Another Name belonging to Allaah is Al-`Afoo (the Pardoner). In the last ten nights of Ramadaan, the Messenger ﷺ taught `Aai`shah (radiyallaahu `anha) to say: اللهم إنك عفو كريم تحب العفو فاعف عني O Allaah! You are `Afoo (Pardoner), You love to Pardon, so Pardon me.(1) So Allaah is the Pardoner, the One who excuses people. How is His Pardoning of the people different […]
Understanding Islaam.
[1] The deen (religion) of Islaam: It is the way of life that Allaah sent the Prophet Muhammad sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam with. By it, Allaah terminated the validity of all other religions, perfected this religion for His worshippers, completed His favour upon them and has chosen only this religion for them – no other religion […]
Sûrat Al-Mumtahanah (The Woman to be examined) LX.
In the Name of Allâh, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful 1. O you who believe! Take not My enemies and your enemies (i.e. disbelievers and polytheists) as friends, showing affection towards them, while they have disbelieved in what has come to you of the truth (i.e. Islâmic Monotheism, this Qur’ân, and Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم), […]
How you Live…..is how you Die.
‘To tell the truth, he looked like he was staring into the eyes of death’ A police officer in a Muslim country wrote the following letter to a Shaykh describing the events that led to his return to Allah. He recalls: Seeing accidents and crash victims was a normal part of my day, but one […]
Sûrat Al-Ghâshiyah (The Overwhelming) LXXXVIII.
In the Name of Allâh, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful 1. Has there come to you the narration of the overwhelming (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)? 2. Some faces, that Day will be humiliated (in the Hell-fire, i.e. the faces of all disbelievers, Jews and Christians).[1] 3. Labouring (hard in the worldly life by worshipping others besides […]
Signs in the Heaven and the Earth.
Assume that you set up a big city by bringing millions of Legos together. Let there be in this city skyscrapers, twisting roads, railway stations, airports, shopping malls, subways and also rivers, lakes, forests and a beach. Let there also be living in it thousands of people wandering in its streets, sitting in their homes […]
Sûrat Al-Mulk (Dominion) LXVII.
In the Name of Allâh, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful 1. Blessed be He in Whose Hand is the dominion; and He is Able to do all things. 2. Who has created death and life that He may test you which of you is best in deed.[1] And He is the All-Mighty, the Oft-Forgiving; 3. Who has created […]
Sûrat Az-Zalzalah (The Earthquake) XCIX.
In the Name of Allâh, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful 1. When the earth is shaken with its (final) earthquake. 2. And when the earth throws out its burdens. 3. And man will say: “What is the matter with it?” 4. That Day it will declare its information (about all that happened over it of good […]