THE ROLE OF THE HEART
In Islam, iman, that is faith, takes place through the affirmation of the heart and pronouncement of the tongue. What that means is that the true precinct where...
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06 June 2014
“The biggest threat facing humanity is divergence from faith, mindlessness of the Creator, a degeneration of manners and spiritual deprivation.”...
TO LIVE ONE’S FAITH WITH A PASSION
Faith is the light of the intellect, the polish of the consciousness and the harmony of the emotions in the heart. Passing happily from this temporary world...
FAITH AND WORSHIP
During the caliphate of Omar, a Muslim army was sent against the Romans in the Qaysariyye district of Damascus. Abdullah bin Huzafe was in that army. The...
DECLARATION OF FAITH AT THE LAST BREATH
Being able to say the Declaration of Faith that is, َ“There is no deity but Allah” (Kalimah-i-Tauhid) at one’s last breath is a great good fortune of...
WASTEFULNESS IN FAITH AND WORSHIP I
All the bounties that Our Lord has granted to His creatures are the apparent symbols of His compassion, mercy and love. These Divine bounties have been bestowed by the...
INTERVIEW WITH OSMAN NURİ TOPBAS ON SUFISM – I
Altinoluk: In your book, “From Faith (Iman) to Internalization of Faith (Ihsan),” you state that the Sufi path is very important in the life of a...
USWAT’UL-HASANAH The Quintessential Example
Among entire creation, it is only human beings who have been given the honor of taking a share from all the Divine Names of Allah,...
THE ELEVENTH YEAR OF HEGIRA
The first and last link in the chain of prophets, Muhammad Mustafa (pbuh), the Light of Being, a mercy to all worlds, was struck down...
THE TENTH YEAR OF HEGIRA
Adiy’s father was the illustrious Hatim Tai, a man from the Tayy tribe whose generosity had become legendary. Adiy, much like his father, was a...
THE NINTH YEAR OF HEGIRA
The Sword of Language The Blessed Prophet (pbuh) sent a small cavalry unit under the leadership of Uyaynah (r.a) to the Banu Tamim tribe, for...
THE EIGHTH YEAR OF HEGIRA
The Passing Away of Zaynab, the Daughter of the Blessed Prophet (pbuh) Zaynab (r.ha) never really recovered from the injury she received, when she was...
THE SEVENTH YEAR OF HEGIRA
Inviting Kings to Islam Following the Treaty of Hudaybiyah, the Blessed Prophet (pbuh), a rasul sent to entire humankind, began inviting all lands within reach,...
THE SIXTH YEAR OF HEGIRA
In line with a dream he saw, the Blessed Prophet (pbuh) invited the Believers to a journey to Kaabah for pilgrimage.[1] With a total of one-thousand-four-hundred[2] Companions...
THE FIFTH YEAR OF HEGIRA
Salman Farisi’s Acceptance of Islam and His Being Granted Freedom Salman Farisi, or the Persian, (r.a), formerly a slave of a Medinan Jew, recounts to...
THE FOURTH YEAR OF HEGIRA
The Blessed Prophet (pbuh) used to send teachers to neighboring tribes for the purpose of communicating and teaching Islam. Some of these teachers, however, became...
THE SECOND YEAR OF HEGIRA
The change of qibla was indeed a significant event. The invalidation of the previous qibla, which the Divine command entailed, was a matter suitable to cause a stir...
THE FIRST YEAR OF HEGIRA
Seven hundred years before, Tubba’ Abu Karib, one of the kings of Yemen, had come to Medina, known then as Yathrib. Finding out from Jewish scholars of...
On Society and Rulers
Allah Almighty provided His creatures with a great societal order of life appropriate to the traits of them all. Our Lord wished humans, whom He...
THE RIGHTLY-GUIDED CALIPHS Ali (r.a) 656-661
Hadrat Ali (r.a) has the privilege of being born in the precincts of the Ka`ba.[1] His family was very crowded, so from the age of...
THE RIGHTLY-GUIDED CALIPHS `Uthman (r.a) 644-656
Hadrat `Uthman (r.a), the third of the four caliphs, was a Companion who both served the Prophet and was his son-in-law twice over. He continued...
THE RIGHTLY-GUIDED CALIPHS `Umar (r.a) 634-644
Hadrat `Umar (r.a), was an exemplary Muslim in all his dealings, and he staunchly followed the glorious way of the Messenger of Allah. Before embracing...
THE RIGHTLY-GUIDED CALIPHS Abu Bakr (r.a) 632-634
Abu Bakr (r.a), who became the first caliph after the Prophet, associated himself fully with the Prophet by having great love for him and by...
WASTEFULNESS –1
All the gifts bestowed by our Lord upon His servants are evidences of His mercy, compassion and love. These divine offerings are sent by Allah...
To Live one’s faith with a passion
Faith is the light of the intellect, the polish of the consciousness and the harmony of the emotions in the heart. Passing happily from this...
The Blessing of a Pure Heart: Ikhlâs and Taqwâ-II
THE SECRET OF SALVATION Some verses of the Glorious Qur’ân begin with an oath in order to focus the audience’s attention on a subject of...
The Final Breath-An Untarnished Mirror
The last breath is like a clear polished mirror. Man will only be sure of his rank at the moment of his final exhalation; then his life`saccount will be displayed before his eyes and his heart. The last breath is like a clear polished mirror. Man will only be sure of his rank at the moment of his...
Remembering Allah
The Prophet Muhammad left behind him a life time of sublime memories borne out of his love and compassion for Allah, and migrated from this mortal world to the world of Truth....
Prepare For Your Last Breath
From the time of our birth until we die we continue a long the road with out realizing it. With every moment in time we...
THE HOLY MONTH OF RAMADAN AND FASTING
“The month of Ramadan in which was revealed the Qur’an, a guidance for mankind, and clear proofs of the guidance, and the Criterion (of right...