What kind of things do people put above other things? People love family or friends more than other people. They love money that they have earned themselves more than money given to them. They love their homes they have decorated themselves much more any other house they see.
Say, [O Muhammad], “If your fathers, your [...]
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You know what really hurts? When you love someone so much, and you’re trying so hard to help them, to save them, but they don’t want to listen, they don’t care. You do your best, but how much can you do? You can’t force them to listen. Just like an ayah [...]
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Close friends, that Day, will be enemies to each other, except for the righteous. [To whom Allah will say], “O My servants, no fear will there be concerning you this Day, nor will you grieve, [You] who believed in Our verses and were Muslims. [Surah Az-Zukhruf Ayah 67-69]
Pretty scary huh? We say we’ll be there [...]
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Then should We turn the message away, disregarding you, because you are a transgressing people? [Surah Az-Zukhruf Ayah 5]
Should I give up on you? Should I stop telling you about Islam because you don’t want to listen? Should I leave you because you don’t care?
If there was a fire in the room next to [...]
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When someone has no goal in life, they live so aimlessly. Their life is just the same day in and day out. Every day, they have the same routine. The only thing they have to look forward to is vacation, because that’s the only change they have. A Muslim on the other hand has a [...]
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It’s quite natural for us to have something, and desire much better. We have a nice house, but we always wish we had bigger rooms, or the latest appliances, or those silk curtains from Italy our neighbors have. We have a nice car, but we wish we had those leather seats instead, or a six [...]
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And those who disbelieve say, “We will never believe in this Qur’an nor in that before it.” But if you could see when the wrongdoers are made to stand before their Lord, refuting each others’ words…Those who were oppressed will say to those who were arrogant, “If not for you, we would have been believers.” [...]
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Today as I opened my 21st Juz in class, Ghazala Baji mentioned, we are doing the last third of the Qur’an, the last third, we are done with 2/3rds of the Qur’an. That’s when it hit me. Ya Allah, time has just drifted away from my fingers. I couldn’t believe it, I’m almost done with [...]
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“And We place the scales of justice for the Day of Resurrection, so no soul will be treated unjustly at all. And if there is [even] the weight of a mustard seed, We will bring it forth. And sufficient are We as accountant”. [Surah Al-Anbiya : 27]
This ayah has so much fear and yet so [...]
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Say, “In the bounty of Allah and in His mercy – in that let them rejoice; it is better than what they accumulate.” [Yunus : 58]
When I read this ayah I questioned myself; how do I feel when I learn the Qur’an? Do I rejoice and get happy, or do I feel burdened? Am I [...]
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