WHAT IS REQUIRED OF A HUMAN BEING?similarly opportunities arise in abundance and if one opportunity is lost, then another is immediately there to be availed of. WHAT IS REQUIRED OF A HUMAN BEING? Living

things he desires, the devotee is trained to lead a life of self-restraint and not of permissiveness. What the speed-breaker does for the speeding motorist, fasting does for the devotee. By having a curb put

lead a life of self- restraint for the whole year, making no attempt to exceed the limits set by God. What man does by fasting is engage him more and more in the remembrance and worship of God, and in the

of academic facts is not limited only to those events, which are known by direct experience. Rather what logically follows from experiments and observations can be just as well accepted as established scientific

falsehood of the theory of evolution. What I am concerned with is the method of argument. It is common knowledge that whatever the criterion used to establish something, what has been ‘proved’ has the possibility

had appeared to be one of cowardice and inaction. But its subsequent results showed its wisdom, and what its potential had been for positive action. In fact, it was the only possible strategy to adopt. Had

been heeded in the initial stages, the Muslim condition would certainly have been very different from what it is today. But the inability to learn from the past is an ever-present human weakness. Hence the

and it will continue to exist till Doomsday. This system—created by God Himself—will never change. What needs to be done in this world of competition is not to keep protesting against the prevailing circumstances

the Quran tells us that these words of God are so numerous that their enumeration would never cease. What are these words of God? There is nothing cryptic about them. Rather these refer to the mysteries of

INTERFAITH HARMONYACROSS much of the world today, people are faced with what for many is a new phenomenon — of people from different religious backgrounds living together. Consequently, many conferences

there is a reality outside of us". With this belief, Einstein would say about himself: To know that what is impenetrable to us really exists, manifesting itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant

of religious tolerance, and respect for other people’s convictions. Everyone is entitled to follow what they think is best and profess their belief in it. But this should not prejudice