❝Remembrance of Allāh does not come (easy) for anyone but a Believer whose heart is filled with love and reverence for Allāh.❞ — ʿAbdur-Raḥmān as-Saʿdī. Q. How often do you forget to say your adhkār? (Reflect.)…
In sūrat Maryam, Allāh describes the severity of shirk (associating partners with Allāh), especially the severity of the misguided claims that suggest Allāh, the Most Exalted, has taken a son. This severity is so intense that inanimate objects collapse in reaction to these claims. Just look at the imagery: [The heavens almost rupture therefrom and the earth splits open and the mountains collapse in devastation, That they ascribe to ar-Raḥmān a son.] Maryam:90-91 Sheikh Moḥammed ash-Shanqīṭī comments: “Because of their…
What are your main concerns when you wake up after a long night’s sleep? Food, perhaps? Even if it is not your main concern, it must be at the top of your list. And especially if you haven’t had dinner the night before, you would very likely be ravenous and you would very likely eat the first thing you get your hands on. Be it a bar of chocolate or a leftover pizza slice (as unappetizing as it sounds). But…