"...My Lord! Increase me in knowledge." ~ Holy Qur'an 20:114 "Thus does (He) inspire you, as (He inspired) those before you, God Exalted in Power full of Wisdom." ~ Holy Qur'an 42:3 "When you grow up you tend to get told the world is the way it is and your life is just to live…Read more The Vision of Steve Jobs
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Successful relationships
"A thousand half-loves must be forsaken to take one whole heart home." ~ Sheikh Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi "You shall encourage those of you who are single to get married. They may marry the righteous among your male and female servants, if they are poor. GOD will enrich them from His grace. GOD is Bounteous,…Read more Successful relationships
We Strongly Protest the Genocide in Quetta!
Bism'Allah al Rahman al Raheem: "Because of this did We ordain unto the children of Israel that if anyone slays a human being - unless it be [in punishment] for murder or for spreading corruption on earth - it shall be as though he had slain all mankind; whereas, if anyone saves a life, it…Read more We Strongly Protest the Genocide in Quetta!
It Is Harmful to Focus your Attention only on the Extremes
"The fools among the people will say, 'What has turned them from the direction they were facing in their prayers aforetime?' Say: 'To God belong the East and the West; He guides whomsoever He will to a straight path.' Thus We appointed you a midmost nation that you might be witnesses to the people, and…Read more It Is Harmful to Focus your Attention only on the Extremes
Only Allah SWT knows our final destination…
By Paul Salahuddin Armstrong "...IF My servants ask thee about Me - behold, I am near; I respond to the call of him who calls, whenever he calls unto Me: let them, then, respond unto Me, and believe in Me, so that they might follow the right way." ~ Holy Qur'an 2:186 (M. Asad) Allah…Read more Only Allah SWT knows our final destination…
Don’t Just Say “Insha Allah”, Make It So!
By Paul Salahuddin Armstrong As Muslims, it is our custom to say "insha Allah" (God willing) whenever we agree to do something. The sad thing is, many brothers and sisters today, just say "insha Allah" even if they have no intention whatsoever, of doing that which they are agreeing to do. If you really are…Read more Don’t Just Say “Insha Allah”, Make It So!
2013, a Year Specially Blessed by Allah?
"Verily, in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and in the succession of night and day, there are indeed messages for all who are endowed with insight, [and] who remember God when they stand, and when they sit, and when they lie down to sleep and [thus] reflect on the creation of the heavens…Read more 2013, a Year Specially Blessed by Allah?
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