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May 2021
Your record will be presented to Allah so ensure you are happy with it One of the verses mentions how you will be presented to Allah Almighty on the Day of Judgement and you will not be able to hide anything. Your ins will be out. Your deeds, your records, your heart, you intentions – the good and the bad – will all be laid bare. Exposed. On that day you shall be exposed to view– no secret of yours shall remain hidden. (69:18) In dunya you can hide this from your......
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07
May 2021
Every year we are keen to catch the blessings of Lailatul Qadr. Allah Almighty dedicated a whole surah to it, to emphasise its importance and grant it further honour. بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful. ﴿١﴾ إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ 1. We sent it down on the Night of Destiny. ﴿٢﴾ وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ 2. But how would you know what the Night of Destiny is? ﴿٣﴾ لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ 3. The Night of Destiny is better than a......
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07
May 2021
The limitless words of Allah Surat Luqman has a unique and beautiful verse in it: If all the trees on earth were pens and the ocean ˹were ink˺, refilled by seven other oceans, the Words of Allah would not be exhausted. Surely Allah is Almighty, All-Wise. (31:27) The reason behind this revelation was that the disbelievers were challenging the Quran and telling the Prophet (peace be on him) that the revelation would end and there would be nothing after that. Allah Almighty responded by saying imagine if all the trees were pens,......
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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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29
May 2019
Ramadan: Reclaiming your inner and outer peace Talk by Shaykh Haytham Tamim on 28th May 2019 at Open Iftar, Westminster Abbey and Khutbah 31st May 2019 Life is busy – full of stress, fatigue, conflicts, tests and temptation… We are missing tranquility and peace. Ramadan comes and brings peace back to our lives. It puts us back in control. It gives us the ability to control our desires, anger, and emotions. It begins in the mind, through building up cast iron will over our whims and desires, which gives us total control......
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19
May 2019
Catching the gold dust The last ten nights of Ramadan are just round the corner. Alhamdulilah we wait for Ramadan for 11 months and Ramadan comes full of blessings, khairat and goodness. The Prophet (peace be on him) as Aisha, Ibn Abbas and others (may Allah be pleased with them) narrated, said that he was the most generous person. And his generosity would peak in Ramadan. Being generous beyond generous in the last ten nights Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) was the most generous of people and he was the most......
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