A woman’s role | The Sunday Guardian | October 9th, 2011 | Page 15
According to Quranic as well as Biblical accounts, Moses was born into an Israelite family. The Egyptian king, Pharaoh, had ordered all Israelite boys to be killed as soon as they were born. But God Almighty intervened and made Moses the exception.
A sense of accountability | The Sunday Guardian | October 2nd, 2011 | Page 15 One of the important teachings of Islam is the concept of accountability. In the chapter entitled Al-Isra' (The Night Journey) of the Quran, this concept is gone into in detail: "Give full measure, when you measure, and weigh with accurate scales. That is fair, and better in the end. Do not follow what you do not know; for the ear and the eye and the heart shall all be called to account" (17:35-36).
Character assassination is crime | The Sunday Guardian | September 25th, 2011 | Page 15 During the Prophet's time, there were certain people in Madinah who wanted to defame a member of the Prophet's family. It was a case of character assassination. At that juncture the following verses were revealed: "Those who desire that indecencies should spread among the believers will have a painful chastisement in this world and the Hereafter. God knows, and you do not know" (24:19).
Learning lessons | The Sunday Guardian | September 18th, 2011 | Page 15
One of the major concerns of the Quran is to inculcate in every person the spirit of contemplation. In the chapter entitled Al-Hijr (The Rocky Tract) the Quran says: "There are certainly signs in that for those who can learn a lesson" (15:75).
