The Sunday Guardian During the rule of Sultan Abdur Rehman An-Nasir of Andalusia, Spain was afflicted by a drought. Mere survival became very difficult. The Sultan sent an important person to Qazi…

The Sunday Guardian | April 20, 2025 Dua is not something technical. It is an external expression of an internal tempest. When a person discovers God in all His glory and greatness, then, while…

The Sunday Guardian | April 13, 2025 All the divine names mentioned in the Quran, give us points of reference for reflection and pondering. With these names we find definite guidance with which we…

According to a Hadith report, dua or supplication to God, is the essence of worship. In fact, dua in reality is worship. This point is expressed in different ways in the Quran, the Hadith and the…

Chapter 12 of the Quran tells the story of Prophet Joseph and how because of the misdeeds of his step brothers, his father, Prophet Jacob was deprived of his two beloved sons. At the time of this…

The Sunday Guardian | April 06, 2025 Abdullah ibn Buraida narrates that, the Prophet Muhammad heard someone say: “O God, I beseech You. I bear witness that You are God, there is no other person…

The following teaching of the Prophet calls for an understanding of what is meant by calling upon God with His greatest name, which in Arabic is referred to as Ism-e-Azam. One of the Companions of…

Once I happened to meet a person, who told me that he had been seeking the answer to a question for the last ten years, but he had not yet succeeded in finding it. I asked him what his question was?…

A dua or supplication appears in a Hadith of the Prophet as follows: “O God, give me guidance and show me the right way.” (Sahih Muslim) In this dua, the phrase ‘give me guidance’ means a request to…