Jumuah: Certainty in Uncertain Times

6 August 2010

Holy Qur’an 51:20 يفِي الأَرضِ آياتٌ لِلموقِنينَ And on the earth are signs for the certain [in faith] Tirmidhi Hadith: “Be mindful of Allah,(for) you will find Him before you. Get to know Allah in prosperity, and He will know you in adversity. Know that what has passed youby was not going to befall you, [...]

Click for more →

Jumuah: A Knot of Faith

29 July 2010

Holy Qur’an 5:01 يا أَيُّهَا الَّذينَ آمَنوا أَوفوا بِالعُقو O ye who believe! fulfil (all) obligations. Sahih Bukhari Narrated Abu Huraira Allah’s Apostle said, “Satan puts three knots at the back of the head of any of you if he is asleep. On every knot he reads and exhales the following words, ‘The night is [...]

Click for more →

Jumuah: Qur’an – An Invitation to Live, “The Good Life”

23 July 2010

Holy Qur’an 4:44 لتَكُن مِنكُم أُمَّةٌ يَدعونَ إِلَى الخَيرِ وَيَأمُرونَ بِالمَعروفِ وَيَنهَونَ عَنِ المُنكَرِ وَأُولئِكَ هُمُ المُفلِحو And let there be [arising] from you a nation inviting to [all that is] good, enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong, and those will be the successful. Hadith Abdallah ibn ‘Abbas reported that the Prophet, [...]

Click for more →

Jumuah: Hanif – the Pattern of Ibrahim

16 July 2010

Holy Qur’an 6:5
وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ دِينًا مِمَّنْ أَسْلَمَ وَجْهَهُ لِلَّهِ وَهُوَ مُحْسِنٌ وَاتَّبَعَ مِلَّةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَنِيفًا وَاتَّخَذَ اللَّهُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ خَلِيلًا

Who can be better in religion than one who submits his whole self to God, does good, and follows the way of Abraham the true in Faith? For God did take Abraham for a friend.

Click for more →