How often do people keep knocking on someone’s door without respecting the inhabitants’ right to not respond? How many people don’t just call someone once, twice, or three times on the phone, but rather keep calling as many as twenty times, or even more? (“I can keep ringing if there’s no answer— it’s my husband!”) … Read more
Allah calls Himself Al-Mubeen— The Clear, The Manifest One— once in the Quran. Al-Mubeen is the Clear and Manifest Truth. He is the One who clarifies what is falsehood and what is truth and manifests His signs to the creation! The Clear, the Manifest, the One Beyond Resemblance Mubeen comes from the root baa-yaa-noon, which points to main meanings. The … Read more
Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary, culture consists of the beliefs, customs, arts, etc., of a particular society, group, place, or time. According to Dr. Jimmy Jones, it is learned behavior that is passed down from generation to generation in a society. Therefore it excludes those matters that are genetically or biologically … Read more
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Sometimes we have the opportunity to do good, but we do not have the ability. Sometimes we have the ability to do good, but not the opportunity. In the end it all comes down to tawfeeq. In this week’s central ayah Allah ‘azza wa jall describes the words of the prophet Shu’ayb ‘alayhi sallam: He … Read more
by Raiiq Ridwan Storytelling is one of the most amazing ways of getting our message across. Public speakers, book writers, motivational article writers, etc. are all taught to give vivid imagery through stories, as stories are how human beings best connect. Allah subhana wa ta’ala created us, and He knows best how we learn and … Read more
by Raiiq Ridwan Muslims the world over believe that the Quran is the undisputed word of Allah. They believe that the Most Honourable, Allah sent the most honourable angel, Gabriel, to the most honourable city, Makkah, in the most honourable month of Ramadan, on the most honourable night of Laylatul Qadr to the most honourable … Read more
Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim There are many synonyms for “camel” which appear in various places in the Quran. Among them, the word ‘إِبِل’ appears twice, one of which is in the following verse: أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ Then do they not look at the camels— how they are created? [88:17] Allah the Exalted asks … Read more
You might know this, but do you really act on it? Making faces or gestures when seeing or talking about food you don’t like is a way of “criticizing,” so remind yourself and others to never dishonor food, whether by words or by non-verbal communication, and teach the children this important sunnah!