In Surat Hud, Allah Almighty mentions different stories from different prophets and messengers, including Nuh, Hud, Salih and Ibrahim (peace be upon them). After the story of Nuh, Allah says to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him): تِلۡكَ مِنۡ أَنۢبَآءِ ٱلۡغَيۡبِ نُوحِيهَآ إِلَيۡكَۖ مَا كُنتَ تَعۡلَمُهَآ أَنتَ وَلَا قَوۡمُكَ مِن قَبۡلِ هَٰذَاۖ فَٱصۡبِرۡۖ إِنَّ ٱلۡعَٰقِبَةَ…
Surah At-Tawbah discusses hypocrisy more extensively than any other surah in the Quran. Although there is an entire surah named Al-Munafiqun (The Hypocrites), Surah At-Tawbah looks closer at the traits, actions, and consequences of hypocrisy. Allah Almighty says: وَمِنْهُم مَّنْ عَـٰهَدَ ٱللَّهَ لَئِنْ ءَاتَٮٰنَا مِن فَضْلِهِۦ لَنَصَّدَّقَنَّ وَلَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ فَلَمَّآ ءَاتَٮٰهُم مِّن فَضْلِهِۦ بَخِلُوا۟…
What makes it so hard to keep resolutions? Is it ingrained patterns of behaviour that are hard to change? Is it that the desire for comfort and pleasure keeps trumping the ungraspable desire to be a better, fitter, more successful version of ourselves? Or is it the desire to escape pain and discomfort which we…
Signs of the end of time عَنْ أَنَسٍ رضي الله تعالى عنه قَالَ: لأُحَدِّثَنَّكُمْ حَدِيثًا لاَ يُحَدِّثُكُمْ أَحَدٌ بَعْدِي، سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ: “مِنْ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ أَنْ يَقِلَّ الْعِلْمُ، وَيَظْهَرَ الْجَهْلُ، وَيَظْهَرَ الزِّنَا، وَتَكْثُرَ النِّسَاءُ،وَيَقِلَّ الرِّجَالُ، حَتَّى يَكُونَ لِخَمْسِينَ امْرَأَةً الْقَيِّمُ الْوَاحِدُ ”.البخاري. Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said,…
Start another act of worship as soon as you have completed one And to complete the number of days and to glorify God for what He has guided you and may you be guided by Him. So that you might be grateful. (2:185) Allah Almighty commanded His servants to thank Him for His favours for…
Alhamdulilah we witnessed Ramadan. Alhamdulilah we witnessed Eid. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said in 2AH when Ramadan became an obligation for the Ummah and Eid was celebrated for the first time in Madinah, For every nation there is an Eid to celebrate and this is our Eid. [Bukhari] From this hadith we see…
In Surat al Imran, Allah Almighty says مَا كَانَ لِبَشَرٍ أَن يُؤْتِيَهُ اللَّهُ الْكِتَابَ وَالْحُكْمَ وَالنُّبُوَّةَ ثُمَّ يَقُولَ لِلنَّاسِ كُونُوا عِبَادًا لِّي مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ وَلَٰكِن كُونُوا رَبَّانِيِّينَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تُعَلِّمُونَ الْكِتَابَ وَبِمَا كُنتُمْ تَدْرُسُونَ No person to whom Allah has given the Scripture, and wisdom, and prophethood would ever say to the people, “Be…
A’isha (may Allah be pleased with her) reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had a mat and he used it for making an apartment during the night and observed prayer in it, and the people began to pray with him, and he spread it (the mat) during the daytime. The people crowded round him…
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 covered his eyes.’ [45:23] This ayah is addressing the issue of following your whims and desires, and treating them like your…
Iyad bin Himar (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said, ‘Allah, the Most High has revealed to me that you should be humble, so that no one transgresses against another and no one boasts to another’ [Imam Muslim] Arab naming convention The narrator, Iyad bin Himar (may…
In this long narration there are many lessons. Jabir ibn ‘Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: I was told about a hadith from a man who heard it from the Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him), so I bought a camel, prepared my baggage, and travelled for a month to…
Ramadan like life is fleeting It seems like we started Ramadan yesterday, and yet today we are already halfway through it. Ramadan arrived a few days ago, and now it’s beginning to depart. Life is the same. We were born yesterday, and tomorrow we’ll be leaving. Even the alternation between the day and night shows…
عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ” إِنَّ مِنَ الشَّجَرِ شَجَرَةً لاَ يَسْقُطُ وَرَقُهَا، وَإِنَّهَا مَثَلُ الْمُسْلِمِ، فَحَدِّثُونِي مَا هِيَ ”. فَوَقَعَ النَّاسُ فِي شَجَرِ الْبَوَادِي. قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَوَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِي أَنَّهَا النَّخْلَةُ، فَاسْتَحْيَيْتُ ثُمَّ قَالُوا حَدِّثْنَا مَا هِيَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ ” هِيَ النَّخْلَةُ ”.البخاري Ibn Umar…
Allah Almighty mentioned the importance of His revelation repeatedly – the final revelation and the perfect message which He sent to humanity. The Sunnah is the manifestation and explanation of the Quran – the practice and application of the Quran. Does your attachment to the Quran match your attachment to your phone? Many of us…
Allah Almighty talks about specific criteria for specific people. Is he who knows that what was revealed to your from your Lord is the truth, like him who is blind? Only those who reason will remember. Those who fulfill the promise to God, and do not violate the agreement. And those who join what God…