The greatest gift a father can give his child is not wealth, status, education or even protection, but to help that child establish a direct and enduring relationship with God.
The Fable of the Good Father
Tag: Theism
God is in Control
The faithful servant places unwavering trust in his Creator, never succumbing to despair during tribulations, and remains hopeful for His all-encompassing Mercy. In times of calamity, the patient servant recognises that God has decreed it to be and He does whatever He Wills.
The Limitations of Language and Expressing the Inexpressible
Earthly man enclosed in the prison of his five senses needs the excessive character of hyperbolas to make him aware of such realities that can only be truly seen by the supersensory Eye of the Heart awakened by complete piety or death.
Man’s Fall from Monotheism
Islam best manifests the monotheistic simplicity. Sitting within man’s disposition, it is the logical conclusion of any sound mind, so rationally accessible that a child can understand and follow it, while simultaneously so profound that its meanings perpetually hold the greatest scholars and philosophers in wonderment and awe.
The Idolatry of the Modern Man (Part 3 of 3)
Gaza stands as the clearest manifestation in modern times of the stark contrast between truth and falsehood, and the failure of these international bodies to recognize this reality underscores the complete moral collapse of these pseudo-moralists who dare to draw arbitrary lines in the sand.
The Prison of Freedom and the Liberation of Responsibility
When man accepts his limitations, woman accepts her limitations. But when man gives himself delusions of grandeur, women follow suit. When man submits to God, woman accept the limited designated authority of her humble father and humble husband over her, when man rebels against God, woman rebels against her husband.
The Idolatry of the Modern Man (Part 2 of 3)
Idolatry on the other hand is the enslavement, entrapment and imprisonment of our soul to this temporary and transient world which suffocates and asphyxiates our immortal human soul.
The Idolatry of the Modern Man (Part 1 of 3)
Idolatry extends beyond the worship of statues or rulers. It encompasses the adoration of wealth, status, and popularity - false deities devoid of inherent power to bestow happiness or inflict harm.
Scholars Who Bravely Spoke Truth to the Sultans (Part 5)
Ibn Taymiyyah supplicated: "If (Ghazan) has risen for show and reputation, seeking worldly gains, and for his word to be the highest while humiliating Islām and its people, then seize him, shake him, destroy him and cut off his progeny." While Ghazan stood by and said Amin.
Scholars Who Bravely Spoke Truth to the Sultans (Part 4)
Sensing a responsibility to confront Caliph, al-Nasir regarding the excessive construction of al-Zahra (in Andalusia Spain), al-Munthir delivered a compelling sermon in the Grand Mosque. On that Friday, he ascended the pulpit with Al-Nasir present among the congregation and commenced his extraordinary Khutbah...