Category: General Articles

It is the nature of every person to seek happiness, happiness is the object of all their strive. Some people strive to seek a temporal happiness of this world, thinking that this is the only true happiness which bill be succeeded by pain and sorrow at the day of doom, these will tomorrow know that […]

The Final Day Paradise and Hell In the Light of the Quran and Sunnah 1999 IIPH, Riyadh Sheikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah, may Allah have mercy on him, was asked: “What are the deeds of the people of Hell, and what are the deeds of the people of Paradise?” He replied: “The deeds of the people […]

All praise is due to Allah. May His prayers and blessings be upon his Last Messenger and on all those who follow the path of righteousness until the Last Day. Not just Muslims, but every single human being has to answer the most fundamental question at some point in his or her lifetime: “Why was […]

Research by Tariq Hussain and Moin Uddin Ahmed – Come the Hajj season, and I am reminded of the wonders of Zumzum water. Let me go back to how it all started. In 1971, an Egyptian doctor wrote to the European Press, a letter saying that Zumzum water was not fit for drinking purposes…. I […]

Suppose you found a watch in the middle of the desert. What would you conclude? Would you think someone had dropped the watch? Or would you think that the watch came by itself?  Of course, no sane person would say the watch just happen to  emerge from the sand. All the intricate working parts could not […]

Camels are animals that were created to survive the hottest climates on earth. Camels are commonly used for transportation in the desert. Deserts are vast areas of sand and the temperatures in these areas can rise as high as 500 C (1220 F). You might have experienced temperatures around 300 C (860 F). Even at […]

Today we can look at a globe and know that the earth is somewhat like a ball, a sphere. The Qur’an makes certain statements that led Muslim scientists to understand long before their European counterparts that the earth is spherical. When Europe was in the dark ages thinking that the earth was flat, Muslim students […]

Allah has made clear to us that His book, the Qur’aan has been revealed as a reminder to the whole world. Allah said: This is no less than a reminder to (all) the worlds. And you shall certainly know the truth of it (all) after a while. (Qur’aan 38:87-88). Thus, the Qur’aan is a reminder for all […]

Ali (raa) once said, “The Muslim is like the bee who eats only good things and only good things come from them.”  Last week we learned about the benefits of honey. This week we will explore other bee products.  Bee pollen:  Pollen is the ultra-fine powder that makes up the male element of a flower. Honeybees, […]

In the Qur’an, Allah says that in paradise will be “rivers of honey pure.”  “Then to eat of all the produce (of the earth), and find with skill the spacious paths of its Lord: there issues from within their bodies a drink of varying colors, wherein is healing for men: verily in this is a Sign for […]