miaka 2 iliyopita · Kurejelea Aya 53:40, 55:60, 69:20, 75:22-24
One year, during a sermon in the month of Shaban, the khatib deviated from his usual tone. The 15th of Shaban was typically reserved for a sermon focused on the horrors of the Day of Judgment. The audience would be left shaken, with tears streaming down their faces as they trembled with fear. But that year, the Khatib took a different approach. 'Let us speak of mercy this time,' he said. The sermon still revolved around the Day of Judgment, but ...
wiki 51 zilizopita · Kurejelea Aya 2:156, 38:72, 53:39-40, 6:2, 76:1, 89:27-30
Bismillah
The Questioner: Who am I? From where did I come? And where am I going?
Islam: You are not just matter. Not just breath and bone. Allah shaped you from clay (6:2) and honored you with His Spirit (38:72). You are a soul, a servant, a traveler on the path of return.
Secular Thought: You are a child of time, a spark of stardust, a mind born from nature’s long experiment. You are free to write yourself, to shape identity, to create mea...
Every Ramadan, I start with high hopes—plans to complete the Quran, long nights of prayer, deep reflection, and extra acts of worship. But as the days pass, life happens. Between fasting, taking care of my family, preparing meals, and handling responsibilities, I find myself falling short of those ambitions. And then, the guilt creeps in. The whisper that I haven’t done enough, that I wasted precious time, that I could have prayed mor...
I want to tell you a story—one as old as time. A story of two brothers united in purpose but divided by choice. A choice that sent them on different paths and, thus, different destinations altogether. You think you know this story, and you do, but I promise you, it’s not the story you’re thinking of right now.
Our story begins with a king. He was wealthy and wise and ruled far and wide. One day on one of his expeditions, he met two brothers who ...
miaka 4 iliyopita · Kurejelea Aya 112:1, 112:3, 17:19, 18:30, 53:39-41, 6:88
We might begin a project with pure sincerity (ikhlas), but that's not a guarantee that our efforts will remain sincere forever. We have to be vigilant in our guarding our intentions and question our sincerity if we begin to feel desperate for validation and appreciation from others.
If you began something with a sincere desire to serve Allah, but now you find yourself bitter or resentful because you don't feel successful, appreciated, or acknowl...