The Sunday Guardian

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan I The Sunday Guardian I August 4, 2013 I Page 12

After a long journey, the express train was approaching its destination. The view from the train indicated that the final station was near. Hundreds of passengers were filled with new life. Some were fastening their bedding; some were changing clothes; some were just peering expectantly out of the window. All were excited, eagerly awaiting their journey's end.

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan I The Sunday Guardian I July 28, 2013 I Page 12

Mamun Rashid (789-833), caliph of the Abbasid dynasty, was very kind and considerate towards the common people. Once an old woman of Baghdad entered his court and approached him. "I am a poor woman," she complained to the caliph. "I once owned a plot of land, but it has been taken away from me by a tyrant. He would not listen to my cries, so I have come to you to ask for justice."

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan I The Sunday Guardian I 21st July, 2013 I Page 12

The distinguished mathematician, Sir Michael Francis Atiyah, once said that God was a mathematician. This idea is not new. About 50 years ago, Sir James Jeans suggested that the universe was handiwork of a mathematician. To Picasso, God was an artist. "God is really another artist," he said. "He invented the giraffe, the elephant and the cat."

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan I The Sunday Guardian I 14th July, 2013 I Page 12

According to Islamic teachings, Ramadan, the ninth month of the Hijra Calendar, is the month of fasting. The Quran mentions that fasting was a common practice in all religions: "Believers, fasting has been prescribed for you, just as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you may guard yourselves against evil" (2:183).