Theology
How do we deal with difficulty and loss?
As loss, deprivation and suicide are once again brought back into the spotlight, journalist Yasmin Khatun recalls her interview with Yasmin Mogahed and how one deals with difficulties of the dunya. Loss,…
Al-Intikās – Relapsing in Faith.
The problem of relapsing in faith, whether due to weak commitment or ideological reasons, is a phenomenon that has existed throughout time in all faiths and traditions. Sadly, this is also a…
[al-Taḥawiyyah Pt 36] Ta’wīl as used in the Qur’ān 2 of 2
Concerning His words: ‘No one knows its ta’wīl except Allāh and those truly grounded in knowledge’, there are two readings of this verse. One reading stops after the words, "except Allāh", and…
[al-Taḥawiyyah Pt 36] Ta’wīl as used in the Qur’ān 1 of 2
The belief of a person in the seeing of Allāh by the people of Paradise is not correct if that person tries to imagine what it is like or if he tries…
[al-Taḥawiyyah Pt 35] ‘Ilmul Kalām
He sways between faith and disbelief, confirmation and denial, and acceptance and rejection. He will be subject to vain suggestions, perplexed and lost, neither a sincere Believer nor an open denier. فَيَتَذبْذبُ…
[al-Taḥawiyyah Pt 34] Don’t debate about Islam without sound knowledge part 2/2
Points of Benefit: 1) The statement of Ṭaḥāwi: ‘He who seeks knowledge that has been barred from him, and whose intellect is not prepared to surrender...’ was meant to further explain the…