delusion. Sickness, accidents, old age, dreams and hopes that are continuously trampled upon – that is what life generally seems. And in the end, after spending his days on earth in sorrow, a person accepts

sheet!’ Muawiyah at that time was Caliph of a colossal Muslim empire, but he did not become angry at what the old man had said. Instead, he sent for him and, uncovering his own head, he said: ‘Go ahead and

the wrongdoers!’ And the people of the Heights will call out to men they recognize by their marks: ‘What use have been your great numbers and your false pride? And are these the people you swore would never

make one a super-achiever in this world. There is a saying: ‘God helps those who help themselves.’ What is self-help? Self-help means to prove that you have these two natural qualities—honesty and the ability

yourselves [concerning the Prophet’s direction] and disobeyed it, after He had brought you within sight of what you wished for. (3:152) In the case of Hunayn, the Quran pointed out the sense of pride which had

the duty of man to study nature and discover the models hidden in its conduct. He should then apply what he learns from these models to the affairs of his daily life. In principle, all the kinds of behaviour

While the formula of a duty-conscious person is: I will do it. A rights-based ideology is focused upon what has to come from others, whereas a duty-based ideology starts with the self. The rights-based ideology

everyone has this potential, but only those can avail of it who are ready to go beyond their own biases. What is reflection upon the Quran? It is trying to go beyond its apparent meaning. It is endeavouring to

mind and I questioned myself as to how those who killed others would bear such severe punishment. What is the reason behind the seriousness of the issue of human killing? It is because this matter apparently

makes one rise above one’s worldly situation. It makes one concentrate on one’s end in life. No matter what hindrances and obstacles lie in one’s path, one soldiers on until one reaches one’s final destination