Being content with what God ordains Anas records the Prophet as repeating these words of AImighty God: “Certain of my servants are firm in their faith either because of poverty or because of affluence;

servants seek to serve me in particular ways. This I prevent, lest pride taint their worship. I know what is in the hearts of My servants, and I ordain their affairs accordingly. “ (AL-TABARANI)

What is loss? To miss an opportunity!

the sheer ratio of their numbers, they came to enjoy a position of dominance. This leads us to ask what feature of the propagation of their mission was so especially effective as to cause their numbers

likewise. But if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners

sinners do the same. And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive back, what credit is that to you? For even sinners lend to sinners to receive as much back. But love your enemies, do good, and lend

abilities with which he is born. Professor William James of Harvard University has very aptly observed, “What we ought to be, we are not ready to be.” In spite of the innate qualities nature has endowed us with

of activity is movement. When you are walking, driving or riding a bicycle, you are moving but in what direction? Are you moving towards your destination, or away from it? The actual motion in both cases

stars and the planets move in perfect precision. So, if you want to know at what time the sun will rise tomorrow and at what time it will set, you can get the exact information today itself, so accurate

created with a certain purpose. Yet man, on the contrary, is totally free in his choices. He can do what he wants by his own decision. However, in spite of this freedom he is being watched constantly by

of followers were saved in an ark, while all the rest were drowned. The Reasons for Perversion What were the reasons for this continued transgression? There were two main reasons; one, political absolutism;

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 keeps

tells us (25:60) that the idolators of Makkah were baffled at the word rahman. They used to say, “What is this rahman? This was because the word was not Arabic. It had been taken from the Sabaean and Hamiri

Makkans considered the word foreign when it appeared in the Quran in an arabicized form. They enquired what rahman meant, being unaware of its linguistic background. Over one hundred non-Arabic words of this

al-’Abbas, a Qurayshi Muslim, was puzzled when the word fatir appeared in the Quran. “I did not know what the expression ‘Originator of the heavens and the earth’ meant,” he explained. “Then I heard an Arab

switch can be turned on to make us understand what it is really like. Only death can do this for us. And, when we re-open our eyes after death, we find that what had formerly been impalpable, and quite beyond

beyond human comprehension, is now a stark, overwhelming reality. It is then that we grasp what had hitherto existed but had remained invisible. Once we have become clear in our minds that the afterlife

success in the life to come, for, unlike the present ephemeral world, the Hereafter is eternal and real. What we understand by suffering and solace in this world cannot be compared with the suffering and solace

tells us (25:60) that the idolators of Makkah were baffled at the word rahman. They used to say, “What is this rahman? This was because the word was not Arabic. It had been taken from the Sabaean and Hamiri

Makkans considered the word foreign when it appeared in the Quran in an arabicized form. They enquired what rahman meant, being unaware of its linguistic background. Over one hundred non-Arabic words of this

al-’Abbas, a Qurayshi Muslim, was puzzled when the word fatir appeared in the Quran. “I did not know what the expression ‘Originator of the heavens and the earth’ meant,” he explained. “Then I heard an Arab