Quran, it is the quality of tawassum (15:75) that enables one to find inspiration in the universe. What is tawassum? It is the ability to understand the signs of nature. That is, to observe the phenomena

who lead peaceful lives prove by their behaviour that they have experienced the feeling of finding what they truly desire in life. The mind of a frustrated person is always obsessed with the prevalent

ineluctable evil is the price that we of necessity pay for all those developments which have culminated in what we proudly refer to as civilization.

and deserving of it. God has knowledge of all things” (48:26). That is to say that the way to keep Islam’s social activity on the straight path is to hold to piety in spite of the very blatant expression

a moment, then asked his mother if she didn’t even have twenty-five paise. “I do,” she said, “but what can you buy for a whole family with just twenty-five paise?” Her son told her not to worry and begged