MAINTENANCE of relationships between a husband and wife, the Qur’an says, “Live with them in accordance with what is fair and kind; if you dislike them, it may be that you dislike something in which God has placed

and in discovering something good even in what seems bad. Human beings, generally, face a common problem. They all think that they should get more than what they have. Thus discontented, they spend their

I? Why I am here on this planet earth? What is the purpose of man? What is success and what is failure? These questions may be summed up in a single sentence: What is the creation plan of the Creator? Chapter

time in introspection as to what preparation he has done for the life after death, and what he has in store for his journey after death. People write their life’s diary but what is more important is to write

write the diary of death. Everyone should record in his diary as to what he thought today about death. For instance, on hearing of someone’s death, I was reminded of my own death. When I witnessed that

honeybee provides a symbolic lesson for man – ‘Live like the honeybee’. That is, extract what is good for you and leave what is unwanted. Do not waste your time in complaints and protests. People generally take

environment has this ‘nectar’ in it. Man should develop the ability to take the ‘nectar’ and ignore what is not ‘nectar’. Living with a focused mind is very important for every man and woman. Only a focussed

that when you enter into conversation with someone, you should neither be offended nor provoked by what is said. You should adopt the culture of the honeybee. It is only this learning process that will

O Mankind!O man! What evil has enticed you away from your gracious Lord who created you, gave you an upright form, and proportioned you well? In whatever shape He willed He could have surely moulded you

on the Day of Judgement. They shall not escape it. Would that you knew what the Day of Judgement is! Oh, would that you knew what the Day of Judgement is! It is the day when every soul will stand alone

many friends in the world, but they have all deserted me; there is no one to help me now.” This is what man should realize. But unfortunately, man has forgotten that this is the reality that is going to

They are free to do and say what they like. They strive to excel in whatever department of life they choose. Man has been deluded by his worldly position. He thinks that what he owns in this world will

and the Hereafter. One aspect of each act is our acceptance of it as what it is seen to be in this world. The other aspect is what results from this act in terms of the Hereafter. Imam Ahmad narrates that

our own worldly actions. ‘Then,’ as the Quran says, ‘shall each soul know what it has sent forward (to the Hereafter) and what it has kept back (in the world behind)’ (The Quran, 82:5). Whatever was done

test will be cast into eternal hell. In the light of this Creation Plan of God, we can understand what man’s attitude should be regarding life and the life support system. The right angle in the matter

to look at it as a means to satisfy man’s personal desires. The former is what makes man’s attitude right and the latter is what makes it wrong. When we look at it from this viewpoint,

such a situation, it is very natural that man should first of all learn what the laws are that govern this world made by God and what Creation Plan its Creator had in mind while creating the world. This is

goal. If you have a car and you want to drive it on the street, first of all you will have to learn what traffic rules are followed in the country in which you find yourself, e.g. whether the traffic