https://video.wixstatic.com/video/c0877c_9499dea9a50f4334937dee8f1a321c09/480p/mp4/file.mp4 Consider Donating to this cause: https://www.cpsusa.net/donate Christopher Horn, California Comments : I want to read and study Quran. Lately Islamic teachings have been resonating with me although i was raised catholic in Hispanic household Angelica Phillips, Texas Comments : I am looking to study and understand Quran. I'm considering converting. Lisa Fish, Michigan Comments : Thank you so much for this opportunity. I am teaching young girls about Islam and also learning about it myself. I really appre ..read more

"I have been waiting to read Quran for a longest time, and I think it's about the right time to do it", said a seeker of truth with beaming eyes and huge smile. My heart swelled with love for the woman who stood tall, her seeking spirit made an aura around her as she told me the story of her life. She told me she was an atheist first and then she followed Christianity for a little while, and then Buddhism and Hinduism, which took her to India, Tibet, Italy, Singapore and many other places. As I listened to her testimony of journey of discovery, I recalled similar conversations Zeba and I had ..read more

What the world needs today — perhaps more than anything else — is an acceptable formula for the attainment of religious harmony. This being currently one of the most important topics under discussion, I shall attempt to present here, in brief, the Islamic viewpoint. Let us begin with a verse of the Qur’an which reads: “He that chooses a religion other than Islam, it will not be accepted from him, and in the world to come he will be one of the lost.” (3:85) In the opinion of certain interpreters, this verse implies that salvation according to Islam is destined exclusively for Muslims. Islam th ..read more

It is a well-known fact that the Prophet of Islam, may peace be upon him was supremely successful man. He was not just a hero, as Thomas Carlyle had called him, he was also a good example for all mankind. He taught us the way of achieving supreme success in this world. By studying the life of the Prophet, we can derive those important principles which were followed by the Prophet. As we learn from studying his life that the Prophet of Islam was a positive thinker in the full sense of the word. All his activities were result-oriented. He completely refrained from all such activities which may ..read more

Failure to understand and accept Diversity as Divine Plan of God will be a great loss for entire humanity. All those "knowledgeable" people who are in a position to influence the masses and yet, the play ‘race-card’ or ‘white-skin-card’ will be answerable. Quran is very clear about the Divine Plan of Diversity! Another of His signs is that He created the heavens and earth, and the diversity of your languages and colors. There truly are signs in this for those who know. The Romans 30:22 The present world is the one in which one has to discover reality amidst falsity. Here, one has to set onese ..read more

There are two parts of the divine religion. One part of it may be called realization, and the other part obedience to commands. Although, both are equally important, just as soul and body are equally important for the human personality, there is a difference between realization and obedience to commands. That is, realization is central to the faith, unlike obedience of commands which is the relative part of the faith. These two parts of religion have been mentioned in this hadith in which the Prophet Muhammad said: “Each verse of the Quran has an outer portion and an inner portion.” (Sahih ib ..read more

ACCORDING to a survey, out of the world’s hundred richest people today, 27 are heirs and 73 are self-made. Of these self-made, 18 have no college degree and 36 are children of poor parents, but some billionaires had neither a degree nor wealthy parents. In other words, super-achievers are not born, they are self-made people. It is not external favor that makes one a super-achiever, but one’s own struggle. Super-achievement is not achieved through inheritance, but is a self-acquired success. It is a fact that no one is a born billionaire, but it is also a fact that everyone is a potential billi ..read more

Global Personality of Believer A STUDY of the Quran shows that its aim is to produce a universal approach in human beings. Universality means high thinking and an unbiased and unconditioned approach. We find an example of this quality in the Quran. It addresses us thus: ‘O man,’ and ‘O mankind’. This shows that the approach of the Quran is based on universality. The very first chapter of the Quran begins with these words: “Praise be to God, the Lord and Sustainer of all mankind.” Similarly, the Quran introduces God as the ‘Lord of the worlds’, and not just the Lord of the Muslims or the Lord ..read more

Spirituality has always been a subject of interest. It is known by many names. For instance, mysticism, meditation, sufism, etc. For thousands of years great activities have been engaged in to attain spirituality. But these activities have not yielded any real results. Despite all man’s efforts and struggle, what has been gained is ecstasy rather than the intellectual development which was desired from these activities. The truth is that since ancient times people have come to believe that the human mind is the centre of thinking, while the human heart is the centre of emotions and feelings ..read more

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 some verses were revealed in the Quran, which appear in the chapter Al-Nur (Light). The translation of one of these verses is quoted below: 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) According to Islamic teachings, character assassination is a heinous crime. An act of this kind is against ..read more