Life Lessons About Death
Posted by Mehreen - 07/26/08 at 08:07 amToday’s jumuah khutbah dropped a realization upon my soul that nearly brought me to tears. While talking about death, the khateeb reminded us that this life is nothing compared to the hereafter, and that as a congregation we need to work on to achieving our greatest goal -
pleasing Allah and being granted Jannah. Something that he had said that really stuck in my mind was, “real Taqwa is to be able to be prepared to leave this world by the will of Allah at any time.” During the salat, he recited Surah Takathur, further reminding us to be heedful of what we do in this life so that we are able to make it to Jannah in the next. Subhan Allah, the topic he had chosen would prove to fit the day very well.
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Is Your Heart Thirsty? Drink From The Qur’an
Posted by AbdelRahman - 04/10/08 at 09:04 pm
Okay so the title to this post sounds way smoother in Arabic. While we may stand in prayer and do our best to concentrate, there’s no way around the fact that it is hard to develop efficient concentration and focus on Allah without knowing the meaning of the words you are reciting, or are hearing the imam recite. Below is an excerpt from the Qur’an being recited. Underneath the clip is the translation, written in the plainest of English that I could find.
The part after Surat al-Fatiha is the ending of Surah Yasîn (chapter 36), verses 77-83. Click the play button to hear the clip, and read along with the amazingly beautiful recitation masha Allah.
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Every Son Of Adam Is A Sinner
Posted by AbdelRahman - 04/02/08 at 01:04 am
While going through the daily grind, living out our lives day in and day out, there is absolutely no doubt that we do things that we regret. It can be anything from forgetting to lower our gaze, to backbiting about another person, to talking back to our parents - the opportunities to sin are endless.
With all of these evil instances guaranteed to happen to us at one point or another, is their any point to go on? It seems as if we’re just set up to fail. If you’ve ever felt distressed or depressed about the transgressions of your soul, Allah has got answers for you that you will not want to miss.
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Fitting The Mold
Posted by AbdelRahman - 06/06/07 at 06:06 pmHow to become one of Allah[swt]s finest, as explained by Him
Alhamdulilah, in the last post we covered the fact that we have the final say before doing an action. Allah[swt] gave us the power to either give in to temptation, or to stomp on our shaytaans dreams by remaining righteous and going closer to Allah[swt].Aside from the last post, this is simply put and reaffirmed once again in Surat al-Israa, ayah 65, when Allah[swt] says to Shaytaan: Continue reading Fitting The Mold
It’s On Us
Posted by AbdelRahman - 06/06/07 at 05:06 pm“Do not bring your excuses this day!”
So we were doing tafseer of Surat Qaf last night, ayah 27.
“His companion will say ‘Our Rabb! I did not mislead him. He himself has gone far astray.’”
We were discussing the concept of sinning; what leads us to do it, and whether or not people are correct when they say “Shaytaan made me do it.” ‘Companion’ here is the arabic word qareenuhoo. This companion is not a friend or an angel. This companion is the shaytaan companion that every human has with them, the workers of the big Shaytaan (note the capital S). These shaytaan are the ones that whisper to us to try to convince us to sin, and tempts us to do things that we shouldn’t. Everyone has a qareenuhoo that is evil except Muhammad[saw] - he converted his to Islam. Continue reading It’s On Us
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