When an engineer sets out to build a bridge, he chooses steel as the principal material to be used in its construction (as opposed to wood, bamboo, weaker types of metals, etc) for he knows in…

From the Islamic viewpoint, human character is either noble or ignoble. Those who fall into the latter category do not acknowledge any hard and fast principles which are to be adhered to at all times…

Say someone hires a taxi and, at the end of his journey, is asked to hand over fifty rupees for his fare. Now, if the passenger has only fifty rupees in his pocket, he is likely to argue that the…

The Sunday Guardian | August 11, 2024 I once penned an article entitled ‘Realization—The Purpose of Humanity’. Almost immediately after it appeared in print, (Al-Risala, September 2010) a reader…

The Times of India | August 12, 2024 According to Sufyan, Umar ibn Khattab once asked Kaab who the people of enlightenment were. Ka’ab replied that they were men who practised their learning. When…

It is in becoming acquainted with God that one knows what characteristics one should, as a Muslim, cultivate in oneself. Along with the discovery of God, there comes the realization that one is not…

The Times of India | August 05, 2024 Human history pre-dates the advent of Islam by about twenty-five thousand years. During this long period man made little progress in knowledge and science. True…

Soulveda | July 29, 2024 Gerard, who was born in Cremona, Lombardy, in 1114, was a mediaeval scholar who translated the works of many major Greek and Arabic writers into Latin, there being a great…