Speaking Tree | March 21, 2022 I once happened to meet a businessman who confided to me that formerly he had been in the habit of very generously giving his assistance to others. However, he had now…

The Sunday Guardian | September 04, 2021 We are living in a world of corruption. This is a distressing state of affairs, and there are few who do not long to have a corruption-free world. This,…

The mind is the greatest faculty of man and peace is the most favourable environment in which the mind can function to its full capacity. The mind is the greatest blessing of the Creator. All the…

When European colonialism began to extend in all directions in the sixteenth century, the British came to the countries of Asia, while the French made inroads deep into African countries. In 1830 the…

Leo Tolstoy, (1828 – 1910) the Russian novelist, regarded as one of the greatest writers of all time, wrote a short story titled Wisdom of Children, first published in 1885. Tolstoy, referring to an…

The problems faced by the Muslim community in the present age have, directly or indirectly, only one cause—that is, unawareness of the advantages of the present age. The modern age is, in every…

Soulveda | January 11, 2024 A man was sitting with a typewriter in front of him. Something came to his mind, and he immediately put a paper in the typewriter, and his fingers started moving along…

The Sunday Guardian | January 19, 2025 I was once asked to explain the concept of spirituality in Islam and what, from the Islamic viewpoint, the method was of attaining spirituality. I said that…

The English poet and religious writer Frederick Langbridge (1849 – 1923) says in one of his poems: ‘Two men looked out from prison bars, one saw the mud, the other saw the stars.’ (Leslie Vernick,…