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Khutbah, Page 96

Allah Pardons Almost Anything

“Never belittle the smallest good deed you’ve done. Never let your sins leave you so overwhelmed by guilt and remorse that you give up doing good. Never despair of Allah’s overwhelming capacity to forgive and show mercy…”

Reason and Rhetoric in the Quran

“The Holy Quran uses both rhetoric and reason in a powerful way. It addresses us, the readers, not as passive consumers of information, but as critical and sentient human beings, engaging our intellect and our innate sense of balance, fairness, reason, logic and beauty…”

Finding Forgiveness in Ramadan

“Don’t just ask Allah for forgiveness generally or vaguely… ask him precisely what you want to be forgiven… be specific…. this is part of the healing process…”

Lessons from Moses and Pharaoh

“The story of Moses recurrs many times in the Quran, each time to illustrate a profound lesson, a universal truth for all time…”