QURʾĀNIC REFLECTIONS

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November 2019

Ḥadīth

An Hour On Wednesday

November 6, 2019

On a day like this, a Wednesday, from the most radiant of cities, from Masjid Al-Fatḥ, between Ḏhuhr and ʿAṣr, the most noble of Prophets ﷺ supplicated Allāh and Allāh responded. Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh said, “Thereafter, whenever a weighty and trying matter would burden me, I would pursue that hour to supplicate [Allāh] and I would always find an answer.” [Graded Ḥasan by Imām Al-Albānī, in: Ṣaḥīḥ at-Targhīb.]…

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Personal Reflections

What’s in Your Heart? — III

November 5, 2019

A high īmān gets you through the small every day as much as it gets you through the bigger and unexpected circumstances. It is usually the small every day that is a good gauge of where your īmān is. If you find yourself easily frustrated and quick to anger, chances are whatever aroused it was not warranted, rather it is a low īmān that is the culprit. Consider a person driving home from work, for example. When a person who…

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Qurʾānic Reflections

What’s in Your Heart? – II

November 5, 2019

To teach us, to purify us, to raise our ranks and for many other reasons that our minds cannot fathom, Allāh ﷻ sends us tests that often shock us. Allāh tests us to see how we think, how we react, how we behave and how we interact with what is happening. For the reasons listed above and the many more reasons that are beyond us, these tests are a blessing. Often people do not see them as a blessing. Often…

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Ḥadīth

The Best Thing I’ve Read Today

November 5, 2019

Um Sulaym came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, “O Rasūl Allāh, teach me words through which I may beseech Allāh.” The Prophet ﷺ replied, “You glorify Allāh (subḥān Allāh) ten times, you praise Him (Al ḥamdu lillāh) ten times, and you exalt Him (Allāh Akbar) ten times. Then you ask Him for whatever you need, for He responds, ‘I have fulfilled it, I have fulfilled it.’” [Ṣaḥīḥ at-Targhīb, Imām Al-Albānī]…

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Ḥifḏh Tips

The Best Thing I’ve Read Today

November 5, 2019

“I did not find sweetness in my Ḥifḏh until I perfected it. I did not perfect it until I reached an unparalleled level of exhaustion, which I forgot the moment I tasted the sweetness of reciting the Qurʾān whenever I pleased—standing, sitting, lying down [and in between].”…

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Personal Reflections

November 5, 2019

We worry about the things to come but Allāh has already planned them in the best of ways that will allow our īmān to flourish should we abide by His teachings. ‎اللهم حسن التوكل…

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