Our noble ancestors were often greatly outnumbered by their enemies, yet Allah granted them spectacular victories, so that you and I, and our children and grandchildren, could learn the value of iman and taqwa and of entrusting our affairs totally and wholeheartedly to Allah.
Whatever we choose to do as a career, we can certainly do it better by mastering the skill of good communication. But we must understand the power of words, and we must harness that power, in order to serve our wider responsibilities, and to serve Alláh…
In a few hours, if it pleases Alláh, we will see the passing of another year, another century, and another Millennium, by the Gregorian calendar. There have been many frightening predictions about this historic moment.
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…
