to help solve their problems and to set the course for their thinking and action. Now let us see what method was adopted in the Quran over this period of twenty-three years. The revelation of the Quran

movement against the Ayodhya structure was that it was built at the site of Shri Ram’s birthplace, what possible justification could there be for demanding the demolition of the Mathura mosque, which is

adorn themselves, crossing all limits of decency. But the remedy does not lie in declaring forbidden what Allah has permitted. He goes on to say that it is clear from the Quran, the Hadith and the practice

Harvard University has very aptly observed, “What we ought to be, we are not ready to be.” In spite of the inborn qualities nature has endowed us with, the successes which should have been ours in this

your eyes and ears and skins could not observe you. Yet you thought that Allah did not know much of what you did. It is this illusion concerning your Lord that has ruined you, so that you are now among the

throwing stones back at him? You would be quite right in feeling that he should be punished, because what he did was intentional. Here, it is not just a question of some accidental happening, but of right

degrades and destroys. An otherwise excellent character is seriously marred by fits of rage, for that is what causes a man to forget all his moral precepts and throw his principles to the winds. It was not without

exaggeration to say that this is the main theme of the Quran, personality development being its basic goal. What is purification of the soul? It is to purify your mind of all kinds of bias and negativity. In other

Germany on a permanent basis. This was a clear case of injustice, but the German leaders did not react. What happened was that nature was given a chance to work. A peaceful process followed and nature silently

indeed, the upsurge of religion, which is aimed at, and not just the physical movement of the people. What the Hadith has to say regarding protection from hellfire will thus be applicable to us only if we