Category: General Articles

“O Mankind!  Partake of what is lawful and good on earth, and follow not Satan’s footsteps: for, verily, he is your open foe and bids you only to do evil, to commit deeds of immorality, and to attribute unto God what you do not know.” (Quran 2:168-169) God addresses all of humanity, the faithful and […]

This chapter of the sacred scripture takes its name from the opening verse in which God takes an oath by Mount Toor.  It is a mountain near the place that God spoke to Prophet Moses, peace be upon him. What an honour it is for a person if God speaks to him directly!  Sometimes one […]

The Prophet (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) is instructed in this verse to inform Banu Asad and all who would consider their acceptance of Islam a favour to others that the true motives and factors behind their actions and statements can not be hidden from Allah, so they should be honest and humble. The verse also […]

Almighty Allah says (what can be translated as): “O you who have believed, if there comes to you a disobedient one with information, investigate, lest you harm a people out of ignorance and become, over what you have done, regretful.” (Al-Hujurat: 6) This is one of the manners that rational people should adopt and use, […]

Question: When I was 14 and 15 years old I used to masturbate during the day in the Blessed month of Ramadhaan for a number of days. I don't know how many. I was ignorant about this being haraam in Ramadhaan and other than it and I used to be ignorant as to this being […]

Introduction No one can know when the Day of Judgment will occur.  However, God has mercifully taught His messengers some of the signs that alert one to the fact that the Hour is approaching.  These signs play a very important role, especially for those who live at a time distant from the Prophet and who […]

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Most of us claim loving Allah Almighty. We pray and fast during Ramadan and we give Zakaat and charity. But, are we really aware of what implies loving Allah?  Love for Allah is also obedience to His Law, advising the good and prohibiting evil. Love for Allah is remembering Allah always, worshiping Him, fearing him […]

The question of whether or not there is life after death does not fall into the field of science, because science is only concerned with the classification and analysis of recorded data.  Moreover, man has been busy with scientific enquiries and research, in the modern sense of the term, only for the last few centuries, […]

Man is a social being by nature.  He cannot live perpetually on his own, completely independent of others.  People are interdependent.  Consequently, friction arise between them when their personal interests come into conflict with each other, or when what they perceive as their individual rights infringe upon those of others.  Conflicts between them inevitably break […]