Tag Archives: SPIRITUALITY

My dear brothers and sisters, we live in trying times and are witnessing days of hardship as frequent as we see our families – May Allāh protect us! Āmīn. What follows are a few words of caution for you to ...

“To thine own self be true”[1] Words from Shakespeare’s famous play Hamlet. This is Polonius’s last piece of advice to his son Laertes, who is in a hurry to get on the next boat to Paris. It is advice that ...

The A to Z of Death Part 6 Click here for part 1 | Click here for part 2 | Click here for part 3 | Click here for part 4 | Click here for part 5 Resurrection During the sojourn in the grave, souls visit each other ...

  The previous verses spoke of how land, pertaining to place (Makān) is under the full power and control of Allah as He resurrects it from a state of barrenness to bring out lush green shoots and leaves and then ...

She found Islam at 81 – Philomena I long cherish the day I met this woman as a redefining moment in my life. It was a cold morning in North London with nothing to look forward to besides the Friday sermon. It ...

Today’s life in the 21st century has become so frantic that we are trying hard to focus on our survival from day to day. To catch up we take every possible short-cut choice for our lifestyle, whether it is our food, finances, emotions, health, relationships or ...

The A to Z of Death Part 5 Click here for part 1 | Click here for part 2 | Click here for part 3 | Click here for part 4 Interrogation in the Grave Like death, the questioning of the grave is unavoidable. Everyone who ...

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 ...

True and Everlasting Attachment The word attachment is a term used in Psychology to describe ‘an infant’s tendency to seek closeness to particular people and feel more secure in their presence” (Ernst R Hilgard and Richard C Atkinson 2000-90).[1] John ...

Better than Hoarded Wealth, Gold, Silver and well Bred Horses! All praise is due to Allah. May peace and salutations be upon the Messenger of Allah, upon his family, companions and all of whom show him allegiance. What follows is ...