Spiritual Legacy

This article is second in a series of articles on Spirituality. Read other two parts here.  Understanding Spirituality I – Knowing your Conditioning Understanding Spirituality III – Living in the Now Rather than being your thoughts and emotions, be the awareness behind them – Eckhart Tolle In the previous article, I discussed the problem of human conditioning that … Continue reading →

The top and bottom grey surfaces in the picture (on the left) appear as different but they are both exactly the same shade of grey as depicted in the other picture (on the right). Even though we know both surfaces are of the same color, the contextual information distorts our color perception of the lower surface.  … Continue reading →

This article is written by Moulana Mufti Muhammad Zahid and it originally appeared on the alsharia magazine website. Author can be reached at zahidimdadia@yahoo.com.  Disclaimer: We are sharing this article to spread the awareness about the Hanafi position on the issue of blasphemy. Proponents of the current blasphemy law in Pakistan argued in the court … Continue reading →

I am not a fan of Junaid Jamshed. But I don’t understand what is this fuss about Blasphemy without an unemotional mention of Ahadith behind it. I heard what he said and I also searched ahadith that he mentioned. He mentioned part of a friendly conversation between Prophet SA and Aisha RA (Seems like a … Continue reading →

Once again war drums are being beaten and the media on both sides of the Indo Pak border is frothing at the mouth on the prospect of yet another conflict. Public opinion in both countries is being constructed towards hyper-patriotism and giving the other a bloody nose. Add to that the fervour of independence days … Continue reading →

Its 14th August, My brain is trying to convince my heart about how great it is to have an independent and free country, but somehow the heart is not happy, its losing hope. The brain is telling it to see what happened to Babri Masjid, see how organizers of Gujrat massacre escaped punishment, so value … Continue reading →

Freedom from fear and grief is essential to our inner happiness. Everyone wants to get rid of all the fears and anxieties that make one’s life uncomfortable. In the words of poet philosopher Allama Iqbal, “the highest stage of man’s ethical progress is reached when he becomes absolutely free from fear and grief”. In Holy … Continue reading →

“The month of Ramadhan is the month in which the Quran was revealed; a guide for the people, the most authoritative of all guidance and a criteria to discern right from wrong”. (Al Baqarah:185) As Muslims around the world celebrate the arrival of Ramadhan – the month of compassion, reflection and forgiveness – they also gear … Continue reading →

Rubina was only in her teens when she faced a serious problem. She was suffering from chronic kidney failure and her doctors told her she had only two choices: to undergo dialysis treatment for the rest of her life or to undergo a kidney transplant. The dialysis treatment would have cost Rubina’s father 160,000 rupees … Continue reading →

Ah summers. There you bolt my mood to electric power supply. To hunt for a safe haven, I planned to spend one holiday at a renowned hill spot. The journey began and everything appeared perfect for a delightful day. Slight whistling of wind amidst plenty of tall trees portrayed ideal serenity. I stopped over, parked … Continue reading →

“Your visit was long due, sir”. The contractor greeted me as I stepped out of my car. I was happy to see the commendable pace of my house construction project. Scattered labour and background noise of different machineries seemed wonderful. Well cognizant of my day-long schedule which included a seminar and dinner, I quickly praised … Continue reading →

This article is written by Yasir Javed. It is also available in PDF and Word format.

It’s the start of May and election fever is in at its peak. In a few days the Pakistani nation will go to the polls to decide their future for the next 5 years. Election rallies are in full swing, social media is awash with enthusiastic people busy in heated debates on opposing candidates as … Continue reading →

Luqman Shahzad inherited a poor financial background in 1986. He along with his brother and eight sisters would always wish for bread, not more but certainly no less than what the neighboring hounds of Alhajj Chowdary Sahib used to get daily; what to make a mention of their dairy and meat quota. The unfortunate boy, … Continue reading →

I came home late one night after a stressful day at work and switched on the TV to shed a bit of tension out of my system. I switched on to one of the Pakistani news channels only to have it switched off within five minutes with a bigger headache than what I had started … Continue reading →

Who knows fruits of extremism better than Pakistanis? Helps us in not contemplating any ideas other than previously known, reinforces our jealously guarded opinions at cost of rationality and lavishly waters our preconceived plants into prejudices. Only foolish do not change, if Confucius pardons me doctoring his words, and this perhaps is only what extremism … Continue reading →

In Quran Allah SWT repeatedly mentions a term ‘سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ’ which means ‘Way of God’ (Allah ka raasta). As believers our objective should be to follow this path of God and advise others to do the same. The obvious question that comes to one’s mind would be how can we recognize this path? I shall try … Continue reading →

This article is written by Shazia Yousuf and it originally appeared on the blog site The Paradigm House. “I do not have any formal education… what use is education when we do not become human beings [after being educated]? My school is the welfare of humanity.” Abdul Sattar Edhi. These are the words from a … Continue reading →