What is the Purpose of Life? A Muslim Perspective
We look at the world around us, from the microcosmic to the macrocosmic, from spinning electrons in the realm of quantum physics …
Your very own Hijra
Many British people are already more than halfway towards Islam, but they don’t know it. They love fairness and justice, they are …
God’s Greatest Gift: Good Guidance
For many years, I made the big mistake of thinking that I shouldn’t bother Allah to ask him for silly, small things, …
God’s Greatest Gift: Good Guidance
Every time we recite Sura Fatiha, we begin by thanking and praising and glorifying Allah, not because he needs praise and glory, but because we are so forgetful, we need to remind ourselves of Allah’s greatness and irresistible power…
Our Primeval Covenant
Every time we put our heads on the ground in sujood, we become like lightning rods that connect heaven and earth. We …
Something of Heaven (part 2)
The intolerance and violence we see today is not part of the Prophetic Sunnah, it’s not part of our noble heritage. And …
Something of Heaven (Part 2)
Nabi Isa, Prophet Jesus said, “Do unto others what you would have them do unto you”. Six centuries later, Prophet Muhammad sws said, “A believer is not truly a believer until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself”…
Rent Not Paid
Perhaps this could be the epitaph of the traditional Islamic world. Many Muslims still adhere to [some] aspects of the Qur’anic message; but there seem to be whole sections of the revelation which we read, formally, but fail to digest…