how one day he came before the Prophet and, noticing the marks of strain on his face, he asked him what was troubling him. The Prophet replied that for three days his stomach had had nothing to fill it

deeds, and some will be those who kept half way between right and wrong (35: 32). The question now is what would be the basis of this difference? Pondering over it, we understand that the basis of this difference

activities take place in the heavens and the earth. After that, it becomes possible to materialize what we call food and water, which are essential for the survival of life. With this thought, his heart

guide is not something mysterious in nature: it is the same as what in general terms is called a training course. A religious guide is a living guide rather than a sacred personality in some mysterious

not make him show anger or even exasperation. For such an individual, unfavourable circumstances are what cast him in a new mould, from which he emerges as a being of a finer temper and of a higher moral

titled Encyclopedia of Hindu Mythology. This is the case with all religions. All the faiths save Islam may be classified as mythologies rather than religions in the scientific and historical sense. The

after their first introduction to the religion of monotheism, abandoned idol worship and accepted Islam without any hesitation. To understand this difference between Makkah and Madinah and to judge that

at the beginning of the seventh century, there appeared the religion of monotheism, Islam. In consequence, intensive dialogue began between the monotheists and idolators. This dialogue assumed such an

God’s Majesty Muslim ibn Bashair says that Abu Hurayra wept during his illness. When asked as to what was making him weep he replied: “I don’t weep for this world of yours. I weep rather for when I think

realization intensifies, his state becomes like that of the above-mentioned Companion of the Prophet. What is meant by a high realization of God? It is that state in which a person discovers God in all His

dead. A buffalo is only there as long as it can breathe. Once it stops breathing, that’s the end!” What Mullah-ji’s friend said is true not just for buffaloes but for every human being, too. Like buffalos

amass money. Their days and nights are spent in this obsessive pursuit. Reflect, in this regard, on what the Quran (102) relates:

are entangled. Rather, the real problem is the one that will appear after death. If only people knew what this person in the grave is facing! He has left this makeshift world and is heading towards the real

world have so bedazzled people that even when they stand before this opened door they see nothing of what is on the other side. Even though they stand so close to reality, they remain totally unaware of it