Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | The Sunday Guardian | Nov 3, 2019, p. 12
“Every human being is bound to taste death”, the Quran (3:185) reminds us. Our deaths have been decided by God. We are brought to life by God’s decision. Likewise, death, too, happens because God wills it so.
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | The Sunday Guardian | Oct 27, 2019
There are about a dozen major religions in the world along with thousands of other religions and sects. Differences and disagreements are bound to arise, which lead to conflict. How can we create an atmosphere of unity among the adherents of all these religions, so we can all live in peace and harmony?
The solution does not lie in removing religion altogether—that would not solve anything. The urge to believe in a greater power is strongly inherent in human nature, and human nature cannot be changed.
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | The Sunday Guardian | October 20, 2019, p. 12
The Prophet Muhammad began his mission in Makkah in 610 CE. Then, the time came when the chieftains of Makkah compelled him to leave the city. At that time, the Prophet said to his Companions:
“I was ordered to migrate to a town which will swallow other towns. It is called Yathrib and that is Madinah.” (Sahih al-Bukhari)
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | The Sunday Guardian | Oct 13, 2019
A believer has been advised in the Quran to be steadfast in his prayer, for prayer fends away indecency and evil. (29:45).
When the Prophet of Islam was asked about this verse, he said: “If a person’s prayer does not fend away indecency and evil, then his prayer is not really prayer at all.”
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | The Sunday Guardian | Oct 6, 2019, p. 12
The phrase Allahu Akbar (or God is Great) is the most important part of the Islamic form of ritual prayer. If you add up the number of times this phrase is used in the azan, the call to prayer, and while performing the ritual prayers 5 times a day, it comes to around 300 times every day! This declaration of God being the Greatest is the phrase that is heard and uttered the most number of times in a Muslim’s life.
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | The Sunday Guardian | Jul 07, 2019
Abdullah ibn Umar tells of how the Prophet once took him by the shoulders and said: “Live in this world as though you were a wayfarer.”
Of our passage through life Abdullah ibn Umar used to say: “In the evening do not wait for the morning and in the morning do not wait for the evening.
Make the most of your life before you are struck down by illness or death.” (Al-Bukhari).
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | The Sunday Guardian | Jun 30, 2019
A man came before the Prophet Muhammad and asked him for some advice. “Will you heed the advice?” the Prophet asked him. The man said that he would. The Prophet said to him: “When you decide on some action, think of its consequences. If they are good, go ahead with it: and if they are bad, refrain from it.”
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | The Sunday Guardian | Aug 11, 2019
Towards the end of his commentary on the chapter of the Quran entitled “The Night Journey”, IbnKathir has related the following incident: “A person heard the Prophet supplicating God by His names Rahman (the Beneficent) and Rahim (the Merciful). ‘I thought that he called on only one God,’ the man commented. ‘Yet, here he is, calling on two.’”
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | The Sunday Guardian | Aug 11, 2019
Towards the end of his commentary on the chapter of the Quran entitled “The Night Journey”, IbnKathir has related the following incident: “A person heard the Prophet supplicating God by His names Rahman (the Beneficent) and Rahim (the Merciful). ‘I thought that he called on only one God,’ the man commented. ‘Yet, here he is, calling on two.’”
