The Sunday Guardian | January 26, 2025 The Quran states: “We have created man into a life of toil and trial. Does he think then that no one has power over him?” (90:4-5) The law of the present…

The fourth caliph of Islam, Ali ibn Abi Talib, said, ‘I recognized my Lord by failing to execute my will.’ This is a simple formula of maarifah or God realization. All men and women undergo such…

Muslim ibn Bashair says that Abu Hurayra wept during his illness. When asked as to what was making him weep he replied: “I don’t weep for this world of yours. I weep rather for when I think that my…

Traditions tell of how the Prophet of Islam usually observed silence. (Musad Ahmad, Hadith No. 20810) Many traditions have been recorded on this subject. For example: “Hold fast to silence.” (Sunan…

John Stuart Mill (1806-1873), a British philosopher, writes in his autobiography (published in 1873) that he had formerly believed in God as a matter of tradition. But once his father, James Mill,…

The Prophet of Islam once observed: “God created man in His own image.” (Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith No. 6227). This means that man has been created as a natural exception in this vast universe. With…

It is recorded in a hadith that you should not do tit for tat. That means that you should not mete out the same treatment to others that you receive from them. The course of action that you should…

Speaking Tree | March 21, 2022 I once happened to meet a businessman who confided to me that formerly he had been in the habit of very generously giving his assistance to others. However, he had now…

The Sunday Guardian | September 04, 2021 We are living in a world of corruption. This is a distressing state of affairs, and there are few who do not long to have a corruption-free world. This,…