﴾ وَالَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ أَزْوَاجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّاتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعْيُنٍ وَاجْعَلْنَا لِلْمُتَّقِينَ إِمَامًا ﴿ ﴾And those who say, “Our Lord, grant us from our spouses and our children the coolness of our eyes and make us the leader of the righteous.”﴿ al-Furqān:74 When you ask Allāh to make you the ‘Leader of the Righteous’ you’re essentially asking Allāh to make you The Standard.…
Today is the Equinox, an astronomical event which results in the sun rising at the North Pole after a six month long absence and it won’t set again until the next Equinox in September. Conversely, today the sun sets in the South Pole after half a year of continuous day light. These two āyāt from sūrat al-Qaṣaṣ come to mind: قل أرأيتم إن جعل الله عليكم الليل سرمدا إلى يوم القيامة من إله غير الله يأتيكم بضياء أفلا تسمعون ۞…
When you step back and observe, you’ll see that success, whether yours or someone else’s, is contributed towards by the opportunities that were given by Allāh and the unexpected doors that He opened. At one point, all of us where at the same start line (perhaps when we were fresh out of high school.)…
The main topics included in Sūrat al-Baqarah are: Discussion of the fundamentals of our belief (īmān) and discussion of important rulings pertaining to our Dīn such as fasting, ḥajj, marriage, divorce and usury (physical acts worship.) Yet the sūrah is called al-Baqarah. Why? (Note: the name of each sūrah in the Qurʾān is Divinely inspired as many scholars have stated.) …