Philosophers and reformers in every age have been obsessed with the concept of idealism. Some have wanted to establish an ideal government, but they have failed. Some have tried to establish an ideal…

The Sunday Guardian | November 03, 2024 One method of attaining tazkiya is to formulate certain principles in an abstract way, put them in writing and ask others to read them. This may be one way to…

During the period when the Prophet Muhammad was in Makkah (610 to 632 AD), there was a war in 627 AD called the Battle of the Trench (Ghazwa al-Khandaq) in which the opponents of the Prophet Muhammad…

The Sunday Guardian Part I  | January 23, 2022 | The Sunday Guardian Part II | Jan 30, 2022 Swami Vivekananda, a great spiritual luminary of India, was motivated by a desire expressed by his guru,…

Soulveda | April 26, 2025 Almost every day of our lives, we meet with some kind of bad experience, great or small, which is inescapable. One has two options: either to ignore it or try to take some…

The Times of India | November 04, 2024 Writing about the Gulf war of 1991, I wrote in my diary on Feb. 2, 1991, as follows: No matter which side earns the laurels of victory, the misery of the…

In ancient times, man could see only with the naked eye. At that time, man thought in a very limited way about the sky. By observation with the naked eye, it was calculated that there were not more…

When a person attains realization of truth, his thinking becomes God-oriented. It happens naturally then that he becomes a serious person. One aspect of this seriousness is characterized by the…

Chapter 26 of the Quran tells us that only those will be held deserving of Paradise in the Hereafter who come to God with a sound heart. (26:89) In this verse, “heart” does not indicate an organ, in…