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Were you created only for this world that you spend all your time on it?O my world-worshipping soul! Does your slackness in worship and remissness in the prescribed prayers arise from the multiplicity of your worldly occupations, or because you cannot find time due to the struggle for…September 3, 2024
The wisdom behind the obligation of Zakat and the prohibition of interestAll immorality and instability in the social life of man proceeds from two sources: The First: “Once my stomach is full, what do I care if others die of hunger?” The Second: “You work, and I’ll eat.” That which…September 3, 2024
Comparing Philosophy and Qur’anic Wisdom in Shaping SocietyThe training philosophy and science and Qur’anic wisdom give to human social life is this: Philosophy accepts ‘force’ as its point of support in the life of society. It considers its aim to be ‘benefits’. The principle…September 3, 2024
Your Doomsday Before DoomsdayYou have illusions and see the exceedingly temporary world as undying and permanent. When you look around yourself at the world, you see it as stable to a degree, and constant. Since looking with the same view you also…September 2, 2024
Heaven Before HeavenBelief in the hereafter is fundamental to the life of society and to man’s personal life, and is the basis of his happiness, prosperity, and achievement. The First: It is only with the thought of Paradise that children…September 2, 2024
The Meaning of the PrayersFIRST POINT: The meaning of the prayers is the offering of glorification, praise, and thanks to Almighty Allah. That is to say, uttering “Subhanallah – Glory be to Allah” by word and action before Allah’s glory and…September 2, 2024
Wisdom behind Karbala TragedyQuestion: What was the wisdom in the tragically cruel treatment those blessed persons (Hadhrat Husain and his relatives) received? The Answer: There were three main reasons for the pitiless cruelty Hadhrat Husain’s…September 2, 2024
Allahu Akbar!O my lazy soul! The reality of the five daily prayers, which are like a sort of Ascension (Mi’raj), are a being received into the presence of the All-Glorious One of Beauty, the Beauteous One of Glory, Who is the True…September 2, 2024
There is no god but AllahThis phrase “ There is no god but Allah “ conveys the following good news to the human spirit, suffering as it does countless needs and the attacks of innumerable enemies. On the one hand the spirit finds a place of…September 2, 2024
Fasting from the point of view of social lifeOne of the many instances of wisdom in fasting from the point of view of man’s social life is as follows: Human beings have been created differently with regard to their livelihoods. In consequence of this, Allah…September 2, 2024
Allah’s infinite power and Man’s Infinite WeaknessAllah Almighty, in order to display His infinite power and unlimited mercy, has made inherent in man infinite impotence and unlimited want. Further, in order to display the endless embroideries of His names, He has…September 2, 2024
Misfortunate as a Divine FavorEach age has particular characteristics. In this age of neglect misfortune has changed its form. In certain ages and for certain persons, misfortune is not in reality misfortune, but rather a divine favour. Since I…September 2, 2024
Real MisfortuneTrue and harmful misfortune is that which affects religion. One should at all times seek refuge at the divine court from misfortune in matters of religion and cry out for help. But misfortunes that do not affect…September 2, 2024
Lesson from the Sickness of Ayyub (Job)In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate. When he called upon his Lord saying: “Verily harm has afflicted me, and You are the Most Merciful of the Merciful!”(Qur’an 21:83) The supplication of Ayyub (Job)…September 2, 2024
Brotherhood of Islam Against All the EnemiesA regrettable social condition and an awesome disease affecting the life of society, fit to be wept over by the heart of Islam: To forget and abandon internal enmities when foreign enemies appear and attack is a demand…September 2, 2024
The Great Strength in Weakness and ImpotenceMan resembles a delicate and petted child in the universe. There is a great strength in his weakness and great power in his impotence. For it is through the strength of his weakness and power of his impotence that…September 2, 2024
The Way is Twofold: Either Silence or Honestyبِمَا كَانُوا يَكْذِبُونَ Lying is the basis of unbelief; indeed, unbelief is a falsehood and the worst sort of lying, and it is the chief sign of dissembling. Lying is to slander divine power and it is the opposite of…September 2, 2024
The fast of Ramadan: Comprehensive Worship to Universal Mercyشَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ الَّذِۤى اُنْزِلَ فِيهِ الْقُرْاٰنُ هُدًى للِنَّاسِ وَبَيِّنَاتٍ مِنَ الْهُدٰى وَالْفُرْقَانِ The fast of Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam; it is also one of the greatest of the marks and…September 2, 2024
Attention of Men Cannot be DemandedBe aware that the attention of men cannot be demanded, but only given. If it is given, one should not delight in it. If one delights in it, sincerity is lost and hypocrisy takes its place. The attention of men, if…September 2, 2024
Islam Brings ProgressO miserable pseudo-patriot who fervently encourages Muslims to embrace this world and forcibly drives them to European industry and progress! Beware, don’t let the bonds be broken that tie certain members of this nation…September 2, 2024
Universal Thanks to Universal BountiesIf you say: “How can I respond to these countless, universal bounties with my limited and partial thanks?” The Answer: With a universal intention and boundless belief… For example, a man enters a king’s presence with a…September 2, 2024
Terrible Aggression and Crime; UnbeliefThe All-Wise Qur’an states in miraculous fashion that the universe grows angry at the evil of the people of misguidance, and the universal elements becomes wrathful and beings, furious. Awesomely, it depicts the storm…September 2, 2024
Behave Justly to Your BrotherA satanic wile corrupting the life of society is this: not to see all the virtues of a believer on account of a single bad point. Those unjust people who heed this wile of Satan are in this way inimical to believers.…September 2, 2024
Invest for Eternal Life Thru 5 Daily PrayersO my soul! Know that yesterday has left you, and as for tomorrow, you have nothing to prove that it will be yours. In which case, know that your true life is the present day. So throw at least one of its hours into a…September 2, 2024
The Civilization in the Qur’anThe Qur’an, which is a mercy for mankind, only accepts a civilization that allows for the happiness of all, or at least of the majority. Modern civilization has been founded on five negative principles: Its point of…September 2, 2024
Veil Natural for WomenTo veil themselves is natural for women and their innate dispositions demand it. For women are weak and delicate, and since they are in need of a man’s protection and help for themselves and for their children whom they…September 2, 2024
Eternal Blessed Friends (Islamic Marriage)Happy the husband who sees the wife’s firm religion and follows her, and himself becomes pious in order not to lose his companion of eternal life. Happy the wife who sees her husband’s firmness in religion and becomes…September 2, 2024
Sincerity and Divine PleasureYou should seek divine pleasure in your actions. If Almighty Allah is pleased, it is of no importance if the whole world even is displeased. If He accepts an action and everyone else rejects it, their rejection has no…September 2, 2024
illness-great-reminderThe fact that those who come to this world continuously depart, and the young grow old, and man perpetually revolves amid death and separation testifies that he did not come to this world to enjoy himself and receive…September 2, 2024
Muhammad (PBUH): The Articulate Proof of Our SustainerThere are three great and universal things which make known to us our Sustainer. One is the book of the universe, a jot of whose testimony we have heard from the thirteen Flashes together with the thirteenth lesson from…September 2, 2024
When did Muslims increase in Civilization?“History shows that the Muslims increased in civilization and progressed in relation to the power of the truths of Islam; that is, to the degree that they acted in accordance with that power. History also shows that…September 2, 2024
What does Salah (Prayer) Stand For?Prayer (Salah) stands for praising, glorifying, and thanking Allah Almighty. We glorify Him by saying Subhanallah (All-Glorified is Allah) by word and action in awareness of His Majesty. We exalt and magnify Him by…September 2, 2024
Solution: Islamic UnityThe prescription for a sick age, an ailing nation, an ill member, is to follow the Qur’an. The prescription for a glorious though unfortunate continent, an illustrious though hapless state, a noble though ownerless…September 2, 2024
A single hour a day is sufficient for the five prayersO what a loss a person makes who spends twenty-three hours on this fleeting worldly life, and fails to spend one hour on the long life of the Hereafter; how he wrongs his own self; how unreasonably he behaves.September 2, 2024
The Truth“The light of conscience is religious sciences. The light of the mind is civilized sciences. Reconciliation of both manifests the truth. The student’s skills develop further with these two (sciences). When they are…September 2, 2024
Purpose Of The Mankindوَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَاْلاِنْسَ اِلاَّ لِيَعْبُدُونِ I created not jinn and mankind except that they might worship me. (Qur’an 51:56) According to the meaning of this mighty verse, the purpose for the sending of man…September 2, 2024
We have no right to complain -1As was explained concerning the meaning of divine determining, known as destiny, in the Twenty-Sixth Word, men have no right to complain in the case of disasters and illness for the following three reasons: First…September 2, 2024
Questions and AnswersQuestion-1: What wisdom does it spring from, Adam (Upon whom be peace) being expelled from Paradise and some of mankind, the sons of Adam, being sent to Hell? What was the reason for it? Answer-1: The reason for it…September 2, 2024
Death does not ChangeO my soul! Do not say, “The times have changed, this age is different, everyone is plunged into this world and worships this life. Everyone is drunk with the struggle for livelihood.” For death does not change.…September 2, 2024
The Most Fortunate ManSince this world is transitory, and since life is short, and since the truly essential duties are many, and since eternal life will be gained here, and since the world is not without an owner, and since this guest-house…September 2, 2024
3 kinds of patienceAnd so, my impatient soul! You are charged with being patient in three respects. One is patience in worship. Another is patience in refraining from sin. And a third is patience in the face of disaster. If you are…September 2, 2024
Bediuzzaman Said Nursi: His Imanالْعُلَمَاءَ وَرَثَةُ الأَنْبِيَاءِ The meaning of this hadith is: “The scholars are the heirs of the Prophets”. The Noble Prophet expresses with great eloquence that being a scholar is no easy matter. For since a…September 2, 2024
Clearest Mirror to Reflect Personality of a ReformerIt is said that best criterion for judging the integrity and sincerity of a reformer is this: What are the changes he had undergone in his personal, social, physical and spiritual life, between the early days of when he…September 2, 2024
Cry Not Out Misfortune!Cry not out at misfortune, O wretch, come, trust in Allah! For know that crying out compounds the misfortune and is a great error. * * * Find misfortune’s Sender, and know it is a gift within gift, and pleasure. So…September 2, 2024
Mankind Will Embrace the Qur’anI shall allude briefly to a most extensive and lengthy truth which occurred to my heart on the Night of Power. Because of the extreme tyranny and despotism of this last World War and its merciless destruction, and…September 2, 2024
ALLAH is ONE‘ He is One.’ وَحْدَهُ This phrase announces the following good news, which is both healing and a source of happiness: Man’s spirit and heart, which are connected to most of the creatures in the universe and reach the…September 2, 2024
Unloading BurdensThose who place their trust in Allah and those who do not, resemble the two men in this story: One time, two men loaded heavy burdens onto both their backs and heads, and buying tickets, boarded a large ship. As soon as…September 2, 2024
Eid al-Adha and Remembrance of AllahIt was the Eid al-Adha while this ‘station’ was being written. One fifth of mankind, three hundred million people, together declaring: “Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar – Allah is Most Great! ”; and in relation…August 31, 2024
Were you created only for this world?O my world-worshipping soul! Does your slackness in worship and remissness in the prescribed prayers arise from the multiplicity of your worldly occupations, or because you cannot find time due to the struggle for…August 31, 2024
Fasting in Ramadan: Trainer of the Instinctual SouOne instance of wisdom in fasting in Ramadan with respect to training the instinctual soul is as follows: The instinctual soul wants to be free and independent, and considers itself to be thus. According to the dictates…August 31, 2024
How to transform habitual actions into worship?O soul (nafs)! If, in a brief life, you want to do something that will profit you infinitely in the hereafter, and you want every moment of your life to be as beneficial as a life-time, and if you want to transform your…August 31, 2024
Your Strong Citadel: Brotherhood of IslamA regrettable social condition and an awesome disease affecting the life of society, fit to be wept over by the heart of Islam: To forget and abandon internal enmities when foreign enemies appear and attack is a demand…August 31, 2024
The Only Reason of the WorshipWorship and servitude of Allah look to the divine command and divine pleasure. The reason for worship is the divine command and its result is divine pleasure. Its fruits and benefits look to the hereafter. But so long…August 31, 2024
The Names of Allah: Treasures of Endless BountiesIt is known through belief that existence of Allah is a bounty surpassing all other bounties, a great bounty which is a source, a fountain, containing endless varieties of bounties, innumerable sorts of blessings, and…August 31, 2024
Number of Unbelievers is UnimportantO 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…August 31, 2024
Youth will DepartAs is described in A Guide For Youth , there is no doubt that youth will depart; it will change into old age and death as certainly as the summer gives its place to autumn and winter, and the day changes into evening…August 31, 2024
Do not Invalidate Your WorshipWorship and servitude of Allah look to the divine command and divine pleasure. The reason for worship is the divine command and its result is divine pleasure. Its fruits and benefits look to the hereafter. But so long…August 31, 2024
Making Clean: A Greatest ManifestationThe universe is a vast, constantly working factory and the globe of the earth a hostel and guesthouse which is continually filled and emptied. Generally, factories, hostels and guesthouses which are thus used become…August 31, 2024
Compherensive Worship: FastingIn 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…August 31, 2024
Everything says “Bismillah (in the Name of Allah)”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…August 30, 2024