Ramadhán, the Blessed Month
At the same time, we need to remind ourselves that fasting is an ‘ibâdah, an act of worship: to abstain from eating and drinking or the physical component, is really a small part of the ‘ibâdah.
Weakness of Faith
The word Taqwa, having the fear of Allah, has been mentioned in the Qur’an 251 times as an indication of the importance of the subject and the dimension that the concept of Taqwa – the fear of Allah swt.
Time
Don’t we often wish that the wrong things we did, never happened or our successful undertakings would recur over and over again? The very fact that we now want to forget or prevent certain things from happening again or to repeat other things, shows that we have learnt from our experiences in time.
Enduring grief and hardship
To those who have suffered such a loss, their feelings are hard to describe adequately. There is a sense of utter despair, emptiness, and a numbing of the senses. It can become so intense that one actually questions the whole purpose and meaning of life…
Scoring Goals, Setting Goals
To attain our goals, there is nearly always an economic dimension. No matter how noble or altruistic our aims, it usually implies some degree of financial independence for ourselves, in order to get what we want. This is simply in the nature of things…
Filling the Spiritual Void
What is filling your life? Is your major devotion, devotion to Allah? Is your major occupation, worship of Allah? Is your consuming passion, Love for Allah? Is your primary goal, return to Allah?
Islam: A Revolution without Revolutionaries
Had we not been Muslims, we would have not been here today. We would have not known Ramadan, not experienced the sweetness of the fast, not tasted the beauty of the prayers, we would have not known that today is Eid.