From the Urethra to the Universe
Expelled, then washed off or thrown away. It is such a despised fluid, and yet it is the biological building block of the human. That same human will grow to contempt from where he emerged, almost instinctively belittling his own self. Then a grown up sperm, proud of his size asks “How dare God do such and such?” and goes to lengths to express a case against the Most Supreme. If that conceited denier belittled his own origin then how little is he in the view of the Originator? Yā Sīn Series Part 37 – From the Urethra to the…
Begging the Helpless for Help
Man is innately coded desiring to submit to a grander entity. The religion-less or atheists are no exception to this, but rather, they look to satiate this innate craving by deifying other animate or inanimate entities by the dictates of servitude or what defines it. This ranges from excessive love to blind following, idolisation or boundless admiration that influences one’s heart and action. The ultimate heartbreaker is to be shunned by the one you expended a life admiring, or let down when you need them most... Yā Sīn Series Part 36 – Begging the Helpless for Help Click to read part:…
Taming the Heart in the Animal Kingdom
It needs only a living heart, clean from the blemishes of pride and conceit, to see how much we have fallen short of gratitude to Allah. A horse’s swinging hoof has the power to crush the body of man to his death. Yet Allah has tamed it, such that it lowers its head to a child pulling on its reins. All the while man, the recipient of this and other blessings and the ultimate benefactor, behaves untamed under a Lord All Capable, yet Most Merciful. Yā Sīn Series Part 35 – Taming the Heart in the Animal Kingdom Click to read…
“Not the Words of a Poet, Little do you believe”
When put against the templates of Arabic poetry and literature, the Qur’an was wholly different. By the admittance of one of the most influential enemies of the Prophet (sall Allahu ʿalayhi wa sallam), “What the Qur'an is saying can never be compared to any of those literary achievements. By God! What it says is exquisite, and there is an air of splendour about it.” Today, with mankind’s degenerated literary ability, how can a challenge to its linguistic perfection ever stand on its feet? Yā Sīn Series Part 34 – "Not the Words of a Poet, Little do you believe" Click…
Reflecting on the Childhood of Old Age
After declaring that had He wished He could blind and deform them, Abū Hayyan explains how Allāh turns their attention to a sign that points to the truth of this declaration. Growing into old age. For, every one of them, if not deformed or rendered incapable, will inevitably, regress after the course of time. In that feeble, fragile state, dependent on others, will the insolent man then ponder, and realise his destitution to the Creator? Yā Sīn Series Click to read part: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |22 |23 | 24 |25 |26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 Part 33 – Reflecting on the Childhood of Old Age وَمَنْ…
The Disability of Misguidance
How would you picture the physical state of misguidance? Is it merely to embrace another opinion, a state within the spectrum of freedom of thought, or something without a picture? Whatever we imagine, it is limited by the degree of our own guidance. The extent of its severity can only be illustrated by the One who owns guidance and misguidance. Allāh renders those left astray like he whose eyes have been blotted out, with their sockets completely sealed. Yā Sīn Series Part 32 – No Sight or Movement: the Disability of Misguidance Click to read part: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 22 |23 | 24 |25 |26 | 27 | 28 |…
Arguing with your Hands and Legs
Generally, one sins to satisfy his desires and to gratify his exterior limbs. Then on the Day of Judgement, man’s entire ordeal is to protect them from the smouldering fire. He will, for them, even lie to dispute his case before the Almighty. But gone are the days when lying salvaged the perpetrator from accountability. Today the tongue is sealed in the mouth, and the limbs will speak for themselves. Yā Sīn Series Part 31 – Arguing with your Hands and Legs Click to read part: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 24 |25 |26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 هَٰذِهِ جَهَنَّمُ الَّتِي كُنْتُمْ تُوعَدُونَ 63) This…
A Contract Every One of us Signed
Man oscillates between preoccupation, entertainment, beautification and competition, working harder in pursuit of comfort and growing older in pursuit of life. If without an ultimate purpose, man works in pursuit of continuity of life, then lives in pursuit of continuity of work. Without an ultimate purpose, he wanders in circles, locked in a weary dilemma. Progress and purpose is only made when one pursues a straight path, and this straight path is only attained through the worship of Allāh… Yā Sīn Series Part 30 – A Contract Every One of us Signed Click to read part: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |26 | 27 |…
When Each Criminal Will Step Aside
Gardens, rivers, trees, springs and beautiful spouses, perpetual life and everlasting joy. He who misses out would rather be put to eternal death than to observe this bliss and yet be separated from it. To be summoned to one side, reprimanded, ahead of a long, strenuous existence. All for what? A short, illusionary lifetime of putting Allāh secondary to desires that are, on that day, forever gone. Yā Sīn Series Part 29 – When Each Criminal Will Step Aside Click to read part: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 وَامْتَازُوا الْيَوْمَ أَيُّهَا الْمُجْرِمُونَ 59) Keep yourselves apart today, you evildoers! …
Do you ever daydream about a brighter future?
Imagine being given a blank cheque signed off by a billionaire to enjoy as you wish. The things you could buy and places you could go would be determined by the extent of your imagination. If you can think it, you can have it! Though such a scenario is but a daydream for many it will be a reality for the Believers in the not so distant future…in fact, it gets even better! Yā Sīn Series Part 28 – Do you ever daydream about a brighter future? Click to read part: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 لَهُمْ فِيهَا فَاكِهَةٌ…