What Will You Worship After Me? Jacob’s Last Question

A clay lamp lights a woven sleeping mat in an ancient home.

At the bedside of the man whose name a nation would carry, his sons had to answer a question their ancestry could never answer for them.

Do Not Say ‘Uff’ to Them

An older person's hands resting together in their lap.

If one is ready to dishonour their parents, who are the selfless providers, the care-takers, the protectors and the obeyed authority in one's life, he is correspondingly ready to dishonour the Creator, Who is the Ultimate Provider (al Razāq), the Ultimate Care-Taker (al Raqīb), the Ultimate Protector (al Muhaymin) and the Ultimate Authority (al Waliy).