Allah T’ala says in the Holy Quran: وَقَالَ الشَّيْطَانُ لَمَّا قُضِيَ الأَمْرُ إِنَّ اللّهَ وَعَدَكُمْ وَعْدَ الْحَقِّ وَوَعَدتُّكُمْ فَأَخْلَفْتُكُمْ وَمَا كَانَ لِيَ عَلَيْكُم مِّن سُلْطَانٍ إِلاَّ أَن دَعَوْتُكُمْ فَاسْتَجَبْتُمْ لِي فَلاَ تَلُومُونِي وَلُومُواْ أَنفُسَكُم مَّا أَنَاْ بِمُصْرِخِكُمْ وَمَا أَنتُمْ بِمُصْرِخِيَّ إِنِّي كَفَرْتُ بِمَآ أَشْرَكْتُمُونِ مِن قَبْلُ إِنَّ الظَّالِمِينَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ (14:22)… Continue reading Shirk in Practice
Christian Monasticism & Its Evil History
Allah says in the Holy Quran: وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا وَإِبْرَاهِيمَ وَجَعَلْنَا فِي ذُرِّيَّتِهِمَا النُّبُوَّةَ وَالْكِتَابَ فَمِنْهُم مُّهْتَدٍ وَكَثِيرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَاسِقُونَ ثُمَّ قَفَّيْنَا عَلَى آثَارِهِم بِرُسُلِنَا وَقَفَّيْنَا بِعِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ وَآتَيْنَاهُ الْإِنجِيلَ وَجَعَلْنَا فِي قُلُوبِ الَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوهُ رَأْفَةً وَرَحْمَةً وَرَهْبَانِيَّةً ابْتَدَعُوهَا مَا كَتَبْنَاهَا عَلَيْهِمْ إِلَّا ابْتِغَاء رِضْوَانِ اللَّهِ فَمَا رَعَوْهَا حَقَّ رِعَايَتِهَا فَآتَيْنَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا… Continue reading Christian Monasticism & Its Evil History
Al-Fatihah Tafseer by Dr. Israr Ahmad
Al-Fatihah Tafseer by Dr Israr Ahmad Introduction Surah Al-Fatihah is one of the very earliest revelations. Infact, we learn from authentic traditions that it was the first complete surah revealed to the Prophet (Peace be upon him). Before this, only a few miscellaneous verses were revealed which form parts of surah Al-Alaq, Al-Muzzammil and Al-Muddathir.… Continue reading Al-Fatihah Tafseer by Dr. Israr Ahmad
Ayat Al-Birr
Ayatl Birr (2:177) It is no virtue that you turn your faces towards the east or the west, but virtue is that one should sincerely believe in Allah and the Last Day and the Angels and the Book and the Prophets and, out of His love, spend of one’s choice wealth for relatives… Continue reading Ayat Al-Birr
Surah Al-Asr
Gheebah (Backbiting)
Allah T’ala says in the Holy Quran: O you who have believed, avoid much suspicion, for some suspicions are sins. Do not spy, nor should any one backbite the other. Is there any among you who would like to eat the flesh of his dead brother?’ Nay, you yourselves abhor it. Fear Allah, for Allah is… Continue reading Gheebah (Backbiting)
Sheikh-ul-Islam Hafiz Ibn Taimiyah
By: Syed Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi (RA) Sheikh-ul-Islam Hafiz Ibn Taimiyah Muslim World in the Seventh CenturyMaulana Jalal-ud-din Rumi had sought to refute the excessive rationalism of the dialecticians which was permeated with the spirit of Greek Philosophy and excessive formalism. Rumi was, in fact, founder of a new school of scholasticism which was… Continue reading Sheikh-ul-Islam Hafiz Ibn Taimiyah
THE PREACHER WISHES PEOPLE WELL
THE PREACHER OF GOD’S WORD WISHES PEOPLE WELL, NO MATTER HOW THEY TREAT HIM The Prophet besieged Taif for more than twenty days. When it became difficult for the Muslims to continue with the siege, he ordered them towithdraw. It was then suggested that the Prophet bring down a curse upon the heads of the… Continue reading THE PREACHER WISHES PEOPLE WELL
THOSE WHO SHOW MERCY …
THOSE WHO SHOW MERCY WILL BE DEALT WITH MERCIFULLY “The Merciful One shows mercy to the merciful,” said the Prophet. “Be merciful with those on earth. The One in Heaven will be merciful with you.” (AHMAD, ABU DAWUD, AL TIRMIDHI)
Seerah as a Movement
by Maulana Wahiduddin Khan Biographies of the Prophet usually treat their subject as if he were a person endowed with great magical powers, one who by mysterious means brought the whole of Arabia under his wing. These books read like fairy tales; even events, which have no miraculous content, have been given a fanciful, miraculous… Continue reading Seerah as a Movement