Prophet Muhammad

Thursday, Apr 18, 2024 | Last Update : 11:14 PM IST

On the occasion of Eid Milad-un-Nabi, we need to revisit the true prophetic personality traits that we often overlook.

Mystic Mantra: Prophet Muhammad — The messenger of mercy

The traditional reciters of Milad, popularly known as milad khwans, beautifully explain the Sirah (lifetime and message) of the Prophet (pbuh).

09 Nov 2019 12:40 AM

Kashmiri Muslims have been equally unhappy over the Indian Muslim leadership’s “lackadaisical attitude” and failure to empathize with them.

Kashmir: A test for Muslim brethren all over

Notwithstanding, reports from various parts suggest that a majority of common Indian Muslims feel concerned and has sought to reach out.

20 Oct 2019 2:24 AM

Some had tears streaming down their faces as the men, wearing simple white garments, and women raised their hands in worship on the slopes of the rocky hill. (Photo: Representational)

Muslim hajj pilgrims ascend Mount Arafat for day of worship

Many walked through the pre-dawn darkness to the hill where the Prophet Muhammad delivered his final sermon some 1,400 years ago.

10 Aug 2019 2:05 PM

The Buddha himself was born into affluence, but he decided to pursue a life of strict asceticism after he became distressed due to the pain and agony that he saw surrounding him.

Mystic Mantra: As an ascetic, live a balanced life

Buddha taught a path that was neither about the denial of pleasure nor its affirmation.

10 Jul 2019 2:31 AM

An Indian Muslim father holds the hands of his daughter in his palms and prays before breaking fast on the first day of holy month Ramadan at the Jama Mosque in New Delhi, India. (Photo: AP)

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06 May 2019 9:36 PM

Oil has given them vast funds and the impunity to buy arms, to fuel the property markets and the hotel, casino, alcohol and prostitute economies of the West.

Oil has empowered regimes led by fanatics across the Islamic world

The law this week prescribes stoning to death for the supposed sins of adultery and of homosexuality.

06 Apr 2019 6:07 AM

The Buddha himself was born into affluence, but he decided to pursue a life of strict asceticism after he became distressed at the pain and agony he saw surrounding him.

Mystic Mantra: How to avoid life’s regrets

It was this simple message of the village girls that provided the emollient salve to his restless mind seeking a vision of an ideal life.

13 Mar 2019 1:40 AM

Muslims are instructed to turn to the Kaaba shrine in Mecca during prayers. (Photo: AP)

Mystic Mantra — Adhan: The Muslim call to prayer

The words of the adhan succinctly embody the basic principles of Islam and its teachings.

29 Jan 2019 12:51 AM

In fact, it is this supremacist attitude that is strongly discouraged in this ethical Qur’anic trajectory. (Representational Image)

Mystic Mantra: Sufis on haya’a, takabbur and iman

Prophet himself was an epitome of modesty and humbleness, as several hadith narrators, like Ibn Umar, have reported.

26 Dec 2018 6:34 AM

Mystic Mantra: Heart’s nature is to constantly turn

Sentences using the ‘heart’ as a metaphor to indicate guidance and righteousness are mentioned multiple times in the holy book.

02 Aug 2018 6:09 AM

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17 Apr 2018 3:30 PM

This claim makes the British monarch a distant descendant of Prophet Muhammad. (Photo: PTI)

Queen Elizabeth descendant of Prophet Muhammad?

Historians believe Elizabeth II is a descendant of the founder of Islam after tracing her family tree back 43 generations.

07 Apr 2018 11:26 AM

The Quran asserts the existence of a single and absolute truth that transcends the world; a unique, independent and indivisible being, who is independent of the entire creation.

Mystic Mantra: Tawhid — The heart of Islam

Tawhid further refers to the nature of that God — that he is a unity, not composed, not made up of parts, but simple and uncompounded.

29 Dec 2017 1:37 AM

Mystic Mantra: Jesus — Knower of divine mysteries

Sufis have forever expressed profound reverence for Jesus, regarding him a perfect Sufi master and knower of divine mysteries.

22 Dec 2017 5:25 AM

The only way to spread the right message of Islam is for Muslim to become exemplary ambassadors of the true prophetic message, which is one of peace, compassion and mercy.

Mystic Mantra: The right message of Islam

The Prophet taught to love the one God, emphasising that the path leading to him consists of kindness, compassion and moderation.

09 Dec 2017 1:58 AM

Mystic Mantra: The last sermon of Prophet Muhammad

He explained that the period of ignorance had come to an end, and so had its practices, its rivalries, and its conflicts based on power and profit.

02 Dec 2017 4:34 AM

Quran calls for the right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort and right mental concentration to save oneself from the sufferings of this world and the hereafter.

Mystic Mantra: Islam and Buddhism — Spiritual symbiosis

There is no dearth of peaceful references and spiritual commonalities among our faith traditions, as diverse as even Islam and Buddhism.

16 Nov 2017 12:45 AM

The Quran often says that God measures out good and mercy to test people’s faith. (Photo: Screengrab)

Mystic Mantra: Benefits are trials too

True thankfulness in one’s heart is manifested through the conviction that all bounties come from God.

17 Aug 2017 12:48 AM

Mystic Mantra: Trolling during the holy month of Ramzan

Both backbiting and slandering are strictly forbidden in the Koran.

23 Jun 2017 2:50 AM

A couple of hours ahead of the pre-dawn meal, suhor, eaten before the start of prayer, people called Sehar Khawans walk though dark streets beating drums and shouting “Wakhta-e-Sehar (It is time to wake up for suhor)”. (Photo: Asian Age)

Ramzan in Kashmir: A time to carry age-old traditions forward

While keeping old practices alive, Kashmiris also embrace change.

20 Jun 2017 3:24 AM

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