Establishing the Qur’an in our life There are 3 ways of interacting with the Qur’an: The first and the most common way to engage with the Qur’an is through the worship of recitation. The recitation of the Qur’an has both immense blessings and reward. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Whenever a person recites a […]
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When we look to the life of the Prophet of Allah (ﷺ), we see that he established a community around him consisting of individuals and families. This early community of believers was raised with the Qur’an as it was revealed. In particular, the first five revelations in Makkah transformed them on an individual and societal […]
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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 […]
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“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 […]
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سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَذَا، وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ، وَإِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا لَمُنْقَلِبُون “Glory be to the One Who has subjected this [transport], for we could never have accomplished this (by ourselves)], and indeed to Our Lord we will surely return” [Al-Zukhruf: 43:13-14]. This is a Du’a from the blessed Qur’an we say when we […]
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يس – وَالْقُرْءَانِ الْحَكِيمِ Ya Sin. By the Qur’an, full of wisdom [Ya-Sin: 36:2]. Allah takes an oath in the Qur’an which is full of wisdom, for it is the uncreated speech of the All-wise. Indeed, the Qur’an is alive with a soul of its own. It enlivens the hearts and minds of the people […]
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“Each Ayah of the Qur’an is not just a verse but a universe. A universe of unending knowledge, learning and meaning.” بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Al-Suhrawardi [1] captures with great eloquence and insight when he said: “All of the knowledge of previous scriptures are […]
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The Qur’an is an unending source of knowledge to derive learning and seek its counsel, Divine Speech says: – “If all the trees on Earth were pens, and the ocean were ink, replenished by seven more oceans, the words of Allah could not be exhausted” [Luqman: 31:27]. This Qur’an, the beginningless eternal Speech of Allah, […]
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