battle of Uhud (3 A.H.) the number of Islam’s opponents far exceeded that of the Muslims. Consequently, the latter suffered great losses. Even the Prophet of Islam was injured. Bleeding profusely, the Prophet

The Command of War in IslamCertain verses of the Quran give the command to do battle (The Quran, 22:39). Here are a few points on this subject that we learn from our study of the Quran. 1. The first

the cause of God those who fight against you, but do not transgress (The Quran, 2:190). 2. Islam allows only a defensive war. That is, when aggression is resorted to by others, Muslims may engage

or group that does not take any lesson from Divine guidance will begin to follow Satan. No matter what situation such a person may face, he will constantly engage in negative talk. If, under Satanic influence

the other to complain and crib about, even in the most favourable or pleasant situation. No matter what the situation is he will constantly complain. In line with the law of nature, life is not problem-free

time. There is just one way to handle this. And that is, to change one’s negative thinking. Even in what appears to be a difficult situation one should avoid complaining and, instead, adopt the method of

has disgraced me.” In this world, what is truly important is not whether the circumstances of your life are good or bad. What is of real importance is that no matter what the conditions, you should draw

your own good, if you are true believers. (7: 85) Corruption has appeared on land and sea because of what men’s hands have done: and so He will make them taste the fruit of some of their doings, so that they

is permitted to exploit natural resources but only without destroying the natural order of things. What is pollution! It is the making of things impure. Things are pure by their nature, but our mismanagement

society of your wish to prevail, you will seldom succeed, so practice the art of doing what is possible and leaving what is impossible. Two Strengths ‘Strong’ refers to physical strength and ‘honest’ refers

meet hundreds and thousands of people from different denominations. But he said that if he were asked what the scarcest quality in human beings was, he would say that it was sincerity. Sincerity is the noblest

applying your mind, you can follow the advice of the situation. You can easily understand what is in your interest and what is against it. So in following the dictates of the situation, you don’t need any ideal

the other hand, insincerity makes you an unpredictable person. It becomes difficult to understand what kind of attitude you are going to adopt in the future. Principled behaviour makes you a true human

that a person could desire. But, having reached this stage of her life, she feels she has not found what she wanted in life. The English daily, The Times of India (New Delhi), September 30, 2007 published

heading: “My dreams have never got fulfilled.” The interviewer asked Lata Mangeshkar what her answer would be if God asked her what was her greatest desire at this last stage in her life. Without any hesitation

Hadith No. 1583) There are many such instances which go to show that the method of the Prophet of Islam was to proceed carefully without upsetting the status quo, rather than go on a collision course with

Hadith No. 1583) There are many such instances which go to show that the method of the Prophet of Islam was to proceed carefully without upsetting the status quo, rather than go on a collision course with