It is the love for the Creator that will make one want to be close to everything this Creator is associated with or each act which will bring him closer to the content of God. At the same time, it is the fear of the discontent of the Creator that will keep one far away from what is forbidden...
Chapter two of the Quran (Al-Baqarah) is the longest and one of the most important chapters of the Quran. The Prophet urged us to recite it often. In this chapter, we find two verses which are among the most memorized and recited among Muslims...
Every creation of Allah submits to Him in its own way. The sun and moon submit so precisely to the will of Allah that we can calculate time using their movements. They never vary from their course by one second. The night never overtakes the day – they alternate in cycles ordained by Allah.
Prayer provides a constant reminder of the essence of our creation and provides a direct connection to Allah, who linked success and felicity to humility in prayer. It emphasizes the proximity between religion and daily life. Life, from an Islamic standpoint, is to be directed to Allah...
When our hearts are hardened, it becomes very difficult to worship Allah. Even praying the bare minimum of five daily prayers seems hard. And the more we let it sit in that state, the harder it becomes. We don’t feel anything when the verses of the Quran are recited...
When it comes to selecting chapters to memorize, the general rule is that the easiest ones are from the last chapters backwards. Juz Amma (the last 1/30th of the Quran) contains Makki chapters, which have short verses that often rhyme, and are overall shorter than the Madini chapters.
When we ask God to be generous towards us, we should also try to be a generous person and take the advice of Prophet Muhammad who said: The generous one is close to God, close to people, and far from the fire...
The message from Abraham's life is simple- the love of Allah trumps all other loves- love for his wife, love for a son, love for life (interestingly all halal sources of love). He was willing to keep his wife and son in the middle of a desert, all because Allah asked Him to.
A person should recite the Quran while thinking about and pondering over its meaning, with due respect and presence of mind, in order to understand its meaning and purport.
Giving your first thought upon waking up to God surrounds you with power and protection all day long. Having woken up mindful of God, sought His Refuge, and asked for His Protection, indeed God will not forsake those who seek Him or withhold what they need.
The evil eye can essentially be cast by anyone, even a person’s loved ones, which may be an unconscious consequence on their part. Hence, it is pertinent for each and every one of us to take the necessary steps in order to protect ourselves from the evil eye of those around us.
It is evident in the examples in the Quran that, when you ask something from Allah, He gives you not just that thing, but better. One has only to watch the events of one’s past on playback mode to realize the difference between our wish and Allah’s Will, and to find out which is better.
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