FROM BOOKS
Anxiety and preparation for death and the afterlife
13 June 2009
When a person looks at the order of the universe with the eye of discernment he realises that the issue that he should b...
Zikrullah and Salawat-i Sharifa
13 June 2009
The Arabic word for the human being, ‘insan’, is thought by some to come from the same root word as ‘nisyan’ which means...
To be familiar with the Holy Qur’an
12 June 2009
The Holy Qur’an is a teacher of guidance that shows us the true path. It is mercy for the believers, and a cure for the...
Humility and deep reverence (khushu)
11 June 2009
Khushu indicates the state of the heart being filled with the love and fear of Allah and the limbs finding peace and tra...
Prayer and Supplication
10 June 2009
When the slave comes face to face with Allah’s greatness and majesty, he must admit to his own weakness. He then seeks H...
Night Worship
09 June 2009
It is an indescribable source of pleasure for the servant to be together with Almighty Allah in the depths of the night....
Praying in Congregation
09 June 2009
Social training is one of the most important principles of Islam. And the first lesson for the Muslim starts with prayin...
Supererogatory [optional] worship
08 June 2009
Supererogatory worship reinforces the obligatory and is a means for the servant to approach Allah. As part of the nature...
Fastidiousness in worship
07 June 2009
This universe is like an eternal handiwork of The Divine in which He has embroidered His Greatness and Power. At the cen...
Obedience to the commands of Allah and His Messenger
06 June 2009
The spiritual degree of a believer is in accordance with the degree to which they obey the commands of Allah and His Mes...
Tawba and Istigfar
05 June 2009
The human being has a tendency to incline towards sin when it is defeated by the desires of its nafs and when it loses t...
Taqwa (Piety and God-consciousness)
04 June 2009
Taqwa means protecting the heart from anything other than Allah or anything that distances one from Allah so that the he...
Sincerity
03 June 2009
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: “Actions are according to their intentions” (Bukhari, Faith, 41; Muslim, Imare, 155)...
Prayer and Supplication
03 June 2009
When the slave comes face to face with Allah’s greatness and majesty, he must admit to his own weakness. He then seeks H...
To Live one’s faith with a passion
01 June 2009
Faith is the light of the intellect, the polish of the consciousness and the harmony of the emotions in the heart. Passi...