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…
I have referred to the following hadith of Prophet Muhammad many times, in which he refers to his ‘ikhwan’, or his brothers:
The Prophet said, ‘I want to see my brothers (and sisters).’ When asked…
According to Hadith: 'God will strengthen Islam through the secular people also.' This Hadith is of great significance so far as the art of thinking is concerned. It points to the error of…
All the teachings of Islam are based on two principles—the worship of God and the service to mankind. Without putting both principles into practice, there can be no true fulfillment of one’s…
God, who created the human being and put him on the earth, endowed him with inborn, or innate knowledge and values. These innate values form a natural moral sense, which makes a person recognise what…
O people! Behold, we have created you from a male and a female; and we have made you into tribes and sub-tribes, so that you may recognize one another. The most honourable among you, in the sight of…
In his book The Mysterious Universe, the British scientist Sir James Jeans elaborating on man and the universe, writes: ‘It appears that man has strayed into a world which was not made for him.’
But…
The well-known American evangelist Billy Graham (b.1918) narrates one of his life’s experiences. Once he received an urgent message from an American statesman who wanted to meet him at the earliest.…
It is the honey bee’s culture to travel every day and reach places where flowers are available for it. The bee extracts nectar from the flower and returns to its abode. It does not care about…