The Times of India | March 03, 2024 A youth once came to me along with his newly married wife. He said to me: “We are about to begin our married life. Please give us some advice.” I said my advice…

The Sunday Guardian | February 25, 2024 Consider these verses of the Quran: The Merciful who taught the Quran—He created man and He taught him speech. The sun and the moon move according to a fixed…

Soulveda | February 16, 2024 A twelve-year-old boy came running home one evening hoping for something to eat, for he felt ravenously hungry. His mother replied to him sadly. “I have nothing to give…

The literal meaning of Islam is submission, that is, submission to God’s will. Submission, in fact, is the name of that natural response from a person to God, the response that is expressed by human…

The Times of India| February 18, 2024 Chapter 102 of the Quran refers to a reality of life in these words: “You were obsessed about acquiring more and more till you reached the grave.” (102:1-2)…

What is realization of God? The realization of God is the realization of that Being who has created man, Who has granted man with a personality which is unique throughout the vast universe, Who has…

The Times of India | 12 February, 2024 | The Sunday Guardian | August 03, 2014 In the tennis Grand Slam held at Wimbledon on July 6, 2014, Serbia’s Novak Djokovic defeated Swiss Roger Federer. After…

Soulveda | January 31, 2024 A senior college teacher once commented to me with considerable bitterness, “There are no second chances in life. Wonderful opportunities to advance myself are coming my…

The Times of India | February 05, 2024 An elderly British citizen once told me that during the Second World War, Sir Winston Churchill, Britain’s Prime Minister and popularly acclaimed military…