كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ الْعَاجِلَةَ • وَتَذَرُونَ الْآخِرَةَ (Surah Al-Qiyamah (75:20–21)) “No! But you love the immediate (this world), and you leave the Hereafter.” This isn’t just an āyah… it’s exposure. It calls out what we don’t like admitting. We say we care about the ākhirah, but our choices keep choosing the now. We delay prayers but never delay distractions. We fear people’s opinions more than Allah’s judgment. We invest time in what ben...
Most people make New Year's resolutions, but about 90% fail to keep them beyond two weeks. This is a well-discussed topic among psychologists. A primary reason for this failure is that people crave immediate results - يحبون العاجلة- instant gratification. When they don't receive it, they quit pursuing their goals.
Another significant reason for the failure of these resolutions is that people often set collective and competitive goals. They draw...
2 years ago · Referencing Ayah 3:133, 57:21, 75:20-21
'Race toward the forgiveness from your Lord and a Garden whose width is like the width of the heavens and earth, prepared for those who believe in Allah and His Messengers.' (57:21)
Allah tells us to race to His forgiveness and then, right after that, He gives us a simple portrayal of the vastness of Paradise, almost as if by linking them we should try to picture in our minds how big and great Allah's forgiveness is, to feel a greater desire to...