Category: Essentials of Deen

How to become a person of Allah

How to become a person of Allah

Mention of the people in Quran. Allah ordered people to become “Rabbani”. كُونُوا رَبَّانِيِّينَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تُعَلِّمُونَ الْكِتَابَ وَبِمَا كُنتُمْ تَدْرُسُونَ ﴿٧٩ “Be pious scholars of the Lord because of what you have taught of the Scripture and because of what you have studied.” Aal-e Imran:79 When a person takes a path of ilm for themselves, the intention behind that […]

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Striving to become people of Effort

Striving to become people of Effort

وَالَّذِينَ آَمَنُوا أَشَدُّ حُبًّا لِلَّهِ [2:165] But those who believe are stronger in their love for Allah. Allah Almighty has given every human being an emotional aspect and everything that we have; our spiritual self, our intellectual self, our emotional self, has to be used to draw us closer to Allah Almighty. Last week I talked about this mujahida of striving; making […]

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Retaining the Blessings of Sohbah

Retaining the Blessings of Sohbah

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ دَسَّاهَا He has succeeded who purifies it, and he has failed who instils it (with corruption) [Surah Al-Shams 91:9-10] Tazkiya means to purify oneself. Allah Almighty sent the Quran and the Prophet (Peace and Blessings be upon Him), so that we may become pure enough to get access to the Paradise, to become […]

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