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Building Good Character, Page 13

The Uncreated Qur’ān

By Sadik Miah
“Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal suffered painful persecution for standing by the belief that the Holy Qur’an is the Uncreated Word of Allah. His principled stand came at great personal loss, and he was a living example of the words in Sura Al-‘Asr: “By (the passage of) Time (through the ages),  Truly, humanity is in a state of loss, except those who have Faith, and do good deeds, and (join one another) in teaching Truth, and Patience, and Steadfastness.”

Summary of Sura Al-Kahf (The Cave)

By Sheikh Abdul Hamid Lachporia
“Almighty Allah Subhanahu Wata’ala urges us to be curious about life and the world around us, to study every phenomenon, and, at the same time, to study the Most Noble and Holy Qur’an and reflect on its concepts and meanings. Without this reflection and the will to learn and discover, we will be bereft of guidance and understanding…”

Prophetic optimism

By Shaykh Faraz Khan,
Zaytuna Institute, California, USA

We should always have a good opinion of Allah, especially when we endure personal hardship and when the future looks grim. Allah loves optimism and Prophet Muhammad sws was always optimistic.”

The Turner of Hearts

by Arshad Gamiet
“Never take your faith for granted! Your heart and my heart is a fragile thing. It can turn from good to bad and from bad to good in an instant! The only way that you and I can ensure that our hearts are always close to Allah is by our constant, loving remembrance of Allah: Dhikrullāh…”

Saving Planet Earth

“Last week’s Climate Conference (COP27) in Egypt involved a lot of talk, but once again it made very little progress. After many years of conferences like this one, the rich nations who consume the most and pollute the most, are still unwilling to pay their fair share to put things right. It’s the poor nations who consume the least and who pollute the least who suffer the most.,,”

Green Friday

By Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad
“The Climate Conference in Egypt has failed. Human beings have become victims of consumer addiction, that is destroying our planet. Allāh has set up a balance that pervades the cosmos. Allāh warns us in Sūra Al Rahmān that we should not upset the balance, the Mīzān…”

Be authentic: be yourself

By Arshad Gamiet
“In North America today, Islam is spreading rapidly where our brothers and sisters welcome others, without judgement, in the spirit of ta’līf, which means, to bring together, or to reconcile. Their motto is:
“Come as you are, to Islam as it is.” No fuss, no bother, no complicated rituals. It’s a simple invitation to just “Come as you are, to Islam as it is.”
It’s a way of being authentic, being true to yourself, and accepting the real, authentic Truth that is Islam.”