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Friday, May 31, 2019

QV13.....Why should one surrender to God?







As I said in the very beginning, Islam is a path of complete surrender. But why should one surrender to God? Just because some religious scripture asks us to?

Wednesday, May 29, 2019

QV12.....What is the purpose of life?






Many of us rarely bother to ask this question. Some say that the purpose is to enjoy! And some others say that purpose is to attain ultimate liberation. And some even consider the world to be a play of God!

Friday, May 24, 2019

Wednesday, May 22, 2019

QV10.....Why should one do charity?





Continuing our discussion on the five fundamental injunctions of Islam, today let us discuss the importance of charity.

Friday, May 17, 2019

QV09.....Importance of prayers






We were discussing the essentials of Islam. The holy Quran lays lot of emphasis on regular prayers or Salat or Namaz as they are called.

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

QV08.....How should we speak?





We were discussing the essentials of Islam. As a third commandment, the holy Quran says –
Speak fair to the people”. 
What does ‘fair’ mean? Does it mean speaking sugar coated words as we see nowadays?

Monday, May 13, 2019

BookTalk: Upanishads – A journey into the unknown






In Today’s book talk I am going to discuss about my book “Upanishads – A journey into the unknown”.

The original title for this book that was in mind was – “Upanishads – A journey into the unknowable”. But then I changed it to the current title to avoid sounding a bit oxymoronic! If something is ‘unknowable’, there is no way you can know it!

Friday, May 10, 2019

QV07.....Why should we care for our parents and those in need?






Continuing our discussion on the 5 essential commandments of Islam as listed by the Holy Quran, today let us take up the second commandment namely
Treat with kindness your parents and kindred, and orphans and those in need.”

Wednesday, May 8, 2019

QV06.....Why should one worship only Allah?






Continuing our discussion on the 5 essential commandments of Islam as listed by the Holy Quran, let us now see the second part of the first commandment. Quran says that one should worship Allah and only Allah. It quotes several past incidents when people had worshiped others as God and they were severely punished.

Friday, May 3, 2019

QV05.....Is Allah the God of Muslims?






We were discussing the 5 essential commandments of Islam as listed by the Holy Quran. Let us now see the first commandment, namely “Worship Allah”.

Many of us think that Allah is the God of Muslims. And so do even some Muslim. But is that the case?

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Essence of Islam






Quran spells out a long list of Do’s and Don't s to be adhered to by a devout Muslim. Among these I feel the most essential things are the following.