Ibn al Qyyim said: “Nafs is a mountain in your way to Allah. Imagine you are traveling to Allah and there is only one way to Allah. In the way, there is a huge mountain. That mountain is your nafs. If you want to continue traveling to Allah, you must climb…
Before we can speak of deserting sins, we need to have a good idea of what we mean by “sins.” From the Islamic point of view,a sin is a conscious and willful act that violates Allah’s rights (i.e. His commandments) or the rights of a fellow being. On the other hand, we cannot consider a …
Short Answer:Prophet Abraham did not yield to Satan’s temptation. He chose his love for Godover his love for Ismail. So he decided to obey God’s commandment and sacrifice Ismail.The “jamarat” are not the devils. They are only symbolic representations of the Devil, one may say, dwelling within ourselves. When we throw stones at the stone …
This ritual is a symbolic reenactment of the incident between the Prophet Ibrahim and the Satan. Ibrahim was commanded by Allah Almighty to sacrifice his son Ismail. On his way to carry out this commandment, Satan repeatedly tried to dissuade…
Part 1 | Part 2 Islam and Christianity have a lot in common, in values, religious traditions and theology. Obviously, as Islam is part of the same Abrahamic tradition; the core message of both religions originates from The only One God or Allah, in Arabic. Both religion believes in concepts such as Satan, angels, demons. …
It’s true, isn’t it? You can fool a lot of people for a lot of the time. You can even fool yourself for a while. But Allah cannot be fooled. No matter how much we pretend, we cannot deceive the One Who created us. Allah knows every leaf that falls from every tree and He …
One of my favorite stories in the Quran is the story of Adam and Satan; the reason I love this story so much is because it shows us the trajectory of your spiritual decisions. Adam and Satan both had one thing in common: they both made a mistake and they both transgressed a command of …
The enmity of Satan to Prophet Adam and his progeny is very ancient, going back to the very time of creating Adam (peace be upon him). Satan deceived our father and enticed him into disobeying Allah for the first time. Adam forgot the command not come close to the forbidden tree; he ate the fruit. …
Don’t let your past haunt you. You need to smile at the fact that you have a Lord who is absolutely merciful. Your past is your past, that’s exactly what it is; it’s not your present, it’s not going to be your future. So if there is a bad habit or something you did in the past, it’s gone, it’s over.
So begins the history of racism. Satan thought himself superior to Adam on account of his origins. Since that day, Satan has misled many of Adam’s descendants into also believing themselves superior to others, causing them to persecute and exploit their fellow man.
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