by Kamil Ahmad | Apr 13, 2020 | Featured, Quranic Reflections
The love of Allah is something that every Muslim strives to attain, it is the station that the pious would compete against one another to reach. It’s easy for one to claim that he loves Allah, but how many can claim that Allah loves them? It is reported by Anas bin... by Kamil Ahmad | Apr 13, 2020 | Featured, Quranic Reflections
A common disease that we find among many Muslims today is the disease of Al-Ghaflah. Al-Ghaflah is the Arabic word for heedlessness or negligence, in the Islamic context it is the sin of forgetting Allah and the purpose behind one’s existence and one’s duty to Allah,... by Tom Facchine | Apr 1, 2020 | Featured, Quranic Reflections
Ideally, Muslim community life with non-Muslims will demonstrate two principle benefits: 1. Non-Muslims will see the beauty of Islam and be drawn to it. 2. Muslims will see the repulsiveness attendant to other belief systems and will be repelled from it. Indeed, Omar... by Tom Facchine | Apr 1, 2020 | Featured, Quranic Reflections
Sincerity is to our prayers as the soul is to our bodies. Without it, all we have is a lifeless shell. (Adapted from Abi Abdillah Muhammad ibn Abd Al-Rahman Al-Bukhari's Mahasin al-Islam) by Tom Facchine | Apr 1, 2020 | Featured, Quranic Reflections
Shaykh Abdallah often says that one of the reasons for the weakness of the general Muslims, students, and even scholars today is because of their weakness in the Arabic language. He lamented how beginning students are taught to fear Arabic grammar and how often times... by Tom Facchine | Apr 1, 2020 | Featured, Quranic Reflections
“Indeed, We have sent down to you the Book, [O Muhammad], in truth. So worship Allah, [being] sincere to Him in religion.” (39:2) At this point Shaykh Abdallah delivered to us the blunt truth: This religion is all we have. What your fathers did is nothing....