O you unhappy person who is alarmed at the great numbers of the unbelievers and their agreement in denying some of the truths of belief, and as a result is shaken in his faith! You should know that value and importance do not lie in quantity and number. For if […]
وَمِنْ ثَمَرَاتِ النَّخِيلِ وَاْلاَعْنَابِ تَتَّخِذُونَ مِنْهُ سَكَرًا وَرِزْقًا حَسَنًاإِنَّ فِى ذٰلِكَ لاٰيَةً لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ This verse (Nahl 16:67) invites our attention to the date and to grapes, saying, “For those of intelligence, there is great proof, argument and evidence of the Divine unity in these two fruits. These two fruits […]
وَإِنَّ لَكُمْ فِى اْلاَنْعَامِ لَعِبْرَةً نُسْقِيكُمْ مِمَّا فِى بُطُونِهِ مِنْ بَيْنِ فَرْثٍ وَدَمٍ لَبَنًا خَالِصًا سَۤائِغًا لِلشَّارِبِينَ This verse (Nahl 16:66) is a decree overflowing with useful instruction. To place in the nipples of cows, camels, goats and sheep, as well as human mothers, in the midst of blood […]
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate. It was the month of Ramadan in which the Qur’an was bestowed from on high as a guidance unto man and a self-evident proof of that guidance, and as the standard to discern true from false.(2:185) The fast of Ramadan is […]
Whenever one thinks of his past life, he will say in his heart or with his tongue either “Ah!” or “Oh!”. That is he will either experience regret, or say “Thanks and praise be to Allah!”. Regret is inspired by the pains arising from the cessation of former pleasures and separation from them. For […]
Bismillah , In the Name of Allah, is the start of all things good. We too shall start with it. Know, O my soul! Just as this blessed phrase is a mark of Islam, so too it is constantly recited by all beings through their tongues of disposition. If you […]