QURʾĀNIC REFLECTIONS

Qurʾānic Reflections

Empathy

October 11, 2014

Sometimes remembering other people’s afflictions eases your own ordeals. In the Qurʾān, Allāh consoles Rasūl Allāh ﷺ by reminding him that if he is being challenged and refuted, a prophet before him had to go through worse:…

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Personal Reflections

October 9, 2014

❝Allāh has given you SO much without you asking for any of it, do you think He will withhold from giving when you ask Him?!❞ [Paraphrasing Imām Ibn al-Qayyim r.a.]…

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Quote

September 26, 2014

❝One of the greatest misfortunes is for a man to know a deficiency in himself but not care about it or be saddened by it.❞…

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Personal Reflections

Turn to the Qurʾān when Faced with Calamities

September 24, 2014

Despite the worsened situation that we (the Ummah) are in, we still need to be very optimistic that relief will come to us very soon. The Qurʾān is filled with examples of those before us and the hardships and calamities they bore. These stories are for us to learn from and they’re to encourage us to have a positive and hopeful outlook no matter what we’re faced with. Take the story of the Youth of the Cave for example. Allāh…

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