What do Muslims Believe? We, the Muslims believe in the Oneness of Allaah (God) in all aspects. What is meant is that there is a clear difference between the Creator and the creation, and that there is nothing whatsoever that can be compared to the Creator. We believe that Allaah (God) is the …
Read More »The three categories of Tawheed, defined in the Quran
In the Name of Allaah, the All-Merciful, may His Salaah and Salaam be upon His final Messenger, and upon all his family members and companions, and those who follow his way, to proceed… Tawheed has three categories understood directly from Allaah’s Book. This division of tawheed is not from someone’s opinion, …
Read More »Where is Allah?
WHO IS ALLAH? Allah is the proper name applied to the true God who exists necessarily by Himself comprising all the excellent Divine names and attributes of perfection. Allah is One and Unique. He has no son, no partner, nor equal. He is the sole Creator and Sustainer of the …
Read More »The Creation of Man as Mentioned in the Quran
“Say (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)): “He is Allah, (the) One. Allah-us-Samad (The Self-Sufficient Master, Whom all creatures need, He neither eats nor drinks). He begets not, nor was He begotten; And there is none co-equal or comparable unto Him.”” [Quran, 112:1-4] “Verily, the likeness of ‘Iesa (Jesus) before …
Read More »Every Soul Shall Taste Death
“The eyes surely tear, and the heart is surely in pain, but (with my tongue) I will only say that which is pleasing to Allah, and we are indeed sad at being separated from you, O Ibrahim.” — Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu alayhi wassallam), upon losing his child Ibrahim at 2 …
Read More »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 …
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 …
Read More »Some Signs to Ponder over
How can one observe the inexhaustible creativity of nature, its purposefulness, its preservation of the morally useful and destruction of the socially injurious, and yet fail to draw the conclusion that behind nature there is a Creator and Master. A Creator whose ceaseless creative activity, the processes of nature – …
Read More »Why were we Created?
Why were we Created? Not just Muslims, but every single human being has to answer the most fundamental question at some point in his or her lifetime: “Why was I created? Why am I here? What am I doing in this world? Why did God create me?” These questions are …
Read More »Signs’ of Allah’s Existence
Signs’ of Allah’s Existence By Imam Ibn Kathir “O mankind! Worship your Lord (Allah), Who created you and those who were before you so that you may acquire Taqwa. Who has made the earth a resting place for you, and the sky as a canopy, and sent down water (rain) …
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