The Sunday Guardian

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | The Sunday Guardian | November 22, 2015

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | The Sunday Guardian | November 15, 2015

The Prophet said: “I have never seen anything more strange than people sleeping, while they should have been running away as fast as they could from hell fire. 

I have never seen anything more strange than people asleep while they should have been running as fast as possible towards heaven.” 

How dreadful the punishment of hell and how ignorant man is of this reality! How wonderful are the delights of heaven and how strange not to be eager to attain them. 

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | The Sunday Guardian | November 08, 2015

In his book How to Win Friends and Influence People, Dale Carnegie highlights the dangers of criticism. He says, “It wounds man’s precious pride, hurts his sense of injustice and arouses his resentment.” It is obviously no way to endear oneself to anyone.

To underscore this he tells the story of a hardened criminal by the name of Crowley who, having parked his car in a no-parking area in Long Island, was approached by a policeman and was asked for his license.

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | The Sunday Guardian | November 01, 2015

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) is now accepted as an outstanding figure in English literature. Yet, in the early stages of his life, he was in such financial straits that he appeared to be doomed to failure. It was this very financial stringency which drove him ultimately to success.