WHAT IS JIHAD?Jihad simply means making great efforts or striving for a particular purpose. Jihad is not synonymous with violence. It is a form of worship through which one earns Divine reward. Jihad

Jihad is a fact of life. What is called ‘effort’ or ‘struggle’ in English is called ‘jihad’ in Arabic. Jihad is not some mysterious concept. Nor is it synonymous with violence. It simply means making great

reality is that death is the biggest issue for every man and woman. Every person has to think about what will happen to him after death. Every person has to prepare for that day when he will be leaving the

before death. The consequences of one’s actions cannot be altered. Wise is one who learns today about what is going to come to him after death, because knowing about it after death will be

personality with a will and power of his own. Since our experience of such a being is an every day matter, what is astonishing about the existence of God, who also is a being wielding personal power, although on

People demand some miraculous proof before they will believe in the truth of God and His message. But what further proof do they require when they have the miracle of the whole of the universe which has been

a heap of ten million such coins and that if he runs there quickly, he can obtain all that money, what do you think he might do with the one rupee that you gave him? He will forget it and run after the

understand the whole from the part, that he can gauge the ocean from jut a drop. If someone truly realizes what this world is, for him it will seem like the one rupee coin mentioned above. He will leave aside this

letter, trying to comfort her, because both of them had badly wanted a son. He wrote: After all, what does sex matter after we are both of us gone? In penning these words, Lord Curzon tried to conceal

people desire most, to get which they are ready to do just about anything. But if you start thinking what the use is of acquiring these things if in a few days’ time you have to abandon them and move on,

13.WHAT WISDOM CAN WE GAIN FROM NATURE?Nature manifests wisdom in all phenomena. If we can observe nature and understand its language, if we are prepared to extract lessons from these kinds of news items

that our imperfect human world lies in the midst of a much larger, perfect natural world, shows us what our aim in life should be. We must first try to understand the world around us, and then strive to

personality with a will and power of his own. Since our experience of such a being is an every day matter, what is astonishing about the existence of God, who also is a being wielding personal power, although on

People demand some miraculous proof before they will believe in the truth of God and His message. But what further proof do they require when they have the miracle of the whole of the universe which has been

“What good brothers you have in the Children of Israel that they should accept all that is sour, leaving all that is sweet for you in life,” replied Hudhaifah. “It cannot be as you say, “God knows, you

Prophet, and I was afraid that I might die before hearing it.” Abdullah ibn Unays then told him that what he had heard the Prophet say was that, on the Day of Judgement, people would make their appearance

their views. Abu Bakr spoke up, but the Prophet did not give him his attention. Again he asked them what they thought. And when Umar spoke his mind, the Prophet paid him no attention either. Once again he

Prophet replied in the affirmative. The reason for the Prophet’s concern was that the Ansar had sworn what was known as the Protection Oath, according to which it was incumbent upon them to protect the Prophet

back and continue doing what you have been doing.” For more than 50 years he has been travelling round the West and India but has still not relaxed his efforts to make people see what he thinks ought to be