The guiding principle for nation-building was given by Mahatma Gandhi in these words: Duty before Right. It is not merely a Gandhian formula. Rather it is a historically tested formula applicable to…
Abu Bakr was a rich merchant of Makkah, belonging to the Quraysh tribe. At the time when Muhammad was endowed with prophethood, Abu Bakr had gone to Yemen on business. When he came back, people…
The two basic source books of Islam are the Quran and the Hadith. The Quran is believed to be the word of God, and the Hadith is the compilation of the sayings of the Prophet of Islam. The Quran…
If a group of people were asked, “What was the most important issue for mankind today?” Different people would have different answers. Some would say that the spread of nuclear weapons was the most…
The Quran instructs us to avoid the ignorant (7: 199). The opposite of avoidance is confrontation. Avoiding conflict is one way to maintain peace. On the other hand, confrontation leads to violence…
Dr. Michael Hart’s well-known book, The 100, was perhaps first introduced to the Muslim world through our Urdu monthly Al-Risala in October 1978. In it, the author selected one hundred of the most…
After 1962, India and China became hostile to each other. But now, the equation between these two enemies has completely changed, albeit without the issuance of any formal communiqué to that effect…
The Supreme Court of India announced its final verdict on 9th November, 2019 on the issue of Babri Masjid. In a unanimous judgement, the five-judge Bench allocated the entire disputed site to the…
A close relative of mine, a Muslim gentleman who lives in a city in the State of Uttar Pradesh in India, had a twenty-four roomed house constructed for himself and his family. Adjoining it was…
CPS shares spiritual wisdom to connect people to their Creator to learn the art of life management and rationally find answers to questions pertaining to life and its purpose. Subscribe to our newsletters.