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Apr 2023
Allah mentions the story of Musa and Firaun again and again in different surahs throughout the Quran. In Surat az-Zukhruf, we have the part of the story where Allah Almgihty talks about the relationship between Firaun and his people. ‘So he fooled his people, and they followed him. They were truly a sinful people.’ Many leaders treat their people like fools In this ayah we see that it’s a common practice of many leaders – wherever you go, in any century – to treat their people as if they are......
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Apr 2023
The Quran is a soul In the last two verses of Surat ash-Shura, Allah describes the Quran: وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَيۡكَ رُوحٗا مِّنۡ أَمۡرِنَاۚ مَا كُنتَ تَدۡرِي مَا ٱلۡكِتَٰبُ وَلَا ٱلۡإِيمَٰنُ وَلَٰكِن جَعَلۡنَٰهُ نُورٗا نَّهۡدِي بِهِۦ مَن نَّشَآءُ مِنۡ عِبَادِنَاۚ وَإِنَّكَ لَتَهۡدِيٓ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٖ مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ And thus We have revealed to you a revelation (ruhan) of Our command. You did not know what is the Book or faith, but We have made it a light by which We guide whom We will of Our servants. And indeed, , you guide to a straight path This is the only place in the Quran where Allah uses the word ruh (soul) to refer to the revelation. We......
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02
Apr 2023
One of the special features of Ramadan is ei’tikaf, which is going into seclusion to worship Allah Almighty. It is the sunnah to go into seclusion in the last ten days of Ramadan, as the Prophet (peace be on him) used to do and his wives continued do ei’tikaf in the mosque and continued this practice in the mosque after he passed away (peace be upon him). Where can one be in ei’tikaf? Men can only perform ei’tikaf in the mosque. The majority opinion is that women have to do ei’tikaf in......
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Apr 2023
Don’t appoint yourself as God Among of the verses of Surat ash-Shura, Allah Almighty says: ‘Or do they have partner gods who have prescribed for them some other religion, which Allah did not permit?’ Allah is talking about a common phenomenon in any community – those who are corrupting and changing what has been revealed from Allah Almighty. In the Arab community when the Quran was revealed, they had their cultural customs and practices, which they were clinging to as if they were a religion. In this ayah, Allah is asking......
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