September 1, 2020
PART 30 – DO YOU LOVE YOUR WEALTH ABOVE ALLAH AND HIS MESSENGER ENOUGH?
You will not be a believer unless your love for Allah and His Messenger is above all other love, and…
October 23, 2020
THE ESSENCE OF HAJJ – PART 2
What is the purpose of Hajj? Hajj means reaching for a high destination, being the mercy of Allah SWT. It…
September 1, 2020
PART 12 – THINKING (FIKR) OF ALLAH
Allah mentions that: “Verily! In the creation of the heavens and the earth, and in the alternation of night and…
September 7, 2020
MARRIAGE: BETWEEN MIRAGE, REALITY AND RESPONSIBILITY
Marriage: between mirage, reality and responsibility What is the common goal? Whenever there is a union between two people, the…
September 11, 2020
AYOUB AS
Ayoub (Job and also spelt Ayyub) AS was of the progeny of Ibrahim (Abraham) AS through his second son, Ishaq…
August 26, 2020
GRAPES
GRAPES Qur’anic Reference: Surah An-Nahl:With it He causes to grow for you the crops, the olives, the date-palms, the grapes,…
September 7, 2020
2.OUR MEETING WITH ALLAH
Those who are familiar with the Levant (Syria, Jordan, Palestine and Lebanon) will notice that its lands are dotted with…
September 11, 2020
SULAIMAN AS – PART 2
The Queen of Sheba The hoopoe did as commanded, carried the letter (and in some reports, together with a copy…
September 1, 2020
PART 16 – THE SUSTENANCE OF A BELIEVER
At the end of time there will be a severe drought (the duration of which varies according to reports) which…
September 7, 2020
HEEDLESSNESS PART 1
HEEDLESSNESS FROM MEETING OUR LORD PART 1 What is your first action when you wake up? Do you plan your…
September 11, 2020
NUH AS [PART 2]
THE GREATEST FLOOD IN HUMAN HISTORY After almost a millennium of trying to spread the message of Allah, Nuh AS…
September 11, 2020
SALEH AS
HOMES IN THE MOUNTAINS The tribe of Thamud lived in the Arabian Peninsular, between Hijaz and Tabuk. They were of…
September 1, 2020
PART 13 – THE MARRIAGE OF FIKR AND ZIKR
At our pinnacle of fikr, we will also achieve the highest level of zikr. At this peak, our zikr will…
September 1, 2020
PART 36 – BUT I’M ALREADY A WORSHIPPER!
So how come some with hijab, beard, niqab and other cosmetic components of Islam have bad manners or behave in…
September 7, 2020
ARROGANCE
We have already talked about the building blocks forming the habits of unhappy people – discontentment and envy. These habits,…
September 7, 2020
PART 3 – SWEETENING THE PAIN
Most of us will tolerate our job conditions if we are well paid. Even if we tried to complain, others…
September 11, 2020
YAHYA (JOHN THE BAPTIST) AS
His Birth and Early Life We have, in the story of Zakariya AS, given details of how Zakariya’s AS sincere…
September 2, 2020
PART 18 – ARE YOU LIVING OUT THE MESSAGE?
To test if you are living the message, ask yourself: what you think of at the start of the day…
October 26, 2020
THE ART OF DA’WAH PART 5
Example of the Prophet SAW and what we can learn from it Rasulullah SAW did not simply sit in the…
September 7, 2020
CLOSING THE CHAPTER
So let’s say some aspect of a relationship didn’t work out. There was a misunderstanding or a falling out with…
September 1, 2020
PART 31 – WHY DO CALAMITIES HAPPEN?
Rābiʿa al-ʿAdawiyya al-Qaysiyya was an ascetic who lived in Basra in the first century of Islam. She advised against conducting…
August 27, 2020
AISHA BINT ABU BAKR [RA]
AISHA BINT ABU BAKR [RA] Umm-Al-Mu’minin (Mother of Believers) Note: For ease of reading, we have not inserted “May Allah…
September 2, 2020
PART 8 – THE VALUE OF THE KNOWLEDGE AND FOCUS
The first step in the sequence of seeking the knowledge of Allah is to appreciate the value of the knowledge…
September 7, 2020
FORMING RELATIONSHIPS – WHO DO WE CHOOSE?
INFLUENCE There are two main factors that shape the development of our personalities – nature v nurture. The first is…
September 7, 2020
ISA (JESUS) AS – PART 1
Maryam AS, the mother of Isa AS The final prophet descended from Bani Israel (from the lineage of Ishaq AS,…
September 11, 2020
YUNUS AS
Seasons came and went, and again the memory of Allah faded from the hearts and minds of humankind. Communities lapsed…
September 1, 2020
PART 43 – CONTROLLING YOUR ANGER
We all have our own trigger points which can make us lose our temper. Sometimes, a person can appear calm…
October 23, 2020
RAMADAN – COMPASSION AND CARING
Fasting as an institution for the purification of the soul is common to all the divine religions (Judaism, Christianity and…
September 11, 2020
CONFIDENCE V ARROGANCE
If you have knowledge and you know what you are doing, then this knowledge gives you confidence. There is however…
September 7, 2020
THE MARRIAGE AND THE “HAPPY ENDING”
The marriage and the “happy ending” Is Marriage the Solution for our problems? Many people, in finding who they think…