means that all of the liquid is undrinkable. We need sample only of one drop to know with certainty what the rest will be like. Much the same is true of the human personality. It is like an over-brimming

individual’s behaviour and quite short interludes in his company are generally sufficient to tell us what his overall personality is like. It is only he who has learned the art of moral introspection

unreliability in other matters. A man who has made a mistake can completely erase the marks of what is an unfortunate experience for others by admitting his mistake and begging forgiveness. Some people

every one of you to convert this potential into actuality by performing this role, first discovering Islam for yourselves— and then becoming da‘is (those who call people to God) in the true sense of the word

Discovering one’s potential and turning it into reality is what is important rather than just blindly competing with others. It is a matter of what you are good at and developing that talent. The competition

niche due to their own inner qualities. They expected high standards from themselves irrespective of what others were doing. They concentrated on their own development and moved ahead in life facing every

still a young man, Talhah ibn Bara’ came to the Prophet to swear allegiance to him and to accept Islam. “I am at your behest,” he vowed to the Prophet. “I will do exactly as you command.” “Even if I tell

revival. The same has been found to be true in the other western countries. In this search for truth, Islam a preserved and historical religion deserves to be considered for understanding it through its original

principle to follow while considering it for serious study should be that the seeker should separate Islam from Muslims. Ungratefulness A great disadvantage of an ungrateful attitude is that it produces a

does Quran say that the reward would be countless in measure. What is this reward? This reward is not a mysterious phenomenon. It is what those who exercise patience receive instantly if they have exercised

personality is the much sought-after quality of a human being. In reality, personality development is what separates man from an animal. And the biggest source of personality development is patience. The

grow, just as a seed grows to become a complete tree, a child would also grow into a complete man. What hinders the growth or personality development in man? Man has to live in society where he encounters

system of total absolutism. In this way, free thinking and freedom of expression was totally uprooted. What is called freedom of speech never existed in the ancient world. It is this coercive system which

intellectual exercise was not possible in those times. Besides general prophethood, the Prophet of Islam was also entrusted the task of breaking this system of coercion established in the world. For this

yet this suffering, or evil, is a very small price to pay for a very precious thing. According to Islam that person is most precious who leads his life in this world in such a manner that despite facing

money from Abu Bakr for the journey.THE LANGUAGE OF DAWAHLooked at from a logical point of view, the Islamic call consists basically of certain constant, recurrent factors. It is the same points—the oneness

person; this makes the message of the da‘i a living act. This addition means that the message of Islam, far from being a repetition of set texts, is expressed with irresistible vitality and spontaneity

however, that these high achievers are neither superhuman, charismatic nor even singularly talented. What they do have in common is an uncanny knack for increasing the odds in their favour through simple

Very often it is not so much a question of adding to one’s knowledge and skills as of developing what are already there— capacities of which we are sometimes barely aware. Frequently, it is one’s initial