According to the Quran, all human beings, both men and women, are born with two opposite moral constituents. The first is mentioned in the chapter Yusuf (Joseph) as al-nafs al-ammara (12:53) and the…

From the Quran we learn that man is born with two distinct and often opposing faculties: Nafs Ammara (12:53) and Nafs Lawwama (75:2). In today’s terminology they are more familiar to us as ‘ego’ and…

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | The Sunday Guardian | January 03, 2016, p. 12"Evil can have no beginning but from pride nor any end but from humility."When the English author William Law (1686-1761) wrote…

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | The Sunday Guardian | August 21, 2016, p. 12Ego is an innate faculty of every human being and has a very important role to play in the personality of every man and woman.…

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | The Sunday Guardian | Jun 23, 2019The American space shuttle; Challenger, built at a cost of one billion dollars, was launched into space on January 28, 1986. But just one…

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan I Times of India I May 4, 2010 | Page 16Confidence is good, but overconfidence is not. When you become overconfident, you tend to take great risks. If you fail, that might…

Soulveda | April 22, 2024 Herbert W. Armstrong (1892 – 1986), the founder of the well-known American magazine The Plain Truth, observed in one of his last articles that during his long professional…

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan I Times of India I April 3, 2010 | Page 16Some people have inherent special qualities that enable them to master all situations. Such individuals can, when they come to a…

By MAULANA WAHIDUDDIN KHAN | Speaking Tree | June 2, 2019Power is not a kind of a worldly blessing; it is a test set by God, says MAULANA WAHIDUDDIN KHAN as he quotes a verse from the QuranSolomon,…