...in such a poor and ridiculous state that people did things that would disgust even animals and committed all kinds of mean deeds though they seemed to be human beings....
...Allah.” When he found out why the commander of Ghatafans had come, he addressed the Prophet respectfully, “O Messenger of Allah! If this is an order from Allah Almighty, fulfill...
...felt for God and His Messenger, a drunk suddenly shook himself free and attained companionship of the Prophet. In another example, with the smallest of Divine favors, a bloody murderer...
...their self-sacrifice can be a means of happiness and salvation for many people. The Companions, who are the starry figures of humanity, were always a guide to happiness. They endured...
...million miles a day). Our attention also is drawn to the fact that when the sun finishes its appointed task, it will abide by a command and come to rest....
...yearn for an eternal world.” The spirit needs our body. The spirit, a non-compound entity issuing from the world of Divine Commands, must use material means to be manifested and...
...or validity of their religious acts. For example: Did I perform my prayer correctly? Did I wash hands or face completely while performing the ritual ablution? How many times did...
For example, clear water there might correspond to knowledge here. If you see your own waste matter, it may be interpreted to mean that you will earn money in lawful...
In Relation to Divine Knowledge. God is completely beyond our abilities of comparison and conception, and so we can acquire only some knowledge of His Attributes and Names, not of...
...this effacement and confirmation, we frequently witness it in our lives. For example, one day we leave home with the intention of going to a place where sins are freely...
...human free choice. Our history is full of examples that show how this principle has been implemented in life. Of course there are and should be occasions where war is...
...freed them by paying the money necessary for their freedom to their owners. Thus, they virtually received the first reward of their patience in the world; they attained freedom in...
...is free of change. ▪The well-known hadīth, “Renew your faith by declaring lā ilāha illa’llāh (There is no deity but God)!”(Al-‘Ajlūnī, Kashfu’l-Khafā, 1/332; Musnad Ahmad, 2/359.) can be fully comprehended...
...and be free of the fear of loneliness in either world. Only those who do not use their reason or who have succumbed to plain stupidity and desires of the...
...certain that this freedom has boundaries. We do not have the prerogative to do anything we want; if we had such freedom this would violate the freedoms of others. The...
...away, I asked a man from the Ansar, ‘Come, I want to go and learn from the Companions of the Prophet because there are many here now.’ The man replied,...
...Ramadan. Every Ramadan, this community, together with the members of the Islamic society at this collage, provide an excellent example about genuine brotherhood by the degree of cooperation, kindness and...
...this group. When the group approached Madinah, the Prophet (pbuh) was talking to his Companions. At one point, he said, a Yemeni will come from that door soon. There is...
...in this world is like a tiny mirage in comparison. He tells too most seriously of such happiness that the comparison between it and all worldly happiness is that between...
...have been sentenced to death and on which the crimes they committed are recorded. The following few things can be said in interpreting it: What is meant by the “fate...
...their heart and life. However, the Children of Israel could not understand the meaning of God’s command and the wisdom in obedience to God’s commands. They vacillated between their consecration...
...is absolutely free from all such instances of exposure. The Attribute of Life has priority to other Affirmative Attributes, for Attributes like Power, Will, and Knowledge cannot be conceived of...
...twilight has completely faded away and lasts until midnight. It could be offered, however, a little before dawn, if need be, and the reason is acceptable in Islam. The Place...
...free from sins like the day his mother gave birth to him.” (Saheeh Al-Bukhaaree: 1449; Saheeh Muslim: 1350) 3) It provides a great opportunity to be saved from the hellfire....
...Paradise and avoid those paths that lead to Hellfire. Teaching them by precept and example, he can do so by acting on obeying Allah’s commands and avoiding things He has...
...even if all of the world’s forces combined to do so. Nothing can bring death forward or push it backward even one instant. This firm belief in One God and...
...reflect on God’s ‘Essence’; instead, reflect on His works and acts.” God has no partners, likes or resemblance, as pointed to by the verse: There is nothing like or compared...
...absolutely free of any defect and keeps the universe clean) (Ar-)Rabb: The Lord (God as the Creator, Provider, Trainer, Upbringer, and Director of all creatures) (Ar-) Rahim: The All-Compassionate (Who...
...Earth. Oxygen is commonly placed at 21 per cent [in the atmosphere]. The atmosphere as a whole presses upon the Earth at approximately fifteen pounds on each square inch of...
...place and function. Is there a better demonstration of the existence and free operation of an all-comprehensive knowledge, an absolute power and will, that particles of the same biochemical constituents...
...end. All things in the universe, regardless of distance, help each other. This mutual helping is so comprehensive that, for example, almost all things, among them air and water, fire...
...exist out of nothing) (as-)Sani‘: The Maker (Al-)Bari: The All-Holy Creator (Who is absolutely free from having any partners and Who creates without imitating anything) (Al-)Musawwir: The All-Fashioning (Ar-)Razzaq: The...
...of absolute grandeur and glory and the All-Merciful and All-Compassionate; He is both the All-Overwhelming and the All-Wise, both the One Severe in Punishment and the All-Patient (Whom no haste...
...from whatever comes to your mind concerning Him,” or in the words of Imam ar-Rabbani: “God is beyond and further beyond whatever comes to your mind concerning Him.” Even though...
...and speak with our mouth, whereas God does not need any such organs to see, hear, or speak. He is absolutely free and exempt from anything implying personification or comparison....
...Essence, He is absolutely beyond our comprehension. For this reason, thinking or putting forward opinions about Him is something regarded as risky and it is forbid den. Declaring, Eyes comprehend...
...to any favor whoever it comes from. As we are reminded by Bediüzzaman Said Nursi in The First Word, in his collection of the Risale-i Nur, we, as human beings,...
...that are easily understandable, which do not need much exegetical effort, and which have one clear meaning. Whereas, the term mutashabih literally has the meaning of “things that are comparable...
