O you who believe, do not be down-beat or in a state of despair. Allah fashioned you with His own Two Hands. He made you, but He was not, is not and will not be in need of you. However, He made you inherently, inseparably and intricately in need of Him so that He is never […]
Read moreRamadan – The Time of Our Life
“O’ Ramadan, what a great school you are? Here to be with us, to teach us the personality of the people of Paradise.” Ramadan – The leader of the months Ramadan comes but once a year. It is the leader over all the other months. The last 10 nights of Ramadan are the best nights […]
Read moreSalah – Our Ascent to Allah
The excellence of Salah Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Do you think that if there was a river by the gate of one of you, and he bathed in it five times each day that there would remain any filth on him?” They said: “No filth would stay on him.” He […]
Read moreBound by Love
Enslaved by love “Love can make a freed man a slave, shacked and bound. Love can make an intelligent man appear as a fool, irrational and reckless.” When true love (Ishq) takes hold of a person, the lover becomes blind and deaf to the world except to his beloved to such an extent, even the […]
Read moreProvision and Service
“You are a combination of limitedness, weakness, need and poverty. With the eye of limitedness you look at His perfection, with your eye of poverty you witness His Richness and Mercy, with your weakness you acknowledge His Power and Might and through your needs you realise His variant blessings and bounties. Thus servant-hood is your […]
Read moreOur Greatest Honour
“Amongst the attributes of your human nature, draw away from everything that is incompatible with your servanthood, so that you may be responsive to the call of Allah and near His Presence.” [Hikam|34] The honour of servanthood Allah has ennobled the children of Adam with honour to be the best amongst His creation. And amongst the […]
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