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.
By Syed Iqbal Zaheer
February, 2023
Unemployment is a product of modern politico-socio-economic system, and its material culture. It will remain so long as they remain.
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By Syed Iqbal Zaheer
January, 2023
No one knows how big the universe is. Indeed, if not for trustworthiness of the scientists and their equipment, it is hard to accept the figures given by them, which are in trillions.
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By Syed Iqbal Zaheer
December, 2022
What is motherhood now? To millions and billions who have become mothers, the word ‘motherhood’ sounds like it is something new.
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By Syed Iqbal Zaheer
November, 2022
Unlike the unbelievers, the believers live in a world of certainties: in a world of their own. They are sure of their lives, sure of their deaths, and sure of what will happen thereafter
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By Syed Iqbal Zaheer
October, 2022
Liberty in Islam is not for an individual alone. It is for the individual, the group, the society and mankind in general, accompanied by a sense of responsibility.
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By Syed Iqbal Zaheer
September, 2022
Stagnation in scientific development is not the share of physics alone. Take any field: cosmology, biology, psychology; and even philosophy and theology.
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By Syed Iqbal Zaheer
August, 2022
What was once trusted as genuine sources of guidance – the media, scientific education, economy and even the people themselves – are today looked upon with suspicion, if not outright rejection.
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By Syed Iqbal Zaheer
July, 2022
Investigation will falter in its first step, if not approved by logic. Thus, logic leads to invention and to progress. The progress, which people cite as example of rationalism, are only scientific i.e., a product of logic and rationalism
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By Syed Iqbal Zaheer
June, 2022
Islam has given its followers, and the humanity through them, the responsibility to act rightly, to alleviate the sufferings, and thus take mankind closer to their Creator
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By Syed Iqbal Zaheer
May, 2022
There are estimated to be 100 billion stars in our Galaxy, and there are billions of galaxies like our own in the cosmos.
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