appear as though—far from serving themselves—they are only out to serve others. They make out that what they are doing is for the good of their nation, whereas in fact they themselves are the only beneficiaries

licence to act as they please: if the law sanctions their misdemeanours, then no one can say that what they are doing is wrong. This is the way with people of the world. As for people who call themselves

religion appear like real religion; they give themselves credit for practising religion, whereas in fact what they are practising is religion made by man, not the one revealed by God. They have made religion

asked a venerable elder: “What is the reason that we ask from God, but our prayers do not get answered?” The elderly sage replied, this is because you people ask of God what you are not prepared to give

sincere, his life becomes devoid of contradictions—there remains no difference between what he prays for and what he does in his real life. For example, to persecute others and be unjust in one’s own area

stance. For the acceptability of one’s prayer, it is crucial that a person gives to others in his life what he seeks from God in his entreaty. If he seeks mercy and blessing for his own self from God, then

human lives are at stake, Islamic priorities are always clear. The better to appreciate Islamic emphasis a human as well as spiritual priorities, let us take an example from Islam’s earliest period, just

said, “The Maulana brought a stick, and holding it, in his hand, he said, ‘Come, my dear Riyazul Islam, let us declare holy war on those who do not say their prayers.’” After completing his school education

education, he went on to higher studies. Soon he was offered the post of teacher at the Mazahirul Islam religious school at Saharanpur. But before long, new opportunities opened out before him, and his training

semi-tribal, somewhat like the ancient Arab bedouins. These uncouth and illiterate people had converted to Islam on a mass scale as a result of the efforts of the well- known Sufi Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia and his

enough, the findings of these researches and investigations corroborate the view of women taken by Islam. Modem research has shown that woman is sensitive by nature and is more emotional than man. This

contingencies of their position. It is because of this biological difference between men and women that Islam has assigned them separate spheres of influence. This is not a matter of gradation, but of a difference

of feminism who are unscientific by the standards of today, and not the upholders of traditional Islamic attitudes.

This enormous change in the system of human life is in favour of Islam. As with other people, it is now possible for the followers of Islam, too, to go ahead with their plans and activities for moulding

authoritarianism and into the age of institutions. It has now become possible for the followers of Islam to set up all sorts of institutions on a large scale to establish their influence in all spheres of

wisdom lies in his knowing what is possible and what is not possible for him in terms of his circumstances. Where interests are in conflict, the actual point at issue is not what should be the settlement

further loss. The same is the case with nations. Here, too, the leaders should look to what is achievable and what is not in respect of actual circumstances. The degree of success achieved by the individual

the mould of a fabricated ideology as the basis for national progress. Instead they looked only at what was naturally sustainable and adopted it. On the contrary those nations whose theorists clung to a

THE VEIL OF SATANAvert Deception THE following is a part of a lengthy Hadith of the Prophet of Islam: Satan keeps hovering over the eyes of humankind so that they may not reflect upon the divine signs

proportion during embryonic development with what is later to become the individual, while others remain in proportion. This is surely the meaning of the word mukallaq which signifies ‘shaped in proportion’

is injurious to human health. This is the reason for the special method of slaughter prescribed in Islam. The wielder of the knife, having taken the name of God, makes an incision in the jugular vein; leaving