you will not have the chance of engaging in any actions

king Philip. Within ten years of ascending the throne he conquered a vast portion of the world. But what happened to him finally? He died in a palace in a town in Iraq as pathetically as a pauper dying in

a refuge for anyone! People accumulate worldly wealth and fondly imagine that they have obtained what needs to be had. Imagine their condition when death will expose everything of theirs to be false and

the title Just 16 minutes from home… When I read this news report, I thought that this is precisely what the final fate of all human beings is in this world. Everyone builds his own dream home, where he

repeat the set words of prayers and call upon God in terms of those words. Another kind of dua is what is called the great prayer. This prayer expresses those deep feelings of servitude in a person that

totally devoid of human population, hence completely free from ancient polytheistic culture. This is what is meant by Abraham’s prayer: “Lord, I have settled some of my offspring in a barren valley near Your

pre-ordained scheme of things; every human being has the desire to act according to his own free will. What does the Prophet demand from you other than the avowal that there is one single Creator of the world