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Enduring Value

August 31, 2012

Surah al Kahf highlights what we value in this world, but it makes a distinction between a value that remains and a value that is transient. [Wealth and children are but adornment of the worldly life. But the enduring good deeds are better to your Lord for reward and better to hope for] Kahf:46 The true value isn’t in wealth, prestige and worldly pleasures, though Islam does not forbid those, for there is nothing wrong in enjoying the good of…

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Qurʾānic Reflections

Favours Denied

August 28, 2012

Trustworthiness is remembering the past in order to benefit the present and future. When we were in poverty, Allah gave us riches. And when we were sick, Allah gave us health. (And when we were lost, He guided us). We will not be acting justly if we detach today from yesterday, and in doing so claim that we were never poor nor sick…. nor lost. …

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