﴾ 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 ۞…
❝The īmān that doesn’t drive a person to the worship of Allāh and His obedience holds no value, just like the ‘īmān’ of iblīs, which did not drive him to the obedience of Allāh but instead he disbelieved and was arrogant and disobedient of his Lord, as Allāh says, And [mention] when We said to the angels, “Prostrate before Ādam”; so they prostrated, except for Iblīs. He refused and was arrogant and became of the disbelievers.❞ -— Sh. Moḥammed at-Tuwaijirī,…
A universal truth that is glaringly obvious yet is rarely lived by. It is: When you entrust your matters to Allāh, He suffices you. We see this lesson oft-repeated in the stories of the Qurʾān. Take the example of the Youth of the Cave, when they called to Allāh alone seeking His Mercy and rectification and guidance in matters. He helped them in unimaginable ways and brought them relief and victory.…