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Guru Nanak on Muslims
“musalmaan kahaavan muskal jaa ho-ay taa musalmaan kahaavai.aval a-ul deen kar mithaa maskal maanaa maal musaavai.ho-ay muslim deen muhaanai maran jeevan kaa bharam chukhaavai.rab kee rajaa-ay mannay sir upar kartaa mannay aap gavaavai.ta-o naanak sarab jee-aa mihramat ho-ay ta musalmaan kahaavai.” Guru Granth Sahib Ji Ang 141 One of the finest definitions of who is worthy of being called a Muslim was given by Guru Nanak Dev Ji. The quotation above which finds a place in Guru Granth Sahib Ji Ang 141 may be translated as follows: “It is difficult to be called a Muslim; if one is truly a Muslim, then he may be called one.First, let him savor…
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2. Material Roots of Western Civilization
The book “Islam at Crossroads” by Muhammad Asad deals with the fall of the Muslim world. It laments the imitation of the West which is in its spirit (materialistic) diametrically opposite to the Islamic spirit (spiritual and harmony between subtle and mundane). It argues that the imitation of the West can only be at the cost of Islam, the two being incompatible. It discusses the attitude the Muslims must adopt towards the West. It further argues that the practical aspect of the spirit of Islam lies in the Sunnah of the Prophet, which has been shunned for the visible impossibility of implementing its seemingly trivial aspects in life, the weakening…
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1. Moral Roots of Islamic Civilization
The book “Islam at Crossroads” by Muhammad Asad deals with the fall of the Muslim world. It laments the imitation of the West which is in its spirit (materialistic) diametrically opposite to the Islamic spirit (spiritual and harmony between subtle and mundane). It argues that the imitation of the West can only be at the cost of Islam, the two being incompatible. It discusses the attitude the Muslims must adopt towards the West. It further argues that the practical aspect of the spirit of Islam lies in the Sunnah of the Prophet, which has been shunned for the visible impossibility of implementing its seemingly trivial aspects in life, the weakening…
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Culture, Religion and the Modern Muslim Man
The rising influence of the Western ways, visible through minuscule injections in our society of foreign conceptions like materialism, skepticism, modernism, feminism, agnosticism, invariably ending in atheism, hedonism and nihilism, has to be seen as a common Muslim’s revenge on the conception of religion and culture amongst us which has, in many ways, moved away from the realities of life. When hurdles are placed in the path of the natural conception of life, a conception of the life in line with fitrah, life rebels, seeks revenge. When the natural desires and legitimate endeavors of man are suppressed, his nature puts up a resistance that invariably ends up in defiance. This…
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Be chamha aabi zam zam
Be chamha aabi zam zam,Khudayo kar milem sarr. Satisar gomut chu khaeli,Khabar kott gayi sa Jehlam,Chu na kahn, cze nish mye niyham,Be chamha aabi zam zam. Phyeran chus bathen te baalan,Kaeczan chus Majnu ti basan,Czei zaanekh, chumm mye kya ghamm,Be chamha aabi zam zam. Wadan chus subhas te shaamas,Gomut kya chum yi paanas,Chus pyaran, kar mye milhyem,Be chamha aabi zam zam. Gamecz zann ghar-vujhedi,Katyo chukh, cham bekareri,Yitam, chukh czei mye malham,Be chamha aabi zam zam. Romut chus, chamm ne kahn wath,Pakaan chus chaani baapath,Wath haawtamm, kya gasi kamm,Be chamha aabi zam zam. Khudayo kar milem sarr,Be chamha aabi zam zam. بہٕ چَمہا آبِ زَمزَمخۄدایو کَر مِلؠم سَر سٔتی سَر گوٚمُت…
Renaissance, Reformation, Enlightenment
