Man has been created as Allah’s vicegerent on earth. With his honourable mission, man signifies the climax and the epicenter of Allah’s act of creation and its divine purpose. As such, man elevates himself to the highest level in the hierarchy of life’s constituents.
Besides the tormenting agony that tore the heart of Prophet Jacob and young Joseph following their separation resulting from Joseph’s siblings’ evil plan, the love bond that tied the father and the son was itself a source of spiritual support throughout the journey of Joseph’s life. Still digging through the levels of meanings, morals,…
Located in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque is the largest mosque in the Gulf state and the eighth largest mosque in the world. It’s named after the late president HH Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al-Nahayan, who is considered the father of the UAE and now burried at…
Among the companions of the Prophet (PBUH), Bint Abu Bakr belonged to a very blessed and distinguished Muslim family. She was the daughter of Abu Bakr As-Siddiq, the Prophet’s closest companion and the first Muslim Caliph following the Prophet’s death. Asmaa, the elder sister of Aysha, the mother of all believers and the Prophet’s…
A person’s character and morals (akhlaq), coupled with his level of God-consciousness (taqwa), are his real legacy of which he will be either proud or ashamed on the Day of Judgment. A person’s refined character and morals (akhlaq), as well as a high level of God-consciousness (taqwa), denote the ultimate goal at which all the…
This post shall focus on another single virtue that runs through the heart of the most famous challenge faced by Prophet Joseph, perhaps the most difficult of all which he had to live through and exemplarily combat- Chastity it is! In the previous episodes we sketched a number of moral values that are…
Besides the tormenting agony that tore the heart of Prophet Jacob and young Joseph following their separation resulting from Joseph’s siblings’ evil plan, the love bond that tied the father and the son was itself a source of spiritual support throughout the journey of Joseph’s life. Still digging through the levels of meanings, morals,…
It’s Hajj time of the year, time for unique spiritual experience for Muslims in general, and those blessed to perform Hajj in particular. It’s time to reminisce on the events that took place in that Holy Land long years ago and involved the noble prophets and our pious Muslim predecessors. It’s…
He is Umar ibn Al Khattab, or Al Farooq (the distinguisher), and he was so called for his shrewdness and boldness in differentiating between the good and the evil, the truth and falsehood, defending the weak and fighting the oppressor regardless of his power, political and social status, or wealth. “If there be a…
Centuries ago, the Sufis, particularly poets, and primarily Mevlana Jalaluddin Mohamed Rumi, offered a universal interpretation of Love, placing it as the original seed of creation, a hidden power bringing all the elements of the Created Beings together, and keeping the cycle of life “alive”. Love does speak itself out, no matter how hard…
There may be times in our lives when we face intriguing hurdles that keep us glum, sullen and shackled with assumptions on how to pave our way to some better destiny. If you are a wise Muslim, with alert conscious and shrewd intuition, you should heed at such moments that the path being pursued is…
A proper Muslim character, one that abides by the Law of God and fears nobody but Him, started developing since the advent of the faith of Monotheism, at the hands of Prophets and Messengers sent down to earth by Almighty Allah, reaching its perfection in the form of the concluding Prophet, Muhammad (peace be upon…
Inherent in human beings is the concept of ego – the urge of regarding self as most important. The avid nature within that holds the ‘I’ as the priority. Recognition of the self is not something discouraged but rather promoted in Islam. Yet giving the self so much importance as to going to the extent…
Islam teaches that a good Muslim is one who always seeks to nurture himself with everything it needs for an efficient fulfillment of his role in life as God’s vicegerent on Earth, and the mind is surely one important constituent of the self, if not the most important after the heart, that needs to…
Whenever the subject of moral inappropriateness in our modern times is raised a debate over the disoriented conception of the “split” between Islamic attitude and good moral character immediately becomes the focus of the argument. Good morals have repeatedly been highlighted in the Quran and Sunnah as cornerstone for a true Muslim character, if not…
