Instead of moaning about how cold, or hot or humid it is, we could gaze at the clouds floating past and reflect on this beautiful bit of God’s creation. By Yoginder Sikand It isn’t that I’ve completely dropped the habit, but I do think things have improved considerably with me on that front. There was…
These days, things are very different in many families. Parents are so busy working that they just don’t give time to their children. Their materialistic demands have gone so out of control that they are busy trying to earn as much as they can to be able to afford all the many things they desire”a…
A Sermon on the Last Friday of Sha’ban on the Reception of the month of Ramadan. “O People ! Indeed ahead of you is the blessed month of Allah. A month of blessing, mercy and forgiveness. A month which with Allah is the best of months. Its days, the best of days, its nights, the…
Abu Hurayrah narrated that the Prophet said: “”¦and no one will exercise humility for Allah’s sake, except that Allah will raise him up.” (Muslim) The Prophet said: “Whoever possesses an atom’s weight of ‘kibr’ will not enter paradise.” (Muslim) Humility is when a person does not see himself as being better or above other people…
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan The Period of Youth The Prophet is reported to have said that on the Day of Judgment, every person would be questioned about some issues, one of these being how he spent his youth. (ShuÊ¿ab al-Iman lil-Bayhaqi, hadith no. 1648). Youth is a period when a person’s strength is fully alive…
God wants us – including people of different religions – to “know” each other because there is benefit in knowing one another. By Sheima Salam Sumer Many Muslims are familiar with the famous Quranic verse 49:13 that proclaims: “Mankind! We have created you from a male and female, and made you into peoples and tribes,…
On the theme of experiencing God, Imam Ghazali elaborated on the 99 names of Allah. He wrote how Allah’s attributes must be known by tasting the experience, and not just the word. By Sadia Dehlvi Imam Ghazali, the 11th century philosopher, earned the title Hujjat-ul Islam, meaning the proof of Islam. He is the most…
If Muslims want to become socio-intellectually relevant in today’s world, they will have to acquire a desirable level of linguistic felicity to compete with others in the arena of intellectual discourse. By Syed H.Hashmi When we consider English studies in our schools and colleges, we find they are in a state of woeful neglect. This…
Entrepreneurship is tough, but when our intention for choosing it is social change, instead of fame and money, everything becomes easier. By Khuram Malik When Steve Jobs was looking to hire a CEO for Apple in the early eighties, he had a hard time persuading John Sculley “ a senior executive at Pepsi at the…
Abu Huraira, a Companion of Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh) is reported to have said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The wise saying is the lost property of the believer, so wherever he finds it then he has a right to it.” (Source: Sunan At-Tirmidhi) By Ahsan Jafri The Quran (49:13)…
