Posted in Qur'an, Tarbiyah & Tazkiyah, tagged tawba, tauba, returning to Allah (SWT) is repentance, Not Delaying Repentance: A Way to Overcome Devil’s Deception, repentance, devil, devil's deception, iblis, talbis iblis, talbees iblees, tawbah, taubah on Monday, 20 April, 2009 | 2 Comments »
بسم الله الرحمان الرحيم
السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته
الحمد الله
How many times do we tell ourselves that we will repent later and not now? How many times we hear people saying, “I am young, let me enjoy. I will repent when I will be old!” Are we waiting for death to strike [...]
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Posted in Poetry, tagged Arabic poetry on Wednesday, 15 April, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
بسم الله الرحمان الرحيم
السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته
الحمد الله
A Poet once said,
لاَ تَعْمَلْ للِنَّاسِ شَيْئاً
وَ لاَ تَتْرُكْ لَهُمْ شَيْئاً
“Don’t do anything for the sake of people!
And don’t leave anything because of them!”
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Posted in Hereafter, tagged Al Qurtubi, Andalus, Cordova, death, grave, Imam al Qurtubi, Muslim Spain, Qurtuba, The Advice of Imām Al Qurṭubī رحمه الله on Wednesday, 15 April, 2009 | 2 Comments »
بسم الله الرحمان الرحيم
السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته
الحمد الله
Imām Al Qurṭubī رحمهالله wrote in his book, Tadhkirat Al Qurṭubī the lessons to be taken from death,
“Think, O’ you who are deceived by this world, of death and its agonies, how difficult and bitter a cup it is. What a true promise death [...]
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Posted in Akhlaaq & Adaab, Qur'an, tagged Al Mawardi, Al Samarqandi, conversations between men and women, Devil’s Deception in the Flirtatious Talk, free mixing, interaction, Islam, Tafsir on Friday, 10 April, 2009 | 3 Comments »
بسم الله الرحمان الرحيم
السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته
الحمد الله
AlḥamduLilāh Allāh سبحانه و تعالى has blessed us nowadays with having many Islamic seminars in which we learn His Din. We find that these events are organised by brothers and sisters who have to occasionally get into a small discussion to solve an [...]
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Posted in Qur'an, Seeking Knowledge, Tarbiyah & Tazkiyah, tagged Are you from amongst the Heedless ones?, Fath Al Qadeer, Fath Al Qadir, Ibn hajar al asqalani, Surah Al Araf, Tafsir, Tafsir Al Baghawi, Tafsir Al Fayruzabadi, Tafsir Al Qurtubi, Tafsir Al Shawkani, Tafsir Al Tabari, Tafsir Ibn Kathir on Sunday, 5 April, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
بسم الله الرحمان الرحيم
السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته
الحمد الله
Allah سبحانه و تعالى says in Surat Al A’raaf,
وَلَقَدْ ذَرَأْنَا لِجَهَنَّمَ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ الْجِنِّ وَالْإِنسِ ۖ لَهُمْ قُلُوبٌ لَّا يَفْقَهُونَ بِهَا وَلَهُمْ أَعْيُنٌ لَّا يُبْصِرُونَ بِهَا وَلَهُمْ آذَانٌ لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ بِهَا ۚ أُولَـٰئِكَ كَالْأَنْعَامِ بَلْ هُمْ أَضَلُّ ۚ أُولَـٰئِكَ هُمُ الْغَافِلُونَ
“And surely, [...]
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