Tag Archives: Quran
Who is Allah?
He is Allah..
The First: Nothing is before Him.
The Last: Nothing is After Him.
The Most High: Nothing is Above Him.
The Most Near: Nothing is beyond His Reach.
He Begets Not, Nor was He Begotten.
The Creator, Provider, and All-Rich.
The All-Seer, The All-Knower.
He is One and Self-Sufficient.
He is not Nature, or any part of it.
He ascended above His Throne, High above the Seven Skies.
No Vision can encompass Him, but
His Grasp is over all vision...
"Such is Allah, your Lord, none has the right to be worshipped but He, the Creator of all things. "So worship Him (alone), and He is the Wakeel (Trustee Disposer of affairs, Guradian, Read more ...
Picture Perfect : Be Not of Polytheists, Criminals and Disbelievers
Allah says in the Quran, Surah Al Muddaththir, 74:40-46 :-
"(They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each other, And (ask) of the Sinners (Al-Mujrimun (polytheists, criminals, disbelievers)): "What led you into Hell Fire?"
They will say: "We were not of those who prayed; "Nor were we of those who fed the indigent; "But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers; "And we used to deny the Day of Judgment," Read more ...
Blogging and Accountability
Writing and Blogging on the Internet and its Accountability
Today many people have blogs and are active participants in the blogosphere and other social network sites and forums on the internet.
But how many of us immerse into and follow the ethics, etiquette and definite accountability associated with writing?
How many of us realize the reach that our writing would have and that we will be answerable for the same on the day of judgment?
Al-Qa'nabi once found his teacher Imam Malik crying profusely, so he is asked him the reason for the weeping.
Imam Malik responded: "Who is more worthy of crying than me. I do not speak a word except that it Read more ...
How the Quran Justifies Itself
In a previous posting about Islam’s rational monotheism (which may be read here), we saw how the Qur’an espouses a universal rationalist discourse to substantiate some of its main theological doctrines. As for how the Qur’an vindicates itself, and rationalises its claim of truly being the Word of God, it deploys the following line of argument:
Firstly, it states that the Prophet Muhammad, upon whom be peace, was an unlettered Prophet [7:157]; that is, he was unable to read or write, and most certainly uneducated in the modern sense of the word: And you did not used to recite any book before this, and nor did you write it with your right hand. For Read more ...
Islam’s Rational Monotheism
Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad explains: ‘In the Western milieu, converts to Islam claim that they are attracted to what they regard as its clear, rationally-accessible teachings, unobscured by elaborate mysteries. It is not only insiders who wish to take this view. Non-Muslim academic accounts... now frequently draw attention to the central role of reason in Islamic theology.’ 1
He quotes Leaman in his The Qur’an: An Encyclopedia, saying: ‘The Qur’an does indeed display an unusual commitment to argument and logic in its self-explanation.’ 2
Earlier in the same volume, Leaman says that whereas Judaism is strongly linked with ethnicity, and Christianity Read more ...
We are “obliged” to spread the message of Allah
One crime for which Bani Israel was repeatedly criticized and cursed was "altering the words of Allah" and "concealing knowledge". They were people of knowledge, but they "chose" to hide that which Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala had revealed towards them.
In Surah al-Baqarah ayah 159, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says:
"Indeed, those who conceal what We sent down of clear proofs and guidance after We made it clear for the people in the Scripture - those are cursed by Allah and cursed by those who curse."
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, His angels and His entire creation curses those who hide the commands of Allah. This ayah doesn't end at Bani Israel. It can be Read more ...
When you sent your eye as a guide…
Allah, the Exalted said,
"Say to the believing men that they should lower their gaze and guard their private parts; that will make for greater purity for them. Indeed Allah is well acquainted with all that they do." [Surah Al-Nur 24:30]
So Allah made purification and spiritual growth to be the outcome of lowering the gaze and guarding the private parts.
As Ibn Qayyim al Jawziyyah said:
When you sent your eye as a guide
For your heart one day, the object of sight fatigued you
For you saw one over whom you had no power
Neither a portion or in totality, instead you had to be patient.
Therefore when the sight is prevented from looking and Read more ...
Rediscovering Luqman The Wise
Source : http://azizaizmargari.wordpress.com/ | By : Margari Aziza Hill
When I began my research on depictions of Blacks and Africans in pre-modern Arabic Literature, I came across a passage:
It was related that a black man came to Said ibn Musaib Radiyallahu’ anhu (A wise man too) for asking him advice and Said told him to not worry for being black and he reminded him as follows: “the best of men are three blacks whose names are: Bilal, Mahjaa and Luqman the wise.” [Khalid ait belarbi “Advice from Luqman the wise to his son” - http://www.tamilislam.com/ENGLISH/human_rights/advice_from_luqman.htm]
According to the tafsir of The Quran Read more ...
In Islam, It’s OK to Ask Questions
Jared’s Journey to Islam
My name is Jared, and I converted to Islam one year ago.
Before I became a Muslim, I was a Christian, a non-practicing Christian, really just a spirituality in the back of my mind.
I was really never a lot into Christianity, the kind who went to church every Sunday and Wednesdays. I celebrated Christmas, I celebrated Easter. That was what I was, a non-practicing kind of Christian.
I really only knew what I saw in the media, it was really nothing more than what Fox said to me, what CNN said to me, what all these different media corporations say to me, this is what Islam is, this is what the Muslims do, this is who the Read more ...
This Woman is My Hero
In this sermon, Imam Khalid Latif shares the story of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, the wife of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).
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