Who are God’s Friends?
Who, then, are God’s friends? The friends of God are those fortunate ones who have mastered the exoteric and esoteric on the path of Sufism,...
taqwa
Today, We are in an Age of Ignorance Where a Worldly Life Devoid of (Any Consideration of) The Hereafter Is Aspired To
To begin with, there must be ‘knowledge’. Knowledge – to be able to know Allah Almighty. Secondly, there needs to be ‘deeds’. Our deeds are...
Taqwa (Piety and God-consciousness)
Taqwa means protecting the heart from anything other than Allah or anything that distances one from Allah so that the heart becomes a mirror of...
The Blessing of a Pure Heart: Ikhlâs and Taqwâ -IV
TAQWÂ IN SINCERITY (IKHLÂS): Ikhlâs is a necessary prerequisite for good deeds and actions to be accepted by Allah. Ikhlâs is that these actions are...
The Blessing of a Pure Heart: Ikhlâs and Taqwâ -III
TAQWÂ IN CONTENTMENT (RIDÂ) Situations and incidents occur in four forms: those which are good and those which are evil. 1 –People who are good...
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 Blessing of a Pure Heart: Ikhlâs and Taqwâ-I
A LIFE OF TRIAL From among the many millions of living creatures that exist, it was man that Allah chose as the representation of beauty...