September 14, 2020
THE PEOPLE OF THE CAVE
This is an inspiring story from Surah Al Kahf in the Qur’an. The incident is set against the backdrop of…
September 14, 2020
THE QUR’ANIC MAP [PART 3]
WHAT IS ALLAH SWT TELLING ME? Part 3: Every time you read the Qur’an, remember that the words are addressed…
September 11, 2020
SALEH AS
HOMES IN THE MOUNTAINS The tribe of Thamud lived in the Arabian Peninsular, between Hijaz and Tabuk. They were of…
September 1, 2020
PART 22 – THE INTELLIGENT AND THE FOOLISH
When assessing one’s intelligence in the scope of Islam, do you know the benchmarks which have been applied by the…
September 14, 2020
HABEEL AND QABEEL
One of the wisdoms of the stories in the Qur’an is that the believer, regardless of his situation, will recognize…
September 7, 2020
WHO AM I AND WHY AM I HERE? PART 2
The continuous transmission of the message Throughout the history of mankind, Allah SWT has been sending us His messages and…
September 11, 2020
JUST PARENTING
Two children were eating ice cream. The younger one dropped hers on the floor and started crying. So the father…
September 7, 2020
THE PHILOSOPHY OF DE-CLUTTERING – PART 4
Eliminating the negative Marie Kondo, the Japanese tidiness guru, introduced the concept of eliminating things which do not “spark joy”…
September 1, 2020
PART 15 – AVOIDING THE GAPS
If we do not fill our thoughts with Allah, then the chasm in our minds will be occupied by Shaitan…
September 1, 2020
PART 39 – GUARDING THE TONGUE AND ACTIONS
Aswad ibn Asram (RA) once asked Rasulullah (SAW) for advice. Rasulullah (SAW) asked him to hold tight with his hand.…
September 7, 2020
WHO AM I AND WHY AM I HERE? PART 7
September 10, 2020
ADAM AS [ PART 1]
IN THE BEGINNING – THE CREATION OF MAN “First of all there was nothing but Allah, and (then He created…
September 11, 2020
LUT AS
The Society of Lut AS Prophet Lut (Lot) AS was the nephew of Ibrahim AS. After parting ways with Ibrahim…
September 11, 2020
MUSA AS – PART 3
The Da’wah of Musa AS Musa AS carried with him two commands for Pharaoh. The first was an invitation to…
September 11, 2020
AVOID GETTING HURT AGAIN
In Closing the Chapter* we touched upon how forgiveness is the best way of moving on in life. This has…
September 7, 2020
ON BEING ILL (PART 2)
The Rewards for the Patient Patience during adversity runs counter to mankind’s hasty instinct to despair at the first sign…
September 7, 2020
PART 4 – PATIENCE AT THE FIRST BLOW
The Prophet (SAW) passed by a woman who was crying over a grave and said, “Fear Allah and be patient.'”…
September 11, 2020
NUH AS [ PART 1]
THE BIRTH OF IDOLATORY Allah in His wisdom had deployed over 124,000 Messengers and Prophets to guide mankind towards the…
September 7, 2020
6.THE LOSS OF DUNIA V FREEDOM WITHIN
We want the victory of Allah, and we want the promise, the belonging, for Allah to be with us. How…
September 7, 2020
BETWEEN ISLAM, CULTURE AND MATERIAL LIFE
Divisions between us are growing on a daily basis, even between groups of supposedly pious Muslims. When infused with other…
August 27, 2020
KHADIJAH BINT KHUWAYLID [RA]
KHADIJAH BINT KHUWAYLID [ RA ] Umm-Al-Mu’minīn (Mother of Believers) Note: For ease of reading, we have not inserted “May Allah be…
September 7, 2020
WHO AM I AND WHY AM I HERE? PART 4
The Five Golden Keys So how do we manage to ensure that we can attain our purpose of life? In…
September 7, 2020
WHAT IS SUNNAH?
Part 1 What Sunnah means The word sunnah means habit or a certain fixed way of doing things, done constantly…
August 26, 2020
OLIVE
OLIVE Qur’anic Reference One of the most blessed trees mentioned in the Qur’an and sunnah. Allah SWT gave it a…
September 7, 2020
MY GOAL IN LIFE: THE REAL RETIREMENT PLAN -PART 2
Constitution of Happiness The following two verses of the Qur’an, if mastered, will change your life: Race toward forgiveness from…
September 1, 2020
PART 30 – DO YOU LOVE YOUR WEALTH ABOVE ALLAH AND HIS MESSENGER ENOUGH?
You will not be a believer unless your love for Allah and His Messenger is above all other love, and…
September 1, 2020
PART 35 – ONLY YOU WE RELY UPON
Allah wants us to surrender with complete pleasure, and believe that embedded our lives is goodness which we cannot comprehend.…
October 23, 2020
WHY RAMADAN IS SPECIAL
When Mohammad (SAW) saw the crescent, the new moon on the month of Rajab which is one month before Shaaban…