hovering over it and making a noise. The Muslim Sufi, communicating with the leader of the birds, asked what was the matter with them and why they were protesting. The leader replied, ‘We have a complaint to

appears like a dry stick. But then a silent revolution happens. It sprouts brilliantly-hued flowers! What was a dry stick is now laden with stunning flowers. It seems as if God has specially sent His beautiful

of your people will believe in you than those who already believe; do not grieve, therefore, over what they have been doing. Build the Ark under Our eyes and in accordance with Our revelation. Do not plead

elderly acquaintance asked him what the matter was and why he was looking so sad. He replied, ‘Thieves broke in my shop. The lock I used was an ordinary one and someone broke open the lock at night and

fairness; none shall be wronged. Every soul shall be paid back according to its deeds, for God knows well what they have been doing. The unbelievers shall he driven in hordes, towards Hell. When they draw near

Man, born of the womb of his mother, has his second birth from the womb of faith. He now experiences what is meant by union with God. A lover, emotionally, is one with his beloved, even when he is physically

Prophet Shu‘ayb was addressed by his people thus: They replied, ‘Shu‘ayb, we do not understand much of what you say. In fact, we see that you are powerless among us. Were it not for your clan, we would have

he approached the gathering of people and began to listen to the speaker. He was suddenly struck by what he was saying: “Think well before taking revenge, for you too shall suffer the vengeance of others

appearing in a court set up by the Almighty? When having to face a human court proves so unnerving, what will a man’s condition be when he finds himself standing trial in the divine court? Death may spare

sacrifices itself to the uttermost for its master, even at the cost of its life. It expresses symbolically what man should be like, i.e. that he should have faith in his Lord, just as the horse trusts its master