...would have said ‘We shall never give up adultery’ if the command ‘Do not commit adultery’ had initially been revealed.” This method of gradual change was extremely effective in establishing...
...Taqwā (reverent piety and righteousness) means observing the Divine ordinances in every walk of life. Taqwā, therefore, requires obeying both the religious rules and commands and the laws of God’s...
...just as the generation following our Prophet’s Companions was respectful for the Companions and the second generation after the Companions was for their predecessors. We should always be respectful for...
...follow the Straight Path (in their belief, thought, and actions) without deviation, the angels descend upon them from time to time (in the world as protecting comrades and in the...
...commanded to keep the straight path, in the following verse, “Pursue, then, what is exactly right (in every matter of the Religion) as you are commanded (by God).” God commands...
...freed slave of so and so), like in the example of Sālim Mawlā Hudayfa. The second point indicated in the verse above is as follows: The Arabs of the pre-Islamic...
...keys alone were too heavy a burden for a company of strong people. (Al-Qasas 28:76) We should point out that the Qur’ān is absolutely free of any lies or exaggeration,...
...God Almighty “increased them in guidance” out of His Mercy. They followed this guidance of their own free will, and He made them a firm community of brave young men...
...loss and frustration continued until they saw the truth and repented. The paltry price they got was also unlawful because Joseph was a free man, the sale of whom the...
...heavenly envoys, who were free from the need to eat and drink like us, initiated communicating their message (about the people of Lot) in a mollifying manner by giving the...
...periods shortening and lengthening) there are signs (manifesting the truth) for the people of discernment. (Al ‘Imrān 3:190) Our lacking of such a comprehensive contemplation or reflection is our greatest...
...among these three things. As examples of such meaningless questions, he cites: “God has created this and that. Then, who has created God?”(Abū Dāwūd, Sunnah, 18; Musnad Ahmad, 2/282, 317,...
...aim of their creation, for this is enough for the freedom of human existence from pointlessness. In the beginning, people were a united community under the guidance of the first...
...modern psychology. In our community everyone supports each other and builds up on one another’s knowledge and skills. The Revert is a family, centered around understanding, tolerance and compassion and...
