made a thorough reappraisal of what our social commitments ought in all sincerity to be, so that a pernicious leadership cannot set the feet of the young people of today on what can only be described as a

God grants to non-violence what he does not grant to violence. This is no simple statement. It tells us of a very profound reality. It tells us of an eternal law of nature. By the very law of nature itself

as compared to violence, is life. Both the Quran and Hadith speak of jihad as a very superior act. What is jihad? Jihad means ‘struggle.’ This word is used for non-violent activism as compared to violent

enlightenment were. Ka’ab replied that they were men who practised their learning. When Umar asked what caused a diminution of enlightenment in the hearts of scholars, Ka’ab replied that greed was to blame

a man of knowledge and learning into a pragmatist. In his heart, he may believe in the truth, but what he says in public bears little relation to it. Instead of upholding principles, he opts for expediency

to express your intense feelings. From this example, one can understand what is a lower level of thanksgiving (shukr) and what is a higher level of thanksgiving. If you give thanks on a basic level, you

with everyone in this world. Everyone is busy recording his success story, ignorant of the fact that what awaits him at the end of his life’s journey is nothing but total destruction. When the Journey Ends

a violent thud. The express had collided with a train waiting in the yard. One can easily imagine what happened then: happiness suddenly turned to grief, and vibrant lives were faced with violent death;

honeybee gives a lesson to man in a symbolic manner: Live like the honeybee. Extract what is good for you and leave what is unwanted for you. Do not waste your time in complaining and protesting about it

honeybee gives a lesson to man in a symbolic manner: Live like the honeybee. Extract what is good for you and leave what is unwanted for you. Do not waste your time in complaining and protesting about it

determine reality, we must not get emotional. Being objective about reality entails acceptance of what we have received. Any other criterion to evaluate reality is incorrect. We should learn the practical

depress ourselves asking questions such as ‘Why me?’ and ‘Why isn’t it working after all my efforts?’20.WHAT ARE THE SIGNS THAT YOU ARE WASTING YOUR LIFE?The worldly criterion to evaluate the success of life

to our hard work. The approach should not be to work hard towards anything but to work hard towards what is ‘workable’. We must therefore envisage realistic and unemotional targets. A realistic target would

never lead to frustration whereas an unrealistic target would cause depression and frustration.21.WHAT IS PATIENCE?In my view, patience is the ability to remain normal when I cease to be effective. This

own. Everyone enjoys freedom and everyone is living with his or her freedom. The way one feels about what one does, or chooses not to do, is in itself testimony to there being no compulsion; everyone does

everyone’s own feeling or experience that he or she is not living under any compulsion or constraints. Then what is the equation between man and God? In this world everything was created by God, and if man wants