Interest Rather than Honesty and Sincerity

Interest Rather than Honesty and Sincerity

People who are ignorant assume a self-sacrificing attitude towards their friends only when they ...

The Temporary Nature of Life

The Temporary Nature of Life

While the believer also enjoys those blessings that are described as the pleasures of this worl ...

Striving for God Consciousness / Taqwa in Ramadan

Striving for God Consciousness / Taqwa in Ramadan

Fasting the month of Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam. These are the foundation upon ...

A Life of Trouble and Anguish

A Life of Trouble and Anguish

This is exactly what befalls the ignorant as a result of their own preferences. However, no mat ...

Ahmed Ibn Taimiyyah: The Tortured Scholar

Ahmed Ibn Taimiyyah: The Tortured Scholar

Ibn Taimiyyah (May Allah have mercy upon him), had a difficult life full of continuous trials, ...

Conversion Story of Idris from Kent

Conversion Story of Idris from Kent

I remember receiving my first essay title… “Was Muhammad a greater prophet or statesman?”. I th ...

The Resurrection of Man

The Resurrection of Man

The resurrection is a re-creation of life after death. Death is not the cessation of existence. ...

Is Taqwa Simply Fear?

Is Taqwa Simply Fear?

God-consciousness is the core of taqwa because God-consciousness is acknowledging, feeling, and ...

Sin and Repentance in Islam

Sin and Repentance in Islam

However, like all others, this trick of Satan's is a feeble one. The fact that someone committe ...

Earth as an Exhibition of God’s Art

Earth as an Exhibition of God’s Art

It was during this period, at the age of 21, Badiuzzaman read a news article reporting that Bri ...

Martin: A White Brit of Irish Ancestry

Martin: A White Brit of Irish Ancestry

Yet all the Muslims I could find would use excessive amounts of Arabic or Urdu in explaining th ...

Preparations for the Month of Ramadan

Preparations for the Month of Ramadan

Cleaning out the closet feels great. You go through all of your stuff, throw away whatever you ...