The end of Ramadan is an opportunity for us Muslims to re-examine the way we have lived our lives over the past days. We need to reflect, how good and kind were we to our neighbors from other faiths? By Ghulam Rasool Dehlvi Every year, the holy month of Ramadan comes with a heavenly serenity…
Beyond Names and Forms: Truth, goodness and sanctity are not monopolies of one religion. The aim of every religion is to promote goodness among individuals and in the society. By Rev. M.M. Abraham At the 1893 session of the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago, Swami Vivekananda remarked: “If the World Parliament of Religions has…
A tiny virus invisible to the naked eye is able to baffle 21st-century science and technology, causing the death of thousands of people. But what is it, apart from the will of God, that makes a virus impossible to beat? By Harun Yahya We have frequently heard of viral epidemics in recent years. Many people…
Physical Journey or Mystical Experiment? By Maqbool Ahmed Siraj Some even argue that Asra refers to ‘journey by night’ and not bodily lifting as the same term has been used at two more places in the Holy Quran to refer to Prophet Moses’ leaving Egypt with his bondsmen to escape Firaun’s persecution. . Several companions…
Allah governs all that exists. You have to take the means and leave the outcomes to Allah. By Jasser Auda In his well-known book, Al-Hikam (Words of Wisdom), Sheikh Ahmad Ibn `Ataa’illah As-Sakandari says: “Save yourself from worrying. Somebody else already took care of your affairs for you.” Relying on Allah (tawakkul) is one of…
The IYL-2015 is a time to recognize the Greek and the Arab pioneers of optics. Importantly, it is a time to reflect on the decline of science in the Arab and Muslim world. By Sameen Ahmed Khan 2015 has been at last proclaimed as the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies (IYL 2015).…
By Nigar Ataulla My backyard garden is host to different creatures who are my friends”cute little squirrels, with bushy tails and baby mice, with very naughty long tails; tiny birds that sit on the fence, mynahs and crows; and, of course, cats. I say ‘hello’ to them when I spot them, and off they run…
After 18 months of living in complete darkness, a Tunisian woman pilgrim regained her eyesight while standing on Arafat at the climax of the Haj this year. The 70-year-old Nafeesa Al-Qurmazi, mother of two boys and three girls, said she came to the Kingdom for Haj totally blind and is now going back to Tunisia…
By Yoginder Sikand Little Olinj was quite a naughty girl last week, and that’s why Dolly Aunty gave her to me yesterday to mind. In two days she had eaten four of Stephen Anna’s pigeons. But cats will be cats, and they’ll do as most cats would if they are set among the pigeons. And…
Above all, the many lessons that this Ramzan taught me was this: the need to think of, and turn to, God at least for a few minutes every day. That was something that I hadn’t done for years. By Ghulam Kabir Das Even as a child I thought of Muslims who fasted the whole month…
