"The great Syrian scholar Abu Sulayman ad-Darani once said: "I walk out of my home, and my eyesight doesn't fall on anything around me except that I see in it either a blessing from Allah or a warning from Him."This week's edition of Time magazine briefly highlights one such sign. The heading reads 'The Big Chill - The polar vortex left its mark, f...
A Guide for
New Muslims and is one of his best introductions to Islam yet. The
collection is also of benefit to those who are looking to revert to
Islam, as well as those who are looking for valuable Dawah materials.
Br. Jamaal Zarabozo offers his insight and practical guidance to those
entering Islam, and answers many frequently asked qu...
The believer is like a tree, always at war with the wind. To survive the wind, the tree must possess certain qualities. For example, its seed must be planted in fertile soil that allows it to grow strong. This is described in the Qur'an: {"Muhammad is the Messenger of God, and those with him ... their description in the Gos...
Despite the complexity of this problem, research in cognitive
psychology has become familiar with many secrets of human internal intellectual
and mental activities and their precise relation with language. With the help of
modern computer, it has been possible to set up simplified programs to clarify
some of the methods followed by the human mi...
Follow us we'll show you a straight path and show you some matters which will prove that the Quran is God's word: FIRST - Because it is the pinnacle of linguistic perfection. The Arabs [of Jahiliyyah] were not accustomed to its form. Their linguistic abilities were hindered by the fact that its exp...
The day Islam gave a new concept of values and standards to mankind and showed the way to learn these values and standards, it also provided it with a new concept of human relationships. Islam came to return man to his Sustainer and to make His guidance the only source from which values and standards are to be obtained, as H...
Throughout human history, Allah [s.w.t] sent
numerous prophets to different parts of the world and to all its different
nations. Prophets were chosen from amongst the people and were no different in
physical make-up to any other human being. All prophets in essence carried the
message of tawheed whilst some messengers were given additional ...
Sabr is an Arabic word which comes from a root meaning to detain, refrain and stop.
There is expression in Arabic, "so-and-so was killed sabran", which
means that he was captured and detained until he died. In the spiritual
sense, patience means to stop ourselves from despairing and panicking,
to stop our tongues from complaining, and to st...
Religious scholars have long attributed the tenets of Christian faith more to Paul's teachings than to those of Jesus. But as much as I would like to jump into that subject, I think it best to back up and take a quick, speculative look at the Old Testament. ...
Prior to 500 CE and hence before the establishment of Islam, Arab seafarers had established trade relations with the "Middle Kingdom" (China). Arab ships bravely set off from Basra at the tip of the Arabian Gulf and also from the town of Qays (Siraf) in the Persian Gulf. They sailed the Indian Ocean passing Sarandip (Sri Lan...
