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 ۞…
A man reviled Ibn ʿAbbās, so he replied, “You revile me even though I have three traits: When I learn something about an āyah from the Book of Allāh, I wish that everyone would know it too; when I hear about a ruler from the rulers of Muslims who governs justly I become happy, even though I may never have to go to him for a ruling; and when I hear about a rainfall in a land from the lands…
❝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,…
The ‘Akhlāq Ṭālib al-Qurʾān’ is a series we began over a year ago. Under this series we did independent lectures every other month on topics related to Akhlāq. This series was meant to offer supplementary lessons to students of the Qurʾān to facilitate their study. This talk will be the last in the series. The previous talks are all recorded and available to the students who sign up inshāʾAllāh.…
As a follow up to our previous live talk on humbleness (khushūʾ) in prayer, in this talk we will briefly discuss the tafsīr of sūrat al-Fātiḥah and share reflections with a special focus on this sūrah’s relation to ṣalāh (more specifically: how to understand this sūrah in order to attain khushūʾ in prayer).…