SarimBlog aims to provide a fresh narrative on classical and contemporary issues, showing how Islam challenges and compels and is both obvious and remarkable.
During this period, God sent his final messenger, Muhammad sala Allahu ‘alayhi wasalam to renew his covenant, revive what had been lost and salvage humanity as a whole from the calamitous decay of Christian (and Jewish) theology. The Qur’an would serve as God’s Final Testament to clarify and to preside over all that had been revealed before, while confirming the fragmentary truths that continued to exist.
The fear of aging is rooted in the irreversible loss of cognitive and physical abilities when one is, as the Qur’ān says, “left to reach the feeblest stage of life” and begins to “know nothing after having known much”. Old age overtly proclaims the nearing of man's departure that he spent much of his life trying to subdue...
When one reflects upon the life of Ibrahīm, one witnesses the essence of submission. He submitted to Allāh by turning away from his pagan people, by leaving his son in the desert, and by obeying the command to sacrifice his son. Therefore, it is only fitting that prophet Ibrahīm is the one who bestowed upon believers the name "the ones who submit" (Muslims)...
There arises an urgent need to elucidate the true essence of God, the Almighty. This narrative must cater to minds burdened by naturalistic philosophies that have hindered mankind's understanding of their Creator in various ways. It must address distorted narratives and resonate with the modern individual trapped in the shackles of materialistic pursuits...
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).
By modern man undermining the divinely prohibited towards himself and others in the name of 'Liberalism' or to do as one pleases, away from divine regulation, he inherently becomes doubtful that others possess 'red lines' or hold any sense of duty towards him.
Atheism denies everything. It even denies the existence of any logical postulation, so it contradicts the postulations of Atheists themselves.
The firmer one's recollection and desire for sound accountability after death, the better is their behaviour prior to that accountability. In other words, cognisance (Īmān) of the Hereafter is inextricably linked to ethics (Akhlāq)...
The next time you throw down your carpet in a parking lot, remember that you, as person about to fall prostrate in Sujud are part of that universal, harmonious symphony of creation the Creator intended...
Leavers of Islām should know full well that they leave behind nothing but a purer base, a surer assembly, and a firmer, better bonded core, ready to weather whatever dreary day or turn of fortune awaits ahead...
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