Without the Quran as a conduit of revealed wisdom and knowledge concerning the spiritual and ethical meaning and purpose of life, furthermore, little permanently wholesome will ever be possible for man to achieve. One thus may ask: what conceptual, substantial or moral good would remain with mankind...
The noble Qur’an is the word of Almighty Allah, which started to be revealed to humanity in the blessed month of Ramadan through ...
Life, in itself, is a truth. It is at once a mirror of, and an avenue to, the ultimate ontological truth. Every aspect of the multi-tiered phenomenon of life, conceptual or physical, stands for an aspect or feature of the essence of the absolute truth. The two are indivisible, needing one another for their full actualization and function.
Where do these words come from? Were they revealed from God Almighty? Are they words of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)? The story of the Adhan goes back to the lifetime of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). When he arrived in...
God promises to light our darkness and intends to straighten the paths that have become crooked. When we are depressed, we are blinded by misery and hopelessness. God plans to heal our blindness. While we may feel weak during our times of depressions it takes a strong person to admit we need help.
There must be a way out for man to satisfy his cravings. But what is it? And what is actually meant by being rich, wanting more, wishing for immortality, etc.? Man is a dual being, consisting of a physical and spiritual dimension. The two are to be integrated in such a way that...
Difficulties and hardships strike us at random times, decreed by Allah, because Allah will often times close a door for you, or cause you to go through something so that you can find a better door.
The life of a modern man, by and large, is about false happiness fueled by chasing false and embroidered dreams. The life in its entirety is paradoxical and makes no sense; but who cares? What matters is that fiction and people’s illusory “lives” make perfect sense.
Authentic Sufism is nothing else but the quintessence of orthodox Islam. It signifies practicing Islam in the most excellent way. Sufism is the final and most accomplished phase in a believer’s spiritual development. It is the final phase, a culmination...
God gives His provision before holding to account, meaning that He doesn’t carry out judgment on people as a precondition before giving to them.
Hikmah is a gift from Allah. Does that mean you can’t seek and find it on your own? You can, because Allah already sent the gift to you. You just need to reach for it – the Quran.
One wonders, if Muslims are westernized, why their institutions of learning are not as advanced and dynamic as those in the West, why their economies are not as robust, why their governments are not as functional, just and honest, why their cities are not as efficient and clean...
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