Category: General Lessons

The Harm Principle

The Harm Principle

  Taken from here “Shaytan used rationality to refuse prostrating to Adam عليه السلام. His argument was: He is created from the elements of earth, I was created from the elements of fire. Therefore, I am better than him, therefore, it was incorrect to ask me to do sajdah. Therefore my refusal to do sajdah was not a sin. We do this same […]

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Being an Ameen

Being an Ameen

  إِنَّا عَرَضْنَا الْأَمَانَةَ عَلَى السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَالْجِبَالِ فَأَبَيْنَ أَنْ يَحْمِلْنَهَا وَأَشْفَقْنَ مِنْهَا وَحَمَلَهَا الْإِنْسَانُ إِنَّهُ كَانَ ظَلُومًا جَهُولً [33:72] Indeed we offered the trust to the heavens and the earth and mountains , and they declined to bear it and feared it; but man undertook to bear it. Indeed, he was unjust and ignorant. All of these bounties and […]

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Maximizing Rizq

Maximizing Rizq

  وَلَوْ بَسَطَ اللَّهُ الرِّزْقَ لِعِبَادِهِ لَبَغَوْا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَكِنْ يُنَزِّلُ بِقَدَرٍ مَا يَشَاءُ إِنَّهُ بِعِبَادِهِ خَبِيرٌ بَصِيرٌ And if Allah had extended [excessively] provision for His servants, they would have committed tyranny throughout the earth. But He sends [it] down in an amount which He wills. Indeed He is, of His servants, Acquainted and Seeing. Surah Ash-Shura[42:27] Rasool Allah […]

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