The Sunday Guardian | August 10, 2025 The Quran enjoins believers to “Fear God, and say the right word. He will bless your works for you and forgive you your sins. Whoever obeys God and His…

What is morality? It is to live among one’s fellow men according to the moral teachings of Islam. The essence of Islamic morality is thus set forth and given in a hadith: “Behave with others as you…

The Sunday Guardian | July 20, 2025 The Quran states: Allah enjoins justice, kindness and charity to one’s kindred, and forbids indecency, wickedness and oppression. He admonishes you so that you…

The Sunday Guardian | May 04, 2025 The Quran states: We have enjoined on man kindness to his parents: his mother bore him, in pain and in pain she gave birth to him, and his bearing and weaning…

Mysticism is generally called tasawwuf in India and irfan (realization) in Iran. To me irfan is the most appropriate word for mysticism. In actual fact, it is another name for the realization of…

The Times of India | December 09, 2024 The Prophet Muhammad is reported by Abu Hurayrah as having said: “One who sits in an excessively noisy meeting, then before leaving the meeting says: ‘Glory…

From the Islamic viewpoint, human character is either noble or ignoble. Those who fall into the latter category do not acknowledge any hard and fast principles which are to be adhered to at all times…

Say someone hires a taxi and, at the end of his journey, is asked to hand over fifty rupees for his fare. Now, if the passenger has only fifty rupees in his pocket, he is likely to argue that the…