There is no better way to show our gratitude and appreciation to Alláh, than to show Him self-restraint. We show that we are willing to resist our normal human needs, for those things we legally enjoy at any other time.
We, too, are instinct-driven. But it is our ability to control our instincts, to resist temptation for a higher purpose that …
There is another Qur’án, one whose verses or Áyát, do not appear as printed words on a page. Yet, its message is loud and clear, to anyone who has the wisdom to recognise and understand its language. This is the Qur’án of the natural world around us, the living Qur’án…
There are many Muslims, who believe that Alláh expects nothing more from them, than to go through the daily, weekly and yearly rituals, without stretching themselves and making sacrifices for the sake of their communities and for others in distress…
So often, a pregnant woman and her husband become very pious and God-fearing, especially in the last few weeks before their child is born. They are anxious and fearful that she may not survive the stress of childbirth, or the child may die, or be born handicapped and abnormal…
In a very real and literal sense, we human beings, are also tools. We are artefacts, we are manufactured goods with a form and a function. We have an impact on our environment. We have the ability to do a great deal of good, or a great deal of evil.
Who has the most right to our hearts, to our love and respect? Who deserves most, to hear our words of kindness, and appreciation? Our parents, of course! A mother’s love for her child is a du’ah, an invocation for the wellbeing of her child…
Every time we prepare for Saláh, the first thing we do after we’ve taken wudhú is to face the Qiblah. Occasionally, we find ourselves in an unfamiliar place, then we have to calculate the direction of Qiblah…
