Suppose one day a human being suddenly crawled out from a cave in some remote mountain. On seeing this, people would be astonished!...

Christmas is the festival of the Christian Church observed annually on the 25th day of December in memory of the birth of Jesus Christ....

Like Christianity, Islam and Judaism are what are called ‘Semitic religions’. But despite this, due to some reasons there is a widespread...

AN EARTHQUAKE When the earth is rocked in her last convulsion; when the earth shakes off its burdens and man asks ‘What may this mean?’...

What is ma‘arifah? Literally, ma‘arifah means realization. In religious terms, ma‘arifah means man’s realization of God, his Creator. He...

Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) was a well known democratic thinker of France. He was the upholder of the rule of the people rather...

Living for an Immediate Gain A God-Oriented life is one in which a person discovers God, the Lord of the universe, in such a way that God...

About those who pronounce judgement, the Prophet said, “There are three kinds of judges, one of whom will occupy the Garden of Paradise,...

God created a perfect world. Then He created man in perfect form. Next He commanded man to live in the world and make use of everything...

A Conscious Effort The well-known British philosopher Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) says of himself in his autobiography: “When I survey...

Every Indian complains about corruption, but no one tries to get to the root cause of this phenomenon. All anti-corruption movements make...

A sage once said that the desire to preach should have the same compulsive quality about it as the desire to satisfy any other normal...

Until the 15th century, science had flourished in the Muslim world, with important centres of research in Spain and other Muslim...

The problems that confront man in the present age can all be traced, directly or indirectly, to one underlying cause: the separation of...

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan I Times of India I January 10, 2011 | Page 18 Due to some recent events in Pakistan, the issue of blasphemy is...

TRY, TRY, TRY AGAIN A young man who was employed as an ordinary worker in a Bidi factory soon learnt the entire art of the business and...

Muhammad: A Prophet For All Humanity His preaching mission extended over a mere twenty-three years. It was during this short time that he...

THE PROPHET AS A HUMAN BEING The Qur’an describes the Prophet of Islam as a human being like any other. What distinguished him from...

A Matter of Introspection THE manner of Muslims’ reaction in the face of provocations is counterproductive. This reaction can even be...

True Jihad THE Quran exhorts believers to “strive for the cause of God as it behoves you to strive for it.” (THE QURAN 22: 78) .This...