disfigure me for this on the Day of Judgement, even though I am His messenger,” he said to ‘Umar. This is what is meant by the world being a planting- ground for the hereafter. One who realizes this fact lives

prejudice, anger, greed, hate, the lust for power, vanity, self-interest or any such base urge. This is what makes for strength of character. It is an irresistable force in life, one which enables a person to

contemporary Prophet visits them. The installation of the Prophet Muhammad on the pinnacle of history, on what the Quran calls “a position of praise and glory,”2 is one factor contributing to his being “a mercy

that we only possess a translated account of what the Prophet Jesus said and did; and that too, in ancient Greek, which is considerably different from the modern language. By the end of the 19th century

algebra. The most we hope for at the moment is to discover ways of manipulating x, y, z without knowing what they are. (Sir James Jeans, The New Background of Science) The advancements in science have only

compare himself or herself with those who are apparently, materially, better placed than him or her. What a person should do rather is compare himself with those who are materially less well off than he is

signs how mistaken they were in doing so, for it will communicate to them, albeit in silent language, what the actual truth of the matter is. It will be there right before their eyes. Prophet Noah told his

it by Article 370 of the Indian Constitution. Till now, the Kashmiri leaders have been engaged in what I call ‘the politics of the impossible’. Now, it behoves them to recognize practical realities and

others. In honouring one’s rival, one must often compromise with one’s own sense of prestige. This is what really makes it difficult to give precedence to a fellow human being. Yet this is the crucial test

their possession their enthusiasm turns to frustration for, with experience, they invariably find that what they have struggled for so hard, has failed to give them the desired sense of fulfillment. All these