Tag: NAFS

Eid and the Potential of the Ummah

"There is a relationship between those who fail to subdue their desires and the fire," writes Dr Haroon Sidat. "The fire, when fed, becomes ever more ferocious..."

Artificial Intelligence is Creating a New Madhhab

Ask yourself what your most memorable experience was of “Islamic” content or conversations online recently.

When you’re too ‘woke’ for Allah

Zimarina Sarwar writes about the 'trend' of post-hijab social media 'influencers'

Are you happy or sad that Ramadan is ending soon?

It is expected of us to say that we will miss Ramadan or are sad it is ending. But if we truly reflect on this and are honest with our own souls, are we really happy this Ramadan is ending or are we really sad it is ending?

One God Many Names | The Journey Begins

Sh Ali Hammuda brings you a unique journey with the Divine Names and their impact in your daily life

Fasting: a Revolt Against the Modern Condition

In 1960 Tunisia's secularist president Bourguiba asked the esteemed scholar Ibn ʿĀshūr to issue a fatwa to abandon fasting for its impact on the economy. Ibn ʿĀshūr went on public radio and responded…

Education: The Difference Between Freedom & Slavery

Frederick Douglass, the infamous runaway slave who became a strong orator of the abolitionist movement, highlights in his autobiography a moment during his youth when he lived with his master’s brother’s family. Frederick approached the mother of the house, Sophia Auld, and expressed his curiosity of “this mystery of reading,”

Purify your Soul

هُوَ ٱلَّذِى بَعَثَ فِى ٱلۡأُمِّيِّـۧنَ رَسُولاً۬ مِّنۡہُمۡ يَتۡلُواْ عَلَيۡہِمۡ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ وَيُزَكِّيہِمۡ وَيُعَلِّمُهُمُ ٱلۡكِتَـٰبَ وَٱلۡحِكۡمَةَ وَإِن كَانُواْ مِن قَبۡلُ لَفِى ضَلَـٰلٍ۬ مُّبِينٍ۬ It is He who has sent among the unlettered a Messenger from themselves reciting to them His verses and purifying them and teaching them the Book and wisdom -