Abdullah ibn Umar tells us how the Prophet once took him by the shoulders and said: “Live in this world as though you were a wayfarer.” (Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith No. 6416) Of our passage through…

The Sunday Guardian | March 16, 2025 The Quran says: By the snorting war steeds, which strike fire with their hoofs, as they gallop to the raid at dawn, and with a trait of dust, split apart a…

According to the Creation Plan of God, human beings are placed in situations where they have to face hardships from time to time at every moment throughout their lives as part of their test.…

The world of nature is a zero defect world. In it, there are all kinds of activities, but they do not produce any noise pollution. It has ‘factories’ operating round the clock but they do not produce…

Man is born into the present world. Here he spends his mornings and evenings. His life journey continues here through various experiences. Through these experiences, consciously or unconsciously, man…

A common phenomenon observed when people get palatial homes built for themselves is the display of words put up in frame outside their home: “This is by the grace of my Lord.” Apparently, the owner…

The Sunday Guardian | Oct 22, 2017 God, according to His will, created a perfect world called Paradise. A world in accordance with all of our desires as human beings, in that it is free of all…

The Sunday Guardian | May 26, 2019 According to God's creation plan, this world is a "testing ground". But why this test, one might ask. This test of life is not a test for its own sake. Rather, it…

ST weekly blog | Nov 6, 2017 During this limited life on Earth, what we need to do, first and foremost, is to seek out the Creator and Sustainer of the Universe. Having seen a glimpse of Paradise on…