present in the room announced, ‘Stop writing. Time is up.’  The larger case of life is the same as what happens in the examination hall. Every man or woman is in a big hall taking their respective exams

before your Creator and Lord to account for your actions.’  The larger case of life is the same as what happens in the examination hall. From the experience of sitting in an examination hall students can

your own space. The best attitude in this regard will be to ‘give to others what is due to others, and give to yourself what is due to yourself.’

happen within one, to open a window on sublime realities. What is important as far as the next life is concerned is not what one is doing, but what one is becoming. One may be very busy in life; one may have

actions are futile. What is the good of the wind if it does not carry oxygen? What is the good of water if it does not quench one’s thirst? What is the good of food if it fails to nourish? What is the good of

Roman Empire were annexed to Persian territory. When this news reached Madinah, the opponents of Islam made capital out of it and began to demoralize the Muslims. They taunted the Muslims with the fact

Persian brothers had prevailed over the Romans who were adherents of a religion which was similar to Islam. They claimed that in the same way they would uproot the Muslims and their religion. In the weak and

besides Muslims, everyone else is kafir; that the countries ruled by Muslims are dar as-salam (Land of Islam) whereas the countries ruled by people other than Muslims are dar al-kufr (Land of Disbelief). Due

battle becomes a martyr, and therefore goes straight to heaven. This is a false belief. According to Islamic teachings, there is absolutely no

the three great Semitic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. For Jews, it is a living proof of their ancient grandeur, and the pivot of their national history. For Christians, it is the scene

Muslims, it is the first halting place on the prophet’s mystic journey, and also the site of one of Islam’s most sacred Shrines. Thus, for all three faiths, it is a centre of pilgrimage, while for Muslims

and Humanitarianism’ held under the auspices of the Zakir Husain Institute of Islamic Studies, at the Jamia Millia Islamia, in New Delhi in 1993, one of the speakers, Dr Bishambhar Nath Pandey, recalled

freeing of people’s minds from superstition naturally led to free scientific enquiry, a process which Islam has continued to foster over the centuries without interruption, and which has culminated in the unparalleled