September 7, 2020
19. TRIAL AFTER TRIAL
If you are chosen by Allah, your quality will increase. It is not dependent on any external condition, family connections…
September 14, 2020
THE QUR’ANIC MAP [PART 2]
A SUGGESTION: BEGIN WITH THE MECCA VERSES Part 2 The Mecca verses are described in Part 1 of these series.…
March 17, 2021
WHEN PEOPLE LET YOU DOWN – PART 2
What will Endure? All the relationships in life are bound to fail and will not benefit us, except only one:…
September 14, 2020
AL KHIDR
Surah Al Kahf, which we are encouraged to recite every Friday, contains four main stories for our reflection and guidance.…
September 7, 2020
SOME LIFE CHANGING ADVICE PART 1
THE ADVICE I WISH I HAD RECEIVED YEARS AGO … It is so enriching to speak with some people, and…
September 1, 2020
PART 41 – HOLDING TO THE ROPE OF ALLAH
Reported by Jabir bin `Abdullah (RA): The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said, “The dearest and the closest of you to…
September 3, 2020
13.SOLUTION IN THE QUR’AN
Whatever our situations in life, each of our circumstances is already contained in the Qur’an. Whether rich or poor, believer…
October 26, 2020
BUILDING BRIDGES WITH THE NON-MUSLIM COMMUNITIES -PART 2
Do we know the rule and manner of living in a non-Muslim country? The current Muslim diaspora is unprecedented. To…
July 3, 2020
THE FAMILY UNIT – THE HEART OF THE UMMAH – PART 1
he ummah longs for unity and demands a strong leadership.
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.…
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…
August 26, 2020
GRAPES
GRAPES Qur’anic Reference: Surah An-Nahl:With it He causes to grow for you the crops, the olives, the date-palms, the grapes,…
September 7, 2020
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF MARRIAGE?
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF MARRIAGE? Nucleus of the Ummah Every action that we take in life should be guided…
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…
November 12, 2020
INTRODUCTION
Fasting during Ramadan is a unique pillar of Islam, where worship is done by way of restraint rather than positive…
October 23, 2020
THE ESSENCE OF HAJJ – PART 5
Some rituals explained This article is not intended to discuss the technicalities and regulations in detail, but to explain the…
September 11, 2020
INCONCEIVABLE!
There is so much pressure on women to have children, even when they are struggling with conceiving or seeing a…
September 11, 2020
NUH AS [PART 2]
THE GREATEST FLOOD IN HUMAN HISTORY After almost a millennium of trying to spread the message of Allah, Nuh AS…
September 7, 2020
ESCAPISM
I need to run away … When we feel crushed by the weight of our life issues, we seek psychological…
October 23, 2020
IS ISLAM COMPATIBLE WITH MY LIFESTYLE?
There is no doubt that the world has changed tremendously over the past couple of decades. If we were to…
September 7, 2020
IS THERE AN AGE BARRIER FOR MARRIAGE IN ISLAM?
In Islam, one is allowed to get married once attaining physical and mental maturity. There are also other conditions such…
September 7, 2020
ARROGANCE
We have already talked about the building blocks forming the habits of unhappy people – discontentment and envy. These habits,…
September 2, 2020
PART 19 – HOW OFTEN DO WE NEED TO CONTEMPLATE?
Islam can be likened to a town fortified by five walls. If all the five were intact, then one’s Islam…
September 7, 2020
THE UMMAH NEEDS A HUD HUD
Where is the hud hud? You must we wondering what we are referring to! It is a hud hud or…
September 1, 2020
PART 28 – SPENDING YOUR WAY TO ALLAH’S LOVE AND THE DRIVING FORCE
If you are rich, fear Allah and remember if you die with excess wealth, you have denied Allah’s money its…
August 26, 2020
DATES
And We cause therein the grain to grow, And grapes and clover plants (i.e. green fodder for the cattle), And…
September 11, 2020
MUSA AS – PART 4
Musa AS and Harun AS were the agents of change, and the countdown to the destruction of Pharaoh’s empire had…
September 7, 2020
SANDCASTLES
When you walk along the beach, a common sight is that of children and sometimes adults, building sandcastles. They scoop…
September 7, 2020
WHO AM I AND WHY AM I HERE? PART 5
The Sunnah of Allah Allah’s method will never change. Allah has sunnan (precedent) or a fixed way of doing things:…
September 3, 2020
THE WRONG QUESTIONS?
In Islam we are encouraged to ask when we are in doubt about something, but is there such a thing…