In the context of the financial crisis that taunts the super-geniuses of the time, (who, whenever there is a boom, promise another boom and grab prizes or sell their books well),
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Syed Iqbal Zaheer, a mechanical engineer by training and profession, is today a well-known researcher and writer on Islam, its culture and civilization. Quite apart from the Tafsir Ishraq al-Ma’ani, the fourteen-volume commentary on the Qur’an, he is also the author of numerous books and booklets on Islam.
Recently, he headed, in his capacity as the Chief Editor, the ambitious ‘An Educational Encyclopedia of Islam’ project which is a two-volume, 1300 multi- colour page, compendium of knowledge on Islam, its civilization and heritage. The Young Muslim Digest, one of the most authentic periodicals on Islam in English has been edited by him since the last three decades.
Editorials
Chapter One
Human beings are much more complicated than the immensely complicated computers they design. Computers are never contradictory, evasive, unpredictable, illogical, or dishonest
Read more »Let Them Choose
The interesting part of the ongoing global financial crisis is an eye-opener for the peoples of the planet: no one knows what exactly is going on. That is,
Read more »Bang and Whimper
In response to the report recently presented by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) concerning the destruction of the WTC 7 buildings,
Read more »The Divine Will
Qada’ wa Qadr (roughly, and not accurately: Divine Will and Determination) is a mind boggling issue, but which refuses the mind to come to rest
Read more »Tickling Mischief?
Almost everyone asks himself about God: “Where did He come from? What is the nature of His existence? Does He exist at all?” And so on. But most minds that ask these questions soon abandon the inquiry. Why? Because of several reasons
Read more »Time
For most of mankind throughout time, Time has been something that existed, simply and plainly, in which they lived, and out of which they departed into the realm of another kind of Time
Read more »Investing Zakah Money
Quite often we hear of proposals to invest Zakah money into business. The declared objective is to keep the principal safe and spend the profits on those who deserve the Zakah
Read more »On Razor’s Edge
Humanity is trapped but few realize. It has been severally trapped: trapped in its own trappings, in shackles of its own making, in chains of its own design, in fetters of its own manufacture. There have been several reasons that led to it getting trapped: pride, greed, refusal to accept the truths, oppression,
Read more »Signs of the Hour – 3
[Born at the Caribbean, Imran Nazr Hosein was educated both in traditional Madrasas as well as in prestigious universities. He trained as an intellectual, as well as a spiritualist, and has a good eye on religious ideas,
Read more »Signs of the Hour – 2
[Born at the Caribbean, Imran Nazr Hosein was educated both in traditional Madrasas as well as in prestigious universities. He trained as an intellectual, as well as a spiritualist, and has a good eye on religious ideas, history and politics
Read more »Signs of the Hour – 1
Many signs that our Prophet foretold concerning the end of the world have miraculously come true within a few decades of our time:
Read more »Muslim Schools
Schools started by Muslim volunteers face a variety of challenges. But a few are major issues: finance, quality education, and, the raison d’être of their labor i.e., creation of ideal Muslim personalities
Read more »Stop Brooding and Start Functioning
The question “why we are here” has worried mankind from the earliest times. We have dealt with this question earlier in this column several times over, and have answered variously.
Read more »The Internet vs. the TV
There are kinds and classes of magazines. Some are for pastime: sports, films, porn, etc. Some are informative; others are political; a few are
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