The passing away of Mr. G.M. Banatwala, a seven-time MP to the Lok Sabha, on 25.6.2008 is a great loss to the community and country. He was an orator in both Urdu and English and kept his audience spell bound. He was a good Muslim. He gave importance to democratic and secular values as per his faith. He never shirked his responsibility in working for the benefit of the people particularly the backward communities.Mr. Banatwala always said that we should be well educated as Prophet Mohammed (sal-am) gave preference to education and made seeking...
Friday, 27 June 2008
Thursday, 26 June 2008
Zackeria Hazrath : A Teacher With a Difference
Posted on 07:53 by vikash gupta
ZACKERIA HAZRATH : A TEACHER WITH A DIFFERENCE V.M. KHALEELUR RAHMANWe were fortunate to have many good and dedicated teachers in the Mazharul Uloom High School, Ambur where we studied more than four decades ago. That period is still green in our memory. We cannot forget our teachers who taught us with all care and attention. Every teacher had his own special characteristics, which impressed and inspired us and even now we cannot but remember and respect them very much. Prophet Mohammed (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam)...
Wednesday, 25 June 2008
EID-UL-AZHA - A festival of selflessness and devotion
Posted on 18:11 by vikash gupta
Eid-ul-Azha: A festival of selflessness and devotionBy V. M. Khaleelur Rahman, AmburThe festival Id-ul-Azha, popularly known as Bakrid, is celebrated on the tenth day of Zul Hijjah, the twelfth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, in memory of Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) (Alaihis salam -AS) who is said to have lived about 4500 years ago. He was an embodiment of selfless sacrifice and deep devotion to Allah. Once dreamt as if commanded by God, he was ready even to sacrifice his only son Hazrat Ismail (Ishmael) who was also all the more willing to...
'GEMS' OF PROPHET MOHAMMED (SAL-AM)
Posted on 10:31 by vikash gupta
1. HEART: Prophet Mohammed (Sal-am) said, ‘Listen carefully, there is a lump of flesh in the body. If it is set right and made good, the entire body becomes good and healthy, but if it becomes diseased, the entire body becomes diseased. Remember well: it is the Heart.’ (Muslim, Bukhari: Nu’man ibn Bashir)2. LIVING IN GOD’S PRESENCE: Someone asked: ‘How can one purify and develop himself, O Messenger of God, pbuh? He replied: ‘He should always remember that God is with him wherever he is.’ (Tirmidhi: Abdullah ibn Busr)3. SEEKING GOD’S...
Dr. Allama Mohammed Iqbal and his poetry
Posted on 10:15 by vikash gupta
A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF IQBAL AND HIS POETRY V.M. KHALEELUR RAHMANDr. Allama Mohammed Iqbal was a famous Urdu and Persian poet and philosopher, yes the same poet who wrote the famous national song “Saray jahan say achcha Hindustan hamaara, Ham bubulayn hain uski yah gulsitan hamaara” ( Our India is the best country in the world. We are its nightingales and it is our orchard) He was born in Sialkot on November 9, 1877. He was the most intellectual thinker and poet the Muslim world has produced in India. His poems like “Shikwa” (Conplaint) and...
Sunday, 22 June 2008
Prayer
Posted on 07:05 by vikash gupta
In the name of God, the beneficent, the mercifulPraise be to God, Lord of the worldsThe beneficent, the mercifulOwner of the day of judgementYou alone we worship and you alone we ask for helpShow us the straight pathThe path of those whom you have favouredNot the path of those who have earned your anger nor of those who have gone astr...
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