The Times of India | March 10, 2024 Promise means to commit oneself by a pledge to do or give. Fulfilling a promise is the most positive and greatest quality of a person. There is nothing comparable…

The Times of India | February 05, 2024 An elderly British citizen once told me that during the Second World War, Sir Winston Churchill, Britain’s Prime Minister and popularly acclaimed military…

Sunday Guardian | 28 January, 2024 According to Abu Hurayra the Prophet Muhammad made this observation before a gathering: ‘Should I not tell you who among you is good and who is bad’ (that is, how…

After adopting the teachings of Islam, the attitude formed in the believer is that of gentleness. In Islam he discovers the reality that God is great (Allah-o-Akbar). This discovery brings to him the…

Islam attaches great importance to the concept of pardoning of sins by Allah so that one may be saved from Hellfire. On several occasions, the Qur’an gives such prayers as ‘Pardon us, forgive us our…

In the earlier Makkan period of the Prophet’s life, Tufail bin Amr from the Dous tribe accepted Islam and then returned to his people. There he presented the message of Islam to his tribe and tried…

The man Islam aims to build is one in whom a two-fold activity is set in motion at the same time, one form of activity being internal and the other external. The result of this twin activity is that…

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan I The Sunday Guardian | Jun16, 2019 The literal meaning of sabr, the Arabic word for patience, is "to stop". A life of faith is a principled one. A believer lives for a…

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | The Sunday Guardian | June 20, 2020Strange are the ways ofa believer, for there is good for him in every situation. And this is not true for anyone except for a believer. If…