A counsellor and a guide that never deceives
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah. Illness is a counsellor that never deceives, and a guide and admonisher. The period of affliction and tribulation is very long. Days might feel like weeks;...
How to secure eternal happiness?
We must secure happiness in the afterlife because it is where we are going to spend the rest of our life. Death, which is the end of this transient life,...
What He has done? What He will do?
Allah, the Creator of the worlds, has made Himself known to humans through harmoniously ordered works of art. He has endeared Himself to them by way of the ornamented fruits...
Benefits of belief in akhirah
Let us all think about a feeble child who has lost his brother or sister, or whose grannies have passed away recently. That child is in great distress and sadness....
Messengers necessarily required
Divinity cannot be known unless messengers are sent. The sun necessarily entails its light; for the sun cannot be known unless it spreads lights. Similarly, Allah necessarily requires messengers. A...
A painting cannot be without a painter
We have a painting in our hand. It is a beautiful oil painting of butterflies fluttering. It is for sure that this painting has been made by a painter. This...
Obedience to Divine Law and obedience to egoistic caprice
The happiness of this world lies in worship and in becoming a soldier of Allāh, as does the happiness of the Hereafter. “The Third Word” from the Risale-i Nur Corpus...
A window of reflection opened to the knowledge of Allah
“The seven heavens and the earth and whatever is in them exalt Him.” (Isra, 17:44) A work lets you know its artist Although you have not seen the architect Sinan...
Life after death
Will your consciousness survive your own bodily death? Will there still be a “you” after you die – which is to say, will you continue to have conscious experiences in...
The existence of God
Islam teaches belief in one god, and that this God is not some arbitrarily chosen god amongst other gods, but the beginninglessly eternal reality, the Only God, Who did not...