“The idea behind verses about the sealing of hearts appears to be the psychological law that if a person once does a good or an evil deed, his chances of repeating that kind of action increase and o...”

“The removal of God from human consciousness means the removal of meaning and purpose from human life.”

“All evil, all injustice, all harm that one does to someone elsein sum, all deviation from man's normative naturein a much more fundamental way and in a far more ultimate sense one does to oneself, ...”

“It must be constantly remembered that the Qu rn is not just descriptive but is primarily prescriptive. Both the content of its message and the power of the form in which it is conveyed are designed...”

“To hold that the Qurn believes in an absolute determinism of human behavior, denying free choice on man's part, is not only to deny almost the entire content of theQu rn, but to undercut its very b...”

“People belittle or ignore or even rebel against God, because they view theprocesses of nature as having self-sufficient causes, normally regarded by them asultimate. They do not realize that the un...”

“We sometimes fail to realise that when we pray to Allah we are in fact performing a great act of ibadah (worship). On the surface it might seem as if we are asking out of self-interest, but we are ...”

“Ibn Mas'ud said that Allah's Messenger said: Abusing a Muslim is sinful and fighting with his tantamount to Kufr. Bukhari Muslim”

“The source of my suffering and loneliness is deep in my heart. This is a disease no doctor can cure. Only Union with the Friend can cure it.”