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December 2012

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December 18, 2012

An act of belittling Allāh’s Book is to play the recitation of the Qur`ān in the background. Dr. Mahrān Māhir ʿOthmān Nūrī.…

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Would That They Knew

December 17, 2012

  [And they will say, “Had we but listened or used our intelligence, we would not have been among the dwellers of the blazing Fire!”]Mulk:10 They use their ‘intelligence’ and ‘logic’ to refute the Qur`ān and its message. But only on the Day of Recompense will they learn the difference between sound intelligence and a flawed one. Ibn ʿAbbās – raḍī Allāhu ʿanh – explains this āyah, “If we had only listened with the hearing of one who understands and…

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December 14, 2012

Your hearts are vessels, so fill them with the Qur`ān and do not fill them with anything besides it. ʿAbdullāh ibn Masʿūd, in: حلية الأولياء لأبي نعيم ١: ١٣١…

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Daʿwah not Tyranny

December 12, 2012

  [You only want to be a tyrant in the land and do not want to be of the amenders.] Qaṣaṣ:19 Firʿawn tells Mūsa ʿalayhis salām that he’s onto him. That he knows what Mūsa’s “real” intentions are for calling people to Allāh; it is not to benefit them but rather it is to give Prophet Mūsa command and supremacy over them.  We know this lie couldn’t be further from the Truth.  But then this is how it is with…

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December 9, 2012

The bearer of Qur`ān must be recognized by his nights when people are sleeping. And by his days when people are eating, by his sadness when people are joyous, by his tears when people are laughing, by his silence when people are arguing, and by his humbleness when people are easily offended. ʿAbdullāh ibn Masʿūd, in: التبيان في آداب حملة القرآن لإمام النووي…

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Catching Raindrops

December 7, 2012

In sūrah al-Kahf Allāh likens the life of this world to water. Water that is sent down in the form of rain, to be more precise.   [And put forward to them the example of the life of this world, it is like the water (rain) which We send down from the sky] Kahf:45 Think of the imagery being created.   Rain water is never stagnant. It is constantly moving; falling down, running streams, bouncing droplets, still puddles – that…

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