How to practice faith?
I don't claim to be a mystic who has gained any kind of spiritual mileage, however, the very fact that I am a human being makes me eligible to write on a topic that concerns the core living of us...
The Archive
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Women Liberation – An alternative viewpoint
We do not always realize that an opinion we carry, with all the conviction with which we carry it, may not be our opinion at all. Has it ever occurred to you that what you say may not be the...
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The Khwarij of today
The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “There will be division and sectarianism in my nation and a people will come with beautiful words and evil deeds. They will...
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How to read a book – Part III
Click here for Part 1 Click here for Part 2 By now you can be reasonably sure you have understood the book. However a complete understanding of a book requires the final work of criticism, the work...
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How to read a book - Part II
Click here for Part 1 Levels of Reading: There are four levels of reading, and these levels are cumulative i.e. higher level includes all the lower levels in herself. The first level of reading is...
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Man's Tragic Failure
I am struggling to find the most appropriate title and a good opening paragraph to the story I wish to share with you today. There lived around my home a bitch who delivered four puppies one fine...
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The Death of Socrates
Following is how Plato described the moments of Socrates’ death in what Will Durant calls “one of the greatest passages of the world’s literature”. “When he had spoken these words, he arose...
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How to read a book!
The fundamental problem that lies beneath almost every issue plaguing the human society in these days and times is somehow related with the ideas of knowledge and education. The massive information...
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The Power of Forgiveness
“…..when your Lord said to the angels, “Indeed, I will make upon the earth a successive authority.”…….” This is part of the verse number 30 from Chapter 2 of the Quran, when man has...