QURʾĀNIC REFLECTIONS

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August 30, 2015

❝If knowledge was captured in an image, it would triumph the sun and the moon in their beauty.❞ -— Ibn al-Qayyim, in: Garden of Lovers.…

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August 11, 2015

“If you want to rectify your heart, or want to see betterment in your child or companion—or whoever it is for that matter, then direct them to places where the Qurʾān is recited and direct them to be in the company of the Qurʾān. Allāh will then cause them to become better, whether they are willing to it or not.” Imām ash-Shāfiʿī, in: ḥilyat al-awliyāʾ 9/123.…

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July 23, 2015

“Maintaining a fasting routine after the month of Ramaḍān is a sign of an accepted Ramaḍān. This is because when Allāh accepts a servant’s good deed, He grants him the ability to follow it up with more good deeds.” Ibn Rajab in Laṭāʾif al-Maʿārif.…

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Soul Cleansing

Ramaḍān: Striving for Excellence

June 22, 2015

Ibn Rajab in Laṭāʾif al-Mʿārif categorises the one who fasts into two. The first, he says, is the one who leaves his food, drink and desires, for the sake of Allāh, and by doing so, he hopes for a compensation in Jannah. This is the one who has struck a deal with Allāh, and Allāh says, ﴾Indeed, We will not allow to be lost the reward of any who did well in deeds.﴿…

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May 28, 2015

❝Don’t carry a concern greater than your concern about Allāh’s love for you; if Allāh loves you, you will survive.❞ Sh. Ṣāliḥ al-Maghāmsī.…

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July 21, 2014

❝Don’t delay an answer to your duʿāʾ by blocking its path with sins.❞ Yaḥya b. Muʿādh, in: Shuʿab al-Īmān 2/54…

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