the wake of the democratic revolution in the 20th century, the age of dynastic rule ended forever. What finally remains in life are not our wishes and desires but the law of nature Besides having a good

negative thinking and spent the rest of his life peacefully in exile. This is the secret of life. What finally remains in life are not our wishes and desires but the law of nature. If man were to acknowledge

succour shall be yours!” To live, one must come to terms with dying Abu Bakr, the first Caliph of Islam, once offered this piece of advice to a Muslim commander, by the name of Khalid ibn Walid: “Khalid

Hereafter is not just a matter of dogma. It is an entirely scientific fact. First of all, we must define what is scientific proof? Scientific proof does not mean that there can be any degree of absolute certainty

they can only be fulfilled in an unlimited world, i.e. in Paradise.  This brings us to the question—what is Paradise? Paradise is the ultimate answer to the human quest. It is a vast, zero-defect, evil-free

are the only creatures in the world to suffer from the painful thought that they have not received what they wanted. Moreover, the rest of the universe is evil-free, while human beings continually suffer

replenishes the crops, so does he remain ever immersed in the remembrance of God. The concept of God in Islam provides man with an ideology in which loss is turned to gain and in which adversity brings with it

all-powerful and man is helpless. FASTING FOR SELF-CONTROL According to a saying of the Prophet of Islam, one who fasts should never stoop to using abusive language; if someone abuses him, he should simply

NON-VIOLENCE AND ISLAM“We have sent you as a mercy for all the nations.” (The Quran, 21:107) Non-violence should never be confused with inaction or passivity. Non-violence is action in the full sense

this place has been made a permanent centre of invitation to Islam. On the one hand, it has a historical appeal, so that people from all over the world flock to it every year; on the other hand, it has

bloodshed: their purpose was to awe the Makkans into submission, so that the city could be captured for Islam without any need for fighting. As the Muslim army neared Makkah, one of its leaders, Sa’ad Ibn ‘Ubada

to have more than one wife. A second, third or fourth wife would be obtained only by force. But in Islam, a forced marriage is not considered lawful. According to the shari’ah the willingness of the bride-to-be

understandable to them. We find this method of Dawah in a perfect form in the life of the Prophet of Islam. Night and day, he was busy preaching the word of God. But his preaching was far from a bland repetition

congregation in formulating his message. On one occasion, in the early days in Makkah, the Prophet preached Islam to Abu Sufyan and his wife Hind. This is how he framed his address: “Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, Hind bint