LOVE – HOPE – FEAR The formula to build a connection and healthy and balanced relationship with Allah Almighty is Love, Hope and Fear. All three components are required to grow spiritually. Fear There are...
The Importance of Connecting with Allah The Benefits of Dhikr ‘We dye ourselves with the colouring of Allah! For who is better in colouring than Allah? We are to worship none but Him.’ (2:138) Allah...
Keeping Track of Yourself Are we accountable for others’ mistakes? What have we earned? And what have we got to pass on? That was a nation which has passed on. It will have [the consequence...
What Prevents Us from Submitting? And who would be averse to the religion of Abraham except one who makes a fool of himself. And We had chosen him in this world, and indeed he, in...
Lessons from Ibrahim (peace be on him) And when We made the House a place of return for the people and security. And take, , from the standing place of...
What are the rulings about Alcohol in Islam? It is unthinkable for governments today to ban alcohol. The US tried it in the 1920s but found prohibition created a new wave of problems than those...
Healing the Diseases of the Heart What causes a heart to become hard? What are the consequences of a hard heart? And what are the remedies to soften the heart, revive it and bring it...
Beware the Green-Eyed Monster Do not covet something in which Allah has made some of you superior to others. For men there is a share of what they earned, and for women there is a...
Knowing Sins. The Big and The Small Allah wants to accept your repentance, but those who follow passions want you to digress a great deviation. (4:27) Just as you can’t challenge a parking...
Why There is No Limit to Recklessness, Hubris and Greed In a world riddled with oppression and injustice, one wonders why do we sin? Is it forgetfulness or rebelliousness? Or is it just that it is...
When, even after that, your hearts were hardened, as if they were rocks, or still worse in hardness. For surely among the rocks there are some from which rivers gush forth, and there are...
Leadership, Punishment, and Wealth Certainly you have knowledge of those among you who transgressed in (the matter of) the Sabbath. We said to them, ‘Become apes, abased.’ (65) Thus, We made it a deterrent for...
The Conflict between Belief and What We Want Surely, those who believed in Allah, and those who are Jews, and Christians, and Sabians, -whosoever believes in Allah and in the Last Day, and does good...
The Gratitude Mindset When Musa sought water for his people, We said, “Strike the rock with your staff,” And twelve springs gushed forth from it. Each group of people came to know their drinking place....
The Battle between Self Interest and Truth And remember We said: “Enter this town and eat of the plenty therein as ye wish; but enter the gate with humility, in posture and in words, and...