Life is a test. We live and we learn through the pain and the joy. We cannot criticize the injustice of suffering in the world if we don’t recognize the lessons it has for us. Only our wilful blindness to those lessons makes us too proud to take them on and change ourselves.
One characteristic of the Qur’an is moderation or harmony between the divine and human, the spiritual and the material, the individual and the collective, and so on. The Quran pays due attention to all facts of life and all needs of man. It deals with them in such a way as to help man to …
When the Jews heard the words of Abdullah ibn Rawahah, they were stunned. What they just witnessed and heard was a jaw-dropping stuff. As People of the Book (ahl al-kitab), they together with the Christians knew more about faith and virtue…
Being a Muslim is a choice, it cannot be forced. Islam addresses our emotions, reason and heart. Why should we submit ourselves to Allah, and to the order of the messenger of Allah? What are the values that Islam focuses on? Imam Waleed Basyouni answers the above questions and more. More Links:
Murder is heartless, merciless, barbaric and most disgraceful. It is an anomalous act, incompatible with any rationality, morality, and the intended cultural as well as civilizational well-being of people. That is why when a murder occurs, the best form of justice…
Like everyone else, I yearned for peace. I searched for it everywhere but when I was with others, usually I’d feel its absence. People often spoke of peace but didn’t practice it or even really know how to achieve and maintain it.
These stories are reflective of the Prophet’s mercy and kindness towards women. But he went even farther. He tried to liberate women from all kinds of injustice, maltreatment and oppression. He can genuinely be viewed as a liberator of women. He gave women such rights and privileges…
{I am better than him: You created me from fire and You created him from clay} (Saad 38: 76) This was an infamous racist statement made by Satan, or the Devil, in his arrogance and disobedience to Allah. The story of Satan and Adam is a clear demonstration of how dangerous racial superiority can be …
Sunday marked four years since three Muslim college students were killed at a Chapel Hill apartment The man accused of their murders has still not gone to trial Initially, police said the killings may have been the result of a parking dispute but the families believe was a hate crime. NORTH CAROLINA – Four years …
A truly beautiful dream never dies. This is because it does not just revolve around oneself. It includes others and is not selfish. The true promise of Allah’s reward sustains our hopes even in our worldly activities, even when we know that they will not provide…
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