Assalamu alaikum (May peace be upon you all) As human beings, relationships are a center point in our life; they provide us love, care, facilitate reproduction, help us develop and enrich our opportunities. It is even said they extend our survival. No doubt, we long for and worry about the relationships we have and even … Read more
Assalamu alaikum (May peace be upon you all) Are you consumed by your daily life tasks, and do you feel like you never have enough time to accomplish what you want? Do you set priorities, but you feel they aren’t serving you as a Muslim, or haven’t you consciously set priorities in life at all? … Read more
Assalamu alaikum (May peace be upon you all) The Weekly Jumuah Specials by Khawlah b. Yayha are back! A weekly boost of daily life lessons and action points from Qur’anic ayaat and Prophetic narrations, coming to you on the best day of the week. Short-term happiness is easy to find – think of nice food, … Read more
Assalam alaikum (May peace be upon you all) Allah says in the Qur’an: Will they not then ponder over the Qur’an or is it that they have locks on their hearts!? [Qur’an, 47:24] Who created us, why are we here, and where are we going? The correct and complete answers are given by the book … Read more
The Seerah: Your Key to Productivity Many of us underestimate the importance of studying the Seerah in our daily lives. So, let’s find out about the amazing blessings of the Seerah of the Prophet ﷺ. Discover how you can get the best out of yourself and make the Seerah part of your daily study routine! Allah ar-Rahmaan says: O Prophet! Verily, We have sent … Read more
Assalmualaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barkatuhu Dear Brothers and Sisters, There are approx. 6236 verses in the Quran. Out of which only about 500 verses are related to “Ahkaam” i.e orders of what is allowed and what is prohibited. And the remaining, the majority of verses, about 5700, are the ones that prepare the mind and soften the heart. These are … Read more
Why learn Surah Kahaf’s first 10 verses? 1) Because Prophet (ﷺ) asked us to He only asked us to do what he did himself. So consider it as a sunnah as well (not just the way of prophet (saw) but of so many companions, successors and so on). I have never come across memorization of any specific surah/ayaat except for … Read more
Assalamualaikum dear brothers & sisters,Abdullah ibn Amr reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “It will be said to the companion of the Quran: Recite and ascend as you recited in the world. Verily, your rank is determined by the last verse you recite. (Sunan al-Tirmidhī 2914). We are launching individual as well as group online Hifz-e-Quran courses … Read more
WHAM!The door to my office slammed open on a summer morning, way back in 2014. Muhannad, my colleague and long-time friend rushed in and warned me with a sigh of awe and apprehension:“Azad, by God, on the Day of Judgement, I will be a witness. Oh Azad, learn the Qur’an!”I caught his unusually serious tone … Read more