Allah has raised the worth of every Muslim by the prayer and greeting he exchanges with every Muslim, as He commands us in verse 4.86 of Surat al-Nisa’
There is nothing quite like finding someone who can really do something when one desperately needs help. Allah tells us in verses 2.156–57 of Surat al-Baqara
By Sh. Nuh Keller A monthly letter to incarcerated Muslims A PDF version can be downloaded here. Sha‘ban…
Allah has bound up our lives with others’ lives, made our din a social din, and given incomparable rewards not only for what we do by ourselves, but what we do with others and for others—just as He has imposed appalling punishments not only for what we do by ourselves, but what we do with and to others.
A monthly letter to incarcerated Muslims A PDF version can be downloaded here. Jamada al-Akhira 1445/January 2024Letter No.…
A monthly letter to incarcerated Muslims A PDF version can be downloaded here. Jamada al-’Ula 1445/December 2023 Letter…
The way to win in this world and the next is to be with Allah by following the light He has shown us in the Quran and the example of His messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace).
The Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said, “Whoever blesses me once, Allah blesses ten times over” (Sahih Muslim, 1.306 (408). S). What is the result? Allah tells us the answer in verse 33.43 of Surat al-Ahzab: “It is He who blesses you, and His angels, to bring you forth from the depths of darknesses into perfect light; And verily He was ever all-compassionate to believers.” This is a mighty blessing and priceless piece of knowledge, for most of the miseries in our hearts come from real or imagined darknesses,
A monthly letter to incarcerated Muslims A PDF version can be downloaded here. Safar 1445/September 2023 Letter No.…
he words of Allah here “Verily have We made everything on earth a fleeting bedizening of it” indicate that Allah has made ma ‘ala l-ard or ‘everything on earth’—such as possessions, children, plants, crops, nature, and anything else of benefit—zeenatan laha, or ‘a fleeting bedizening of it.’
I have been asked to write a monthly letter about Islam, Iman, and Ihsan to believers presently in gated communities, of which this is the first one. The letter will be called With Allah, since that is the best thing anyone can be, wherever one lives. Permission is given for each letter to be copied, sent out, shared by anyone with anyone who wishes to read it, or collected, though the text is under my copyright and the words may not be changed, nor several letters be printed together in a book or put up on a website without written permission.
By Isla Rosser-Owen The Blue Plaques Scheme was started in 1867 by the Royal Society of Arts, upon…
ven the atheist brain knows ours for a time of hubris: we madly ravage and violate nature and walk upon the moon; every other species cringes from us as ecosystems die; our gamed financial system is increasingly parasitical upon the poor. From our human perspective Covid-19 is an infection which disorders our world; but seen from the world’s perspective humanity itself has, over the past age, become a still more deadly disease: like a fungus or a hookworm we suck the blood of the host, multiplying insanely until the ecosystem itself, the planet which we vampirize, starts to sicken and die. Bani Adam, released from the natural restraints urged by religion, has itself become a disease, in its planning and its wisdom no more intelligent than a microbe. We have become a Qarun-virus.
Being a translation of Qanun al-Tawba, from Abu al-Mawahib al-Tunisi al-Shadhili’s Qawanin hikm al-Ishraq ila kafat al-Sufiyya bi-jami’ al-afaq
Mas’ud interviews teacher, author, writer, poet Novid Shaid on his work, influences and the importance of literature.