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Posts Tagged ‘Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)’

Allah or Mullah

By Aftab Alam • Nov 13th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Mullah, Masjid (Mosque) & State’ is my focus. One of the crucial assumes, which is being proliferated by most of the Muslim vocal clergy is their prolonged & fatal misconception. They believe firmly that they alone as a community have the exclusive right to rule. What is the logic for this fallacy? Simply because they [...]



Need for reforms in Madaris sector

By Ch. Naeem Sidhu • Sep 27th, 2009 • Category: Features

Despite recent achievements of the Government of Pakistan in eradicating the menace of terrorism from the northern areas of the country, it would be naïve to conclude that the victory over extremism is comprehensive and decisive because there are chances that such elements may regroup themselves to strike back yet again. The main reason for [...]



Harf-e-Raz – Auriya Maqbool Jan

By Bilal Sulehri • Sep 13th, 2009 • Category: Features

Below is a thought provoking article by Auria Maqbool Jaan.
Courtesy: Express News



Prophet Muhammed (S.A.W) | The Husband

By Adnan Farooqui • Sep 11th, 2009 • Category: Features

Prophet Muhammad personifies the roles of perfect father and husband. He was so kind and tolerant with his wives that they could not envisage their lives without him, nor did they want to live away from him. He married Sawdah, his second wife, while in Makkah. After a while, he wanted to divorce her for [...]



This Funny Old World

By A Khokar • Sep 10th, 2009 • Category: Politics

All the societies of the world they always carry a pertinent mindset of their own whereby they love to live with it and like to be governed and remain immersed in its—– so called bliss. The people and the communities they carry these crafted myths as  beast of their burden and decade and some time [...]



Yaum-e-Khatam-e-Nabuat

By Rai Azlan • Sep 8th, 2009 • Category: Misc, Worth A Second Look

The word MUSALMAN is a combination of two things MUSALM (solid) & IMAN (faith); which means being a Muslim is about having firm and solid faith upon certain facts. One of those facts that must be strictly followed by a Muslim is to accept Hazrat Muhammad S.A.W. as the final and last Prophet of Allah.
The [...]



Salam Ramadan 2009

By Samiya Taskeen • Sep 6th, 2009 • Category: Misc

“Oh you who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you, that you many learn piety and righteousness” (Qur’an, al-Baqarah, 2:183)”
All the Muslims believes in the blessings of holly month Ramadan, a month of Fasting (sawam), a month in which Holly Quran was revealed to Holy Prophet (PBUH). In [...]



The Role Model For A Perfect Life - SUBHANALLAH!

By Adnan Farooqui • Aug 10th, 2009 • Category: Misc

THE ROLE MODEL
* When becoming humiliated, remember the Prophet [صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم] in Ta’if.
* When being starved, remember the Prophet [صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم] tying two stones to his stomach in the battle of Khandaq.
* When becoming angry, remember the Prophet [صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم]’s control of anger on the martyrdom [...]



Chalak Pareen Meri Aankhain

By Taufeeq Butt • Jul 29th, 2009 • Category: Politics (Urdu)

Courtesy Nawa-e-Waqt



Tolerance and Patience: Two traits we hardly find in us now.

By Mian Usman • Jul 1st, 2009 • Category: Misc, Worth A Second Look

With an ever changing fast track life style and unstable priorities, its becoming difficult for us to tackle our anger, frustrations, disappointments, grudges and self created distances from others. Our society often reflects and present us a some what non-tolerant and aggressive people by nature. Although their are many contributors to it but the major [...]