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By humbling before God five times each day, supplicating to God in private moments, and remembering God through the repeated phrases of dhikr, they seek to mould their minds and thoughts into a way pleasing to God.

Mystic Mantra: The way to mindfulness

Dhikr is a powerful means of building self-control and striking a balance between the spiritual and the mundane.

3 March 2018 2:05 AM IST

Predominantly Muslim Malaysia sends some 27,000 pilgrims to perform the hajj every year. (Photo: AP)

An engagement with the almighty

Haj is a set of rituals that takes place in and around Mecca each year in this month of Zil-haj, the last and 12th month...

16 Aug 2018 2:28 AM IST

A Muslim man praying. (Phoo: PTI)

Muslim Sanskrit scholar offers free tuitions

Hayatullah is proficient in Sanskrit and in the four Vedas which has earned him the epithet 'Chaturvedi'.

13 Sept 2018 5:33 AM IST

Predominantly Muslim Malaysia sends some 27,000 pilgrims to perform the hajj every year. (Photo: AP)

Mystic Mantra: Haj To set out for a higher destination

Hajj, has always been seen as a kind of spiritual death, for it is a meeting with God.

24 Aug 2017 12:20 AM IST

Triple talaq has been distorted in India, and its far more important to ban this than use it as a wedge to encroach on Muslim personal laws. (Photo: PTI)

MHA to soon send advisory to states

The apex court had on Tuesday set aside triple talaq by a majority verdict describing the practice of as...

23 Aug 2017 2:10 AM IST

Mr Sibal, supplemented by saying this (triple talaq) is something which is not permanent or immutable. (Representational image)

A shot in the arm for gender justice

Triple talaq in one sitting is alien to the Quran, which is the revealed word for Muslims, but is still part of Shariat...

23 Aug 2017 12:31 AM IST

Mahrukh and Shoaib, who were born in Pakistan, told NBC Washington that their home was burgled and their Quran was torn. (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 IST

Mohammed wants to submit his Koran for inclusion in Guinness World Records (Photo: YouTube)

Egyptian artist eyes record with 700-metre-long Quran

Saad Mohammed has hand-painted Islamic motifs on the walls and ceilings of his home in the town of Belqina.

4 May 2017 8:00 PM IST

The Quran clearly states that the only rank that eventually matters is marked by the relationship that one has with God.

Mystic Mantra: Nature A divine work

This spells out that water conservation and the environmental protection is an individual duty incumbent on all people.

21 Jan 2017 1:23 AM IST

The Quran clearly states that the only rank that eventually matters is marked by the relationship that one has with God.

Mystic Mantra: The pillars of Islam

Muslims pray five times a day at dawn, noon, afternoon, sunset and evening facing toward the Kaaba, the House of God.

17 Jan 2017 6:24 AM IST

A person reading the Holy Quran

Mystic Mantra: The fragrance of enlightenment

In Islam, the primary source of spiritualism (ihsan or tasawwuf) is the Quran.

18 March 2017 2:10 AM IST

Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar (Photo: AFP)

Pakistan blasphemy laws will not be changed, says Ishaq Dar

Critics complain that Pakistan's blasphemy law is overwhelmingly being used to persecute religious minorities.

30 Jan 2017 5:59 AM IST