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The Thing with Intellect

March 23, 2017

The best thing I’ve read today: ❝The intellect is an instrument that leads you to an audience with the King, after which it doesn’t follow you in.❞ — Moḥammed Mutawallī ash-Shaʿrāwī.…

Qurʾānic Reflections

June 17, 2016

Lesson from sūrat al-Anʿām: Deprivation of something precious is often times a result of our own sins and transgressions.…

Qurʾānic Reflections

June 15, 2016

Lesson from sūrat Yūsuf: Dreams come true, if Allāh wills. Keep striving, keep hoping, keep asking.…

Qurʾānic Reflections

Reading the story of the Youth of the Cave, one can’t help but be moved by the immense tragedy they endured. Persecuted for their faith, threatened with torture and death, abandoned by their family, and eventually forced to flee their home and city.…

Qurʾānic Reflections

June 24, 2015

Lesson from sūrat al-Fātiḥa: The more precious something is, the more fervently you need to ask Allāh for it—even if you spend a lifetime asking for it.…

Qurʾānic Reflections

June 20, 2015

Lesson from sūrat al-Anʿām: Deprivation of something precious is often times a result of our own sins and transgressions. …

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Lessons from the Qurʾān

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