by Farhia Yahya | Jun 1, 2020 | Featured, Quranic Reflections
“And We will surely test you with something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth and lives and fruits, but give good tidings to the patient.” [2: 155] Loss. A dark and bitter time that many of us have passed through and miraculously pulled through. Loss of wealth... by Kamil Ahmad | May 26, 2020 | Featured, Quranic Reflections
The age we live in today is an age of trial and tribulation, especially for the Muslims living in the non-Muslim societies of the West. You find many of them trying to strike a balance between their Islamic and Western identities. You find that when Islam is attacked... by Farhia Yahya | May 25, 2020 | Featured, Quranic Reflections
“…Call upon your Lord to bring forth for us from the earth its green herbs and its cucumbers and its garlic and its lentils and its onions.” [Moses] said, “Would you exchange what is better for what is less?” [2: 61] How many times has the world dazzled us so we... by Kamil Ahmad | Apr 15, 2020 | Featured, Quranic Reflections
The diseases of the hearts transmit just like the diseases of bodies, so be careful of sitting with those who possess them: { وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَ الَّذِينَ يَخُوضُونَ فِي آيَاتِنَا فَأَعْرِضْ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يَخُوضُوا فِي حَدِيثٍ غَيْرِهِ } “And when you come across... by Kamil Ahmad | Apr 15, 2020 | Featured, Quranic Reflections
Allah does not punish a society due to its sins as long as it confesses and seeks forgiveness. But when sins become legalized, seeking forgiveness becomes absent and the punishment arrives: { وَمَا كَانَ اللَّهُ مُعَذِّبَهُمْ وَهُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ } “And Allah would... by Kamil Ahmad | Apr 15, 2020 | Featured, Quranic Reflections
When Allah’s punishment befalls, it is not avoided by trying to find away around it, but rather by removing the causes of its occurrence; for there is no fleeing from His punishment: { قَالَ سَآوِي إِلَىٰ جَبَلٍ يَعْصِمُنِي مِنَ الْمَاءِ ۚ قَالَ لَا عَاصِمَ الْيَوْمَ...