27 March 2018
It would not be right to compare ourselves to society’s ignorant and heedless in the matter of service and endeavour in the way of Allah....
Osman Nuri Topbas
26 March 2018
Of the 120,000 Companions who were present during the Farewell Pilgrimage, only 20,000 lay buried in their own lands. The greater majority died, but breathed...
25 March 2018
Mawlana Jalal al-Din al-Rumi says: “‘What is religion?’ my mind asked my heart. Whispering to my mind’s ear, my heart said, ‘Religion is noble conduct.'”...
24 March 2018
In our day, Islam is being attacked from all sides. Islam is facing such attack by virtue of its being the sole religion which reminds...
23 March 2018
Allah has given the human being two ears and one mouth. This means that one should not speak without first listening and trying to understand....
22 March 2018
Sufism is the art of forgetting grievance. It is the means of acquiring His good pleasure and approval through resignation to His every determination, bitter...
21 March 2018
A believer who loves Allah will be subjected to many trials in their lives, to test the sincerity in their affection, in the same way...
20 March 2018
In this realm of trial, every product has its own market. A servant who seeks happiness should avoid wandering through the markets of misery and...
19 March 2018
The sun of eternal happiness can only rise on the spiritual horizon of those who lead their lives in the light of Divine revelation, in...
18 March 2018
The passing rosiness of worldly life is the precursor of a pallid end, and its heedless laughter, the omen of Hellfire’s crackling....
17 March 2018
It is certain that a dark night of the worldly life deprived of the light of belief and acts of worship, and spent in all...
16 March 2018
The worst heedlessness is a person’s possessing a spiritually lifeless heart and not even being aware of it....
15 March 2018
All of us will see in the Hereafter what we have done in this world. What we will reap in the Hereafter tomorrow can only...
14 March 2018
Funerals pass us by constantly on the street. Human beings should take lesson from the millions of people who are buried beneath the earth. They...
13 March 2018
Dominion belongs to Allah. It has been given to the servant as a trust. The believer has come to this world not to take possession...
12 March 2018
On the Day of Resurrection, other beings will be raised up along with human beings, and will seek retribution for the rights that were violated...
11 March 2018
Human spirituality and carnality are like opposite ends of a balance. When one end becomes lighter, the other weighs heavy. Hearts cannot attain eternal pleasures...
10 March 2018
The most fortunate of people are those who can render their hearts a spiritual meeting place in the climate of the Qur’an and the Sunna,...
9 March 2018
Every sincere service and endeavour undertaken purely for the sake of earning Divine approval, and far from any thought of self-interest, is an expression in...
8 March 2018
In this world, the poor are in need of the wealthy, while in the Hereafter, the wealthy will be in much more need of the...
7 March 2018
A believer who aspires to attaining the good pleasure and approval of their Lord must first be pleased with God’s determination for them....
6 March 2018
Patience is required, until one’s last breath, in times of affluence and poverty, in the endeavour to earn rewards and in avoiding sin. For, all...
5 March 2018
A believer must forget complaint even at the first moment of trial, when all afflictions and tribulations strike with all their might. They must consider...
4 March 2018
Some properties are referred to as timeshare properties. However, when considered from the perspective of belief, all transitory properties are in fact timeshare properties....
3 March 2018
Selfish and uncaring indifference to the suffering of others can in no way reflect the scope of a Muslim’s conscience....
2 March 2018
Allah Almighty gives to whoever He wills in abundance, and to whoever He wills, sparingly. But He holds everyone accountable relative to the bounties He...
1 March 2018
Every blessing that the servant converts into capital for carnality is in reality not a blessing, but a spiritual affliction that will turn their otherworldly...
28 February 2018
When one can offer thanks to Allah for His countless blessings and strive to earn His good pleasure and approval, what great ingratitude it is...
27 February 2018
Every blessing for which thanks is not given and which leads a person to heedlessness has in fact ceased to be a blessing, and has...
26 February 2018
There is no turning away of the needy in Islam. One who is not able to give anything must at the very least offer comfort...