10
Jul 2021
What do we learn from the Euros 2020? Right now we witness football fever all around us. All the teams are chasing success, and pursuing the trophy. There is only one trophy…who will bring it home? We hope it comes to the UK. Interestingly, we can learn many lessons about achieving success from the Euros. We sometimes misunderstand some verses from the Qur’an. For instance. Allah Almighty says: “Oh, you who believe. If you stand up for Allah he will support you and he will strengthen your foothold.” (47:7) In another ayah......
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02
May 2021
Strive In the last ayah of Surat Ankabout Allah Almighty mentions jihad: As for those who strive (Jahadu) in Our cause, We shall surely guide them to Our Ways. (29:69) As this is a Makki surah, and Muslims were not permitted to fight or retaliate against the attacks they endured from the Quraysh with aggression in Makkah, it is clear that this jihad is not referring to the battlefield but striving to spread the truth and to tolerate the hostility of the enemies of Islam and the tribes around Makkah. It is......
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10
Jul 2020
Your rizq Rizq (your provision) is mentioned in many verses of the Quran, for instance in Surat adh-Dhariyat, Allah Almighty says: I did not create the jinn and the humans except to worship Me. I need no livelihood (rizq) from them, nor do I need them to feed Me. God is the Provider(Ar-Razzaq), the One with Power, the Strong. (51:56-58) And in the sky is your Rizq, and what you are promised. (51:22) Your rizq is in the sky What is rizq? It takes many different forms, from your salary and the......
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30
Dec 2018
Being Properly Prepared As most of us do not feel prepared for the akhirah, what tips are there to help us focus? Though most people think that ‘This day I have perfected for you your religion’ (5:3) is the last ayah to be revealed, they do not realise that that was only a fragment, a part of a longer ayah. Whereas the last complete ayah to be revealed was the one from surah Baqarah: Be fearful of a day when you shall return to Allah and you will receive your reward fully......
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