Mother Teresa, the Humanitarian, also known as the "Saint of theGutters," devoted over 40 years of her life to the needs of theorphaned, penniless, and sick people of Calcutta. A new, innocuously titled book, Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light(Doubleday), consisting primarily of correspondence between Teresaand her confessors and superiors over a period of… Continue reading Mother Teresa: Jesus Could not Have …
Month: August 2007
None is equal with Him in rank (112:4)
وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ (112:4) and none is equal with Him in rank. The word kufu’ as used in the original means an example, a similar thing, the one equal in rank and position. In the matter of marriage, kufu’ means that the boy and the girl should match each other… Continue reading None is equal with Him in rank (112:4)
Lam Ya Lid Wa Lum Yu Lud
لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ He begets not, nor is He begotten. (112:3) The polytheists in every age have adopted the concept that like men, there is a species of gods with many members. These gods get married, beget and are begotten. They did not even regard Allah, Lord of the universe, as supreme and above this… Continue reading Lam Ya Lid Wa Lum Yu Lud
As-Samad
اللَّهُ الصَّمَد Allah is Independent of aII and all are dependent on Him. (The Holy Quran, 112:2) The word used in the original is صمَد (samad) of which the root is s-m-d. A look at the derivatives in Arabic from this root will show how comprehensive and vast this word is in meaning. (Lexical discussion… Continue reading As-Samad
Ahad – The One and Only
أَحَد The One and Only. Fourteen hundred years ago, the polytheists and Jews in Arabia asked Prophet Muhammad (s.a.a.w.) questions about God. Some of these questions were: Tell us of your Lord’s ancestery. O Muhammad, tell us attributes of your Lord, who has sent you as prophet. What is your Lord made of? Is He… Continue reading Ahad – The One and Only
The Ship and the Lifeboats by Khalid Baig
Although the pen and the sword are arrayed against it, Islam is spreading. But there are also problems within the Muslim reawakening. By Khalid BaigPosted: 14 Zul-Hijjah 1423, 16 February 2003 We are living at a time when the daily news about the world, especially about the Muslim world is quite depressing. In Palestine, Kashmir,… Continue reading The Ship and the Lifeboats by Khalid Baig