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In Islam wealth is only a trust given to us during our short term on earth. The real owner of all we own is God, which makes each and every one of us only a trustee or custodian. One day we all have to account for how we spent our …

Superstitions have been the bane of nations throughout the ages. They are almost as bad as idolatry as they involve false beliefs in things that have no real power. Although some superstitions seem innocuous, they can also become exceedingly dangerous, especially when put into the minds of ignoramuses who take …

God’s creation is full of unseen wonders. Take micro-organisms which we cannot see with the naked eye, but which play a very important role in cleansing the earth of corpses, sewage and faeces by acting upon them, breaking them down into simpler compounds, decomposing them and reducing them to nutrients …

To put it in a nutshell, Islam upholds both predestination and free-will. Both of these have a place in the divine scheme of things. Both these notions, though seemingly contradictory, must of necessity have a place in the heart of the believer, co-existing like the soul in the body. Why, …

Heaven and hell exist to ensure we earthlings get exactly what we deserve in the hereafter. Those who are godly will be rewarded with paradise and those who are devilish will be penalized with the hellfire. It’s that simple really!    But let me dwell a bit on it so …

We Muslims believe that our short life on earth does not end here. Rather it is only a trial in preparation for a better eternal life in the hereafter. It is a test to determine whether we deserve a better world or not. So we reap what we sow, sowing …

Angels exist, my friend, just like you and me. It’s just that they cannot be seen in the flesh because they are created from light. In fact, belief in the angels comes only second to the belief in God in the Islamic scheme of things. They belong to the realm …

There was a time when the Jews had it all. But that was a long time ago. They were the ‘Chosen people’ by virtue of being the seed of Abraham whom God had befriended. God would have loved them had they kept His Commandments, that they Love Him with all …

Most Christians I know are very pious people, who if not for the overriding authority of their churches and their ridiculous dogmas, would love to live the way Jesus had wished them to live, worshipping God and God alone, keeping the commandments and doing good to their fellow men.    …

I take it you mean the idea that all humans are condemned to eternal torment because of the original sin inherited from Adam, unless of course they accept atonement for their sins made by Jesus with his blood. It’s ridiculous to say the least. Don’t you think this is grossly …