Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem: Have they never learned to think for themselves? God has not created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them without [an inner] truth and a term set [by Him]: and yet, behold, there are many people who stubbornly deny the truth that they are destined to meet their…Read more Teaching Our Children How To Think
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Don’t Be So Quick To Judge…
The Messenger of Allah, sallallahu `alaihi wa sallam, said, “Grab five things before five others: your youth before your old age, your health before your illness, your wealth before your poverty, your free-time before your preoccupation, and your life before your death.” [al-Hakim] The Prophet, sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam, said, “Lose no time to do…Read more Don’t Be So Quick To Judge…
The Golden Verses of Pythagoras
1. First worship the Immortal Gods, as they are established and ordained by the Law. 2. Reverence the Oath, and next the Heroes, full of goodness and light. 3. Honour likewise the Terrestrial Dæmons by rendering them the worship lawfully due to them. p. 2 4. Honour likewise thy parents, and those most nearly related…Read more The Golden Verses of Pythagoras
To That End, He Gives Man Hope.
"Pandora brought the jar with the evils and opened it. It was the gods' gift to man, on the outside a beautiful, enticing gift, called the "lucky jar." Then all the evils, those lively, winged beings, flew out of it. Since that time, they roam around and do harm to men by day and night.…Read more To That End, He Gives Man Hope.
Invite to the Way of your Lord with Wisdom
"Call them to the path of your Lord with wisdom and words of good advice; and reason with them in the best way possible. Your Lord surely knows who strays from His path, and He knows those who are guided the right way." ~ Holy Qur'an 16:125 (Ahmed Ali) Dawah is a very important aspect…Read more Invite to the Way of your Lord with Wisdom
An Apple A Day Keeps Jahiliyyah Away!
By Paul Salahuddin Armstrong Islam places great emphasis on learning and personal development. Muslims should always seek to learn and develop themselves, these were key qualities that made our forbears great scholars, scientists and philosophers, leaders in every field of human endeavour. When we again give learning, scientific and technological development central stage, we will…Read more An Apple A Day Keeps Jahiliyyah Away!
The Woodpecker on the Ark
By Paul Salahuddin Armstrong All the problems we face in our lives and the communities in which we live, originate in the perception that each of us is separate from everyone else and the environment in which we live. We identify only with ourself, distinguishing between the needs of "I" and those of others, without…Read more The Woodpecker on the Ark
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