Be so close to the Qur’an that…

As-salamu `alaykum wa rahmatullah Over the past year, I had been keeping a ‘Be so close to the Qur’an’ series on my Facebook Page: |~| Fajr Blog |~|, and I thought to collate it all here for those who don’t visit the page. It’s an ongoing series, but here is the first...

The Mother of all evils?

As-salamu `alaykum wa rahmatullah Imam al-Qurtubi mentions in his tafseer (al-Jami’ li-Ahkam al-Qur’an) that a man once saw a drunkard trying to fish the moon (yes, fish the moon) in the heavy drunken state that he was in. The man upon seeing such a despicable...

Take that stand.

As-salamu `alaykum wa rahmatullah At some point in our lives, we are all given moments where we have to take a stand; a mawqif. It’s usually a test which is personal to each of us. But on a larger scale, it’s also an opportunity from Allah allowing us to earn His...

I am a Writer, and so are you.

As-salamu `alaykum wa rahmatullah … I can’t say I’m a writer, but I love to write. To pen those thoughts and capture those images in my mind; translating them into a readable language. Pausing to reflect and capture the right word, the right tense, the right emotion....

It is the Religion of God

As-salamu `alaykum wa rahmatullah هو دين رب العالمين وشرعه *** وهو القديم وسيد الأديان “It is the religion and the way of the Lord of the Worlds He is the Ever-Existing, Master of all creeds هو دين آدم والملائك قبله *** هو دين نوح صاحب الطوفان It is the religion of...