Do not worship your own desires
In Surat al-Jathiya, Allah Almighty says: ‘Have you seen him who has taken his desires as his god? Allah has let him go astray knowingly, and has sealed his hearing and his heart, and...
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For whom the heavens and earth weep
The earth where you do good deeds will miss you when you pass away. And not just your space in the mosque – at your work, in school, in the hospital, wherever you were...
Take a stand against evil. Don’t be a potato
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...
The Quran is the soul
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...
Don’t try to legitimise sin
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?’...
Shifa – being healed by the Quran
Verses of healing Among the verses in Surah Fussilat, Allah Almighty describes the Quran, ‘It is a guidance and a healing for those who believe.’ Allah is saying that the Quran is a...
No worldly power is invincible
In Surah Fussilat we have the stories of Ad and Thamud, two Arab tribes who were demolished. This is a Makki surah, and it shows the struggle to penetrate a community as it always...
Coping mechanisms for stress
What can we do when we are stressed? Four coping mechanisms to dealing with pressure.
Knowing Allah through His beautiful names 4 – Al Ghani, Al Noor, Al Haadi, Al Wahab, Al Kareem
The first principle of Islam is monotheism – to know Allah Almighty, His attributes, His beautiful names and so on and to this end we have been getting acquainted with Allah Almighty through His...
Why do we need good deeds if entry to Jannah is by Allah’s mercy?
One of the ayahs in Surat Az-Zumar is: ‘Every soul will be rewarded according to their actions.’ Nothing is wasted, everything is written and recorded. The surah also says: ‘The best reward is...
Jannah and Jahannam are choices
The word Zumar, from Surat Az-Zumar means ‘the crowds’, because Allah Almighty talks about two groups in this surah. ‘Those who disbelieved will be driven to Hell in crowds… And those who were mindful...
Becoming closer to Allah
In Surat Az-Zumar, Allah Almighty talks about those who do qiyam (voluntary night prayers) and supplicate to Allah, and how they are not equal to those who deny Allah and reject the akhirah, and...
What is the connection between closeness to Allah, excellence and fasting?
They ask you… My reflection today is on a very beautiful ayah among the 5 verses on fasting in the Quran which are found in Surat al-Baqarah (183-187). Allah Almighty says: وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ عِبَادِى...
Ghazali – If you had just one day to live, what would you do?
Munazarat an Nafs – debating with yourself The Forty Principles of the Faith ends with a debate between Ghazali and himself, and he recommends that we do this as well – rather than debating...
Knowing Allah through His beautiful names 1 and 2
The major principles of Islam (kulliyaat al Kubra) are the main principles which we cannot live without. The first main principle is to know Allah Almighty, but it is hard to do justice to...