food-some coarse bread and olive oil-and requested them to eat. Slowly reluctantly-they complied. Seeing what tiny morsels they were taking, Umar said to them, “You know, if I wished, I could also prepare for

people for having received good things in their worldly life?” By another account, Umar asked them what they wanted: “Things which are sweet and spicy, hot and cold? Whatever you eat will go to waste in

about Joseph’s future life. It means looking into and not at things to find their hidden potential. What initially appears to be the worst fate soon changes for the better. Seeing things through the light

book, A Study of History has examined in depth twenty one civilisations of the old and new worlds. What struck him as truly remarkable is that creators of great civilisations were mostly nations which had

and where it will be moving after a hundred or even a thousand years. Similarly, we know in advance what the boiling point of water will be. In this way the entire universe evinces a predictable character

commendable trait, and it is spirituality that makes man the possessor of this highest of human virtues. What is Patience? Patience is the exercise of restraint in trying situations. It is a virtue, which enables

escape from it, whatever the situation may be. What is really worthy of consideration is that this difference should not be allowed to escalate indefinitely. What does it mean for differences to remain within

all limits have been crossed. There is nothing wrong in differences being confined within limits: what is wrong is for differences to cross all normal bounds of decency. For one who wants to pursue some

Chasing after the impossible, you lose what is possible.

be of any use to us. In that phase of our life, we will only reap the fruits, sweet or bitter, of what we had sowed while in our pre-death phase. Death is a message from life, as it were. And the message

longer be alive. The First and the Second Life When a human being takes birth in this world, it is what you could call his ‘first life’. Without having to make any effort at all, a new-born infant finds

not repay what you owe,”· he said. The Companions reprimanded him. “Shame on you,” they said to him, “do you not realize to whom you are speaking?” He replied that he was only demanding what was rightfully

” said the Prophet. “God does not bless a community in which the weak cannot take from the strong what is rightfully theirs without fear or repraisal.” (IBN MAJAH, SUNAN)

is the book of God. It has been preserved in its entirety since its revelation to the Prophet of Islam between AD 610 and 632. It is a book that brings glad tidings to humankind, along with divine admonition

People know what to speak, but a wise man also knows not to speak.