I am sure reading the title of this article would have captured the attention of many readers. For many, the title alone might even be a compelling reason to carry on reading this article. Such is the...
Every person experiences occasions during his or her life time where he or she is suffering, struggling, worrying or mourning or is under pressure in some other way due to circumstances. In most cases...
“Measurement” is not always easy, especially if what is measured is intangible. How can we measure the degree of our tazkiyah (spiritual purification) in the path of God? It is easy to think that we a...
For some, the month of Ramadan is a month of refraining from eating and drinking between dawn and sunset. For some, it is the month of reading more of the Qur’an and saying more prayers and supplicati...
In the month of Ramadan, Fasting is an obligation imposed on Muslims by their religion. Muslims all over the world generally carry out this obligation with great fervour and enthusiasm. However, in ce...
Praying for others expresses our concern for them. It is our request to God to grant our wish in favour of someone. Obviously, the wish may or may not be granted depending upon God’s grand scheme and...
More often than not, our attention and concentration in our prayers are compromised. We seldom derive the optimum benefit of the prayer because we are not able to focus on the prayer. It has become a...
Praying for others expresses our concern for them. It is our request to God to grant our wish in favour of someone. Obviously, the wish may or may not be granted depending upon God’s grand scheme and...
“Measurement” is not always easy, especially if what is measured is intangible. How can we measure the degree of our tazkiyah (spiritual purification) in the path of God? It is easy to think that we a...
We all face situations in our life where we need to pray for ourselves or those who we care about. At times, we feel that our prayer has been answered. At others, we feel it has not been answered. Som...
We have become a slave to our routines. It is a mechanical life plan that we generally tend to follow. Even praying to God at the appointed times has become a thoughtless process and does not bring th...
The Construction of the Centre of Oneness of God and the Prayer of Abraham (sws) Abraham (sws) is the prophet of God whose iron determination, strength of character, willingness to sacrifice everythin...
In the religion of Abraham (sws), the rituals of hajj and ‘umrah are the pinnacle of worship. Their history begins with the proclamation made by Abraham (sws) after building the House of God that peop...
An important requirement of religion is that its followers should also continue to urge others to adopt it. It is this requirement of religion for which the terms da‘wah (preaching) and tablīgh (propa...
The most important worship ritual of Islam is the prayer. A little deliberation shows that the essence of religion is comprehension of God and, with emotions of fear and love, an expression of humilit...
Preface Luleå is a city in the North of Sweden. During the month of June, there are days in Luleå when the dawn time is 00:51 AM and the sunset is 11:43 PM. When the month of Ramadān falls in June, th...
In the month of Ramadān, Fasting is an obligation imposed on Muslims by their religion. Muslims all over the world generally carry out this obligation with great fervour and enthusiasm. However, in ce...
For some, the month of Ramadān is a month of refraining from eating and drinking between dawn and sunset. For some, it is the month of reading more of the Qur’ān and saying more prayers and supplicati...
After the prayer and zakāh, the fast is the next important worship ritual of Islam. In the Arabic language, the word used for it is صَوْم (sawm), which literally means “to abstain from something” and...
Mosques have a compelling influence in the Muslim society. Considering this extraordinary importance of the Mosque pulpit, the Prophet (sws) set the rule that none other than the heads of the state an...
