writes: By embarking on the difficult journey of translating the Vedas, I left the field of poetry. What was the objective that Panditji desired to attain through these translations? He writes in the preface

hours. (4:103) Recite what has been revealed to you of the Book, and perform the prayer; prayer prevents indecency and evil. God’s remembrance is greatest of all. And God knows what you do. (29:45) Fasting

that which no eye has seen, and which no ear has heard of, neither could anyone ever have imagined what it is like.” (Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith No. 3244) PARADISE FOR WHOM? Paradise is another name for

would God send me to hell?” I said that, good behaviour on its own would not lead one to Paradise. What is Paradise? Paradise is, in fact, another name for God’s neighbourhood. God will allow only those

on it, it doubles its produce; and if heavy rain does not fall, then light rain suffices. God sees what you do. Would any of you, being a man well advanced in age with helpless children to support, like

so that you may reflect. Believers, give charitably from the good things which you have earned and what We produce for you from the earth; not worthless things which you yourselves would only reluctantly

that which no eye has seen, and which no ear has heard of, neither could anyone ever have imagined what it is like.” (Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith No. 3244)PARADISE FOR WHOM?Paradise is another name for God’s

would God send me to hell?” I said that, good behaviour on its own would not lead one to Paradise. What is Paradise? Paradise is, in fact, another name for God’s neighbourhood. God will allow only those

come a time when he will be at a loss for words. There will be no one to listen to what he has to say, no press to print what he writes, and no loudspeaker to announce his words. The fool’s paradise that he

conscience tells them that certain words are displeasing to God, then they avoid them. They only say what they know God would like them to. When one faces some problem, one immediately chooses a method of

of dealing with it. If one lives in God, then one will not act on impulse; one will consider what is just and unjust in God’s sight. Though fame and wealth may lie on the path of injustice, one forsakes

be. He then told them that something he termed wahan would develop within them, and when they asked what that meant, he explained that it is to love worldly things, and be reluctant to face death.” Standing

communicate My message unto you? bestowed wealth upon you and showered you with great bounty. Now, what have you sent before you, for the good of your own selves?’ You will look to your right and your left

asked him who he was. ‘I am God’s Prophet,’ he replied. When I asked him what a Prophet was, he said, ‘One sent by God,’ ‘for what reason?’ I asked, and the Prophet replied: ‘He has sent me to unite kinspeople

jihad with the Quran would mean an ideological struggle to conquer peoples’ hearts and minds through Islam’s superior philosophy. In the light of this verse of the Quran, jihad in actual fact is another name