own views on this, when he recalled what the Prophet had once said that it did not befit a believer to disgrace himself. Abdullah ibn Umar had asked the Prophet what was meant by disgracing oneself, and

had replied: “It means attempting to deal with a problem which is quite beyond one’s capacities.” What a believer’s speech should be like The Prophet said: “A true believer does not insult or curse people:

Prophet: “Give to others what others want from you and ask for your rights from God.” (Sahih al-Bukhari, 7052) This means that you should fulfil your duty towards others and achieve what you want to achieve

creation plan of God, this world is based on challenge and competition. No one is going to give you what you want: you have to work hard for everything on your own. That is the law of nature. And there can

mould the world; you can only achieve your goals through adjustment. A person who is obsessed with what is due to him from others will fail to plan his life on a realistic basis. He is doomed to live a

elements in the lives of individuals and for societies.  An American scholar in answer to the question “What is the most important aspect of western culture?” replied: “Freedom of expression.” Elaborating on

is part of intellectual exchange. When you discuss an issue with someone without any reservation, what you have to say is very likely to take the form of criticism. In any critical process there are two

Poland in 1772. Ostensibly, partition offers a better prospect for the reduction of conflict. But what is the result of the politics of partition? Experience tells us that almost all the cases of partition

up till 2011. The final outcome was that Sudan was separated into South Sudan and North Sudan. But what was the result of this partition? In neither country has there been any substantial development. According

provide you this is like pouring water in a bucket full of holes. What is of importance is not what you are doing, but, rather, what is happening to you as a result of doing something. If you have many

an inner experience of the very reality of water. This example indicates what people routinely do, on the one hand, and what they should do, on the other. In the name of religion, people often simply

age, he claimed, is a completely different era, and for success in this age what is required is professional expertise. What he possibly wanted to say is that without such expertise, in today’s age one

important for success. But the Hereafter will be a very different world. What one needs for success there is very different from what is regarded as the criterion for success by most people in the present

with understanding. The translation of the relevant verse is as follows: Who listen to what is said and follow what is best in it. These are the ones God has guided; these are the people endowed with understanding

the listener is objective, he knows, taking the statement point by point, how to sort out what is valid and what is invalid. He has the ability to assess and analyze things. Moreover, if he is an honest

this verse is as follows: Say, ‘Have you thought about those you call upon apart from God? Show me what they have created on the earth. Or do they have a share in the heavens? Bring me a Book revealed before

In this sense, the Quran and nature are like each other’s counterparts. What is revealed in the Quran is hidden in nature, and what is in nature is revealed in the Quran in a language understandable to man

Arabic language or by having recourse to its correct translation. By applying the scientific method, what is hidden in nature can be understood by unfolding it. In other words, there are two sources of knowledge—religious

your goal, while the wrong starting point leads you nowhere. Start from what is possible today and you will attain, by tomorrow, what is apparently impossible. All difficult situations have their problems

from the basis of opportunities shows great wisdom. It means: Start from what is possible today and you will attain, by tomorrow, what is apparently impossible. Leaving the problem pending is not inaction