Knowing Allah through His beautiful names 4 – Al Ghani, Al Noor, Al Haadi, Al Wahab, Al Kareem

The first principle of Islam is monotheism – to know Allah Almighty, His attributes, His beautiful names and so on and to this end we ...

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Truth vs Falsehood

Surat Ghafir contains part of the story of Musa and Firaun. This is the most repeated story in the Quran, and when you read it ...

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Why do we need good deeds if entry to Jannah is by Allah’s mercy?

One of the ayahs in Surat Az-Zumar is: ‘Every soul will be rewarded according to their actions.’ [39:70] Nothing is wasted, everything is written and ...

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Jannah and Jahannam are choices

The word Zumar, from Surat Az-Zumar means ‘the crowds’, because Allah Almighty talks about two groups in this surah. ‘Those who disbelieved will be driven ...

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Becoming closer to Allah

In Surat Az-Zumar, Allah Almighty talks about those who do qiyam (voluntary night prayers) and supplicate to Allah, and how they are not equal to ...

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How to turn an ordinary fast, into a super-fast

The aim of fasting is to achieve righteousness Allah Almighty said in Surat al Baqarah: يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ كُتِبَ عَلَيۡكُمُ ٱلصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ...

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What is the connection between closeness to Allah, excellence and fasting?

They ask you… My reflection today is on a very beautiful ayah among the 5 verses on fasting in the Quran which are found in ...

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Don’t judge based on one side of a story

In the story of Prophet Dawud (peace be upon him), Allah is highlighting the scene from his life, when two people came to him wanting ...

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Could you sacrifice what you love most for Allah?

Tonight we continued with Surat as-Saffat, and we recited many stories in this surah. One of these is part of the story of Ibrahim. About ...

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All oppression will come to an end one day

Alhamdulillah we are lucky enough to witness another Ramadan. May Allah have mercy on those whom we have lost, who can’t witness Ramadan with us. ...

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