By Tabassum Mosleh | Arrogance can be called a superiority complex, a sense of extreme self-love coupled with the false belief that one is better than everyone else. Those who are proud and arrogant often don’t realize their true state. Muhammad ibn al-Husayn ibn Ali said: Man’s reason will be diminished in proportion with arrogance, … Read more
By Tabassum Mosleh | None of you believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself. [Tirmidhi] One of the salient points you notice in reading about the Prophet’s (sa) life is the way he strengthened the Madinan society by building bonds between people from the very start. He encouraged the rich … Read more
Admit it— the act of prostration (sujood), can sometimes feel like a burden, especially when you’re tired. You do it because this is what has been commanded of you, but has it ever occurred to you to wonder why Allah told us to pray to Him in a kneeling position, our palms and foreheads on … Read more
While fixing your eyes on the eternal prize, be sure to inform yourself regarding what Allah expects from you in this life. Recognise that Allah is lord and master, not only of this world, but of all possible worlds, and that He provides for the world and saves it. So they defeated them by permission … Read more
See the rock-born stream! Like the gleam Of a star so bright Kindly spirits High above the clouds Nourished him while youthful In the copse between the cliffs. Young and fresh. From the clouds he danceth Down upon the marble rocks; Then tow’rd heaven Leaps exulting . . . ~ from “Mahomet’s Song” by Johann … Read more
“My business just folded, practically overnight! How did this happen?” “I don’t know, dude. Must be bad karma.” We hear the word “karma” a lot in the media but do we know what it means? More important, do we know what it means for us? The word orginated in the Hindu culture, which believes in … Read more
By Tabassum Mosleh | When it comes to talking about Islamic issues, there are two extremes of people. One extreme says that we are not allowed to interpret the Quran and Sunnah in any way and should keep our mouths shut about everything. People in the other extreme speak about those issues about which they … Read more
Let’s face it— we’re not living in an ideal world, and neither are we ideal people. A man can be jealous of the attention his wife showers on their children, at his expense, he believes. A woman can be jealous when her husband looks at a woman who hasn’t earned his attention the way she … Read more
by Tabassum Mosleh | . . . you thought it was insignificant while it was, in the sight of Allah, tremendous. [Quran, 24:15] One of the juiciest topics of gossip is who’s going out with who and who’s hiding their affair with who. It might seem part of quite harmless everyday chatter. But when listening … Read more