Keeping one’s promise
Many verses of the Qur’an lay emphasis on keeping your promises, fulfilling your oaths and sticking to the agreements you make.1 Just like in every matter of good morals, the...
One who eats halal does not become rebellious
According to our religion, Islam, the concepts ‘halal’ and ‘haram’ solely and exclusively belongs to our Lord, Allah (swt), and they are clearly expressed in our Holy Book, the Qur’an,...
Broken mirrors, broken worlds
Through the deceit of illusion, humans suppose themselves to be immortal. The idea of not dying results in seeing the passing of time as only the change of calendar pages,...
Those who have hardship in wealth, and wealth in hardship
In world history, the time when Allah has given the most bounty is today. For instance, we can eat winter fruit in summer and summer fruit in winter. A middle...
Essence of the intention
Intention, which is an Arabic word, means “a determination to act in a certain way; what one intends to do”.1 It also means “decision of the heart to do something...
The moment we are most close to Allah
Salah (prayer) has a special place among all of the forms of worship for a Muslim, for it is the most important worship which will save the hereafter of a...
Cooperation and division of labour
Tashreek-i masa‘i means joint effort, cooperation, uniting in labour and working together. Taqseem-i a’mal means division of labour, distribution of work and the specialization of everyone by giving thought to...
Our duty is to serve
According to the secret of “The master of a people is the one who serves them.” 1 the condition for being a master is to serve. Although the words ‘duty’...
Four functions of Sunnah
Sunnah is defined as follows: The way lived in and adopted, tradition, character, creation (disposition) temper, way formed of commands and prohibitions. 1 As a term Sunnah means ‘the entire...
Answers to the claims of Deism
The claims of the philosophy of deism can be summarized in following two articles: 1. Allah exists. He has created the universe. However, He set up a system which operates...