train of life will go on its scheduled course and we shall be left standing, wondering what to do next and how to avert the disastrous consequences of our failure to get on board. It is, therefore, necessary

it means that all of the liquid is undrinkable. We need sample only one drop to know with certainty what the rest will be like. Much the same is true of the human personality. It is like an over brimming

individual’s behaviour and quite short interludes in his company are generally suficient to tell us what his overall personality is like—unless we are dealing with the greatest of dissemblers! A thoughtless

his silence is in itself a loud announcement to those who remain in this world. It calls out to us: “What had to happen with me has now taken place! It will happen with you, too! And so, prepare yourself

APPLICATION OF THE QURANPurposeful Guidance SCHOLARS have expressed a range of opinions on what they think is the key to understanding the Quran. Some believe that one must know 15 different disciplines

the time when the Quran was being revealed understood it. The second level is to try to understand what its applied meaning is in the context of the changed conditions of today. These conditions for understanding

INTELLECTUAL CRUSADESFor a Better Society WHAT has gone wrong with India? Before Independence, everyone had high hopes of freedom, but now they feel that something more is required to fulfil their dreams

you have to follow the cow culture in your real life. The cow is a natural ‘industry’ which converts what is non-milk into milk. This is a demonstration by nature telling humans to adopt the cow culture by

evil is a necessary price that we have to pay for all those developments which have culminated into what we refer to with pride as civilization. On the other hand, the case of the material world is different

evil is a necessary price that we have to pay for all those developments which have culminated into what we refer to with pride as civilization.

not in religious beliefs or principles . As far as principles or religious beliefs are concerned, what is always desirable is the ideal. In respect of religious truth, there is no middle way. The other

should be so firm that one remains steadfastly true to it and makes no excuses to renege upon it. What is required for tazkiyah is willpower. This should be so firm that it remains unaffected by any temptation

age to age. One accepts something only when it is in accordance with one’s way of thinking.This is what is called the addressing of the mind. Just as making concessions to the human mind is necessary in

in RealitiesIn 6 A.H., after lengthy negotiations, a treaty was arrived at between the Prophet of Islam and the idolators. When the articles of the treaty were finalized, the Prophet started dictating them

controversy, he would find all other paths open to him. The same was the case in Hudaybiya. The Prophet of Islam wanted to enter Makkah, but the Quraysh did not allow him to do so. Yet the Prophet did not let the

receive the blessings of both worlds. Man has received many beneficial things from the Prophet of Islam. The first of these is conviction. It is the Prophet’s guidance alone which enables man to begin his