Most Gracious, the Most Merciful We sent it [Quran] down on the Night of Destiny. And what will make you comprehend what the  Night  of  Destiny is? The  Night  of  Destiny is better than a thousand months;

falls towards the end  of  the month  of  Ramazan. The Prophet’s wife Aisha, asked Prophet Muhammad what she should do if she finds the Night. Prophet Muhammad said she should pray: O God! Certainly You

appearances is likely to see only what is unfavourable. He is likely to see the thorns, but not the flowers. It takes a man with insight to go beyond appearances and to discover what is inherently favourable in

strategy rather than becoming provoked by antagonism. In this world, mud and stars exist side by side. What is important is who sees the former and who sees the latter. The sound of the movement of a door on

Experience shows that everyone departs from this world with an acute sense of having failed to achieve what he/she most desired. Fulfilment is the deepest aspiration of a human being. But seldom does anyone

man. If it is man’s nature to want to extend his today into tomorrow, it is because he hopes that what he failed to find today, he will find tomorrow. The case of animals is quite different. The study

very thorough moral conditioning during what is only a temporary stay, and then move on to the next eternal world. Every man is necessarily faced with death. What is death? Death is, in fact, a bridge.

world. In contrast, they feel that the world of the Hereafter is an imaginary world. On account of what appears to be this difference between these two worlds, people’s thinking process functions at the

right path and going astray. Patience keeps us established in a principled way of life, no matter what the conditions we might face. It is impossible to pass the examination of life without patience.

case in the most ‘religious’ terms.  Missionary Spirit What inspires a man more than anything is to have a greatmission before him. That is what arouses a man’s hiddenpotential. It makes him a peak performer

impossible; such was the way I felt about the matter. The question is this: What will come of what I do today and tomorrow? What will become of my entire life?” "Expressed differently, the question may be:

with a gun, so that I would not be too easily tempted to rid myself of life. I myself did not know what I wanted. I was afraid of life; I struggled to get rid of it.” (Ibid.) Fatal Disequilibrium Animals

perfect world and enjoy being in the ideal situation. But the planet Earth is a limited world, while what man desires can be achieved only in an unlimited world which lies in the world Hereafter. Life cannot

Prophet. Like the other traditions of the Prophet, its continuance as a permanent feature of the Islamic life is highly desirable. It is a tradition of prime importance because it has an inspiring effect

already have been fruitfully occupied in this venture. In this way, Muslims would have rediscovered Islam all over again, albeit in the light of modern circumstances. The Quran would have caused a religious

criminal. Islam has solved this problem by sanctioning polygamy, a practice which has been severely criticized by modern civilization as uncivilized. But experience has shown that this Islamic principle

Quran— The Prophet’s MiracleEvery Prophet is given a miracle—a sign. The miracle of the Prophet of Islam is the Quran. The prophethood of Muhammad was to be valid until the Last Day. It was imperative, therefore