Indeed, [true] happiness is happiness with the Book of Allāh taʿālā. ʿOmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb, raḍi Allāhu ʿanh. (via quranicreflections) I was asked for a reference for this quote. Almost all of the quotes I post are very well referenced, down to the volume and page of the book they are in. As for the few quotes that do not have a reference, it is only because a professor mentioned it in class, verbally, without providing a reference. This quote was…
quranicreflections: If you look at religions other than Islām, you will find that most are based around meditation involving ‘clearing the mind’ to attain peace and spirituality. Islām, the True religion, involves remembrance to attain peace and spirituality, which, upon assessment, is the only viable approach. Because realistically speaking, the mind never really clears, it moves from one thought to another— even when it rests; when we sleep! Hence we dream what we dream. 🙂 It is a clear conclusion…
How do you know that you’ve succeeded as a parent? (Future parents take note.) If your child comprehends this āyah. Also, if your child reasons any where close to the reasoning of the following child, then you’re doing parenting right: Amīr al-Muʾminīn ʿOmar was visiting one of his ministers in a foreign land, he sees the minister’s child (who was about five years old), so he playfully asks, ❝Which land is better; ours or yours?❞ The child confidently replies, ❝Ours.❞…
[He said, “Indeed, I wish to wed you one of these, my two daughters, on [the condition] that you serve me for eight years; but if you complete ten, it will be [as a favour] from you. And I do not wish to put you in difficulty. You will find me, if Allah wills, from among the righteous.”] al-Qaṣaṣ:27 This is how it goes down in the homes of the righteous. Prophet Shuʿayb offers Mūsā, prior to the latter’s prophethood,…