The Secret of Prayer: Sujood Ibn Al-Qayyim described the sujood as the secret of prayer, the greatest pillar, and the seal of the ruku’. He said all the other actions we did before it were just preludes. We should step back and reflect: what do we feel when we go …
Read More »Picture Perfect : Hayya alas Salah, Hayya alal Falaah
Hayya alas Salah, Hayya alal Falaah Come to prayer, Come to success. Five times a day, at any nook and cranny at any given time of the day, these phrases are echoed all over the world. Come to success. It’s the call people yearn for, what one would spend hundreds …
Read More »Callers to Allah : Things Have Been Far Worse
Before the coming of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), humanity was going through one of the worst periods in its history, a truly “dark age”. Nothing was untouched by this darkness. It pervaded the lives of the people in every way: religiously, morally, socially, politically, and economically. Humanity …
Read More »Picture Perfect : The Prophet’s Mosque
This is an imagination of the The Prophet’s Mosque, Al Madinah, as built by the Prophet (pbuh). Designed by photoshop and 3D studio max.
Read More »Picture Perfect : Old Madinah
An imagination of Old Al Madinah. Designed by photoshop and 3D studio max.
Read More »Good parenting is like being a Good Muslim
“A father cannot give a better gift to his child than a good education.” (Tirmidhi) Becoming a parent was an amazing experience. I am blessed with two beautiful baby girls and I pray to Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala (Glorified is He) that He raises them as good and pious human. Good …
Read More »Superstitions at the Speed of Light
It would be hoped that the Muslim mind would have some natural reservations when it comes to believing in falsehoods and superstitions, since the Quran establishes for us an approach to knowledge founded on factual information and evidence. Allah says: “Say: Bring your proof, if you are truthful.” [Surah al-Baqarah: …
Read More »The Conquest of Space
– By Dr. Maurice Bucaille From this point of view, three verses of the Qur’an should command our full attention. One expresses, without any trace of ambiguity, what man should and will achieve in this field. In the other two, God refers for the sake of the unbelievers in Makkah …
Read More »To Kill a Mocking Tongue
– By Muhammad Al-Sharif Al-Ma’roor ibn Suwayd narrates that he once saw Abu Dharr – radi Allaahu ‘anhu – wearing a beautiful shawl. His slave standing next to him was wearing a shawl exactly like it, warm and beautiful. Ma’roor said to Abu Dharr, “Perhaps you could take the shawl …
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