Category: Purification of the Heart

Taqwa

Taqwa

ذَلِكَ الْكِتَابُ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ هُدًى لِلْمُتَّقِينَ This is the Book about which there is no doubt, a guidance for those conscious of Allah [2:2] Allah swt begins the Qur’an-e-karim with the first verse of Surah Baqarah. Now, in one sense, Surah Fatiha is the beginning of the Qur’an but in another sense, Surah Fatiha is the introductory chapter or […]

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Preparing for Ramadan

Preparing for Ramadan

كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ أَيَّامًا مَّعْدُودَاتٍ ۚ Decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become righteous – [Fasting for] a limited number of days [Surah Baqarah, 2:183-184] Most of us have spent so many Ramadans but we are still as unprepared for it as […]

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Power of Intention

Power of Intention

Listen to the original lecture Hadith: From the Amir al-Muminin Abu Hafsa ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab, radiya’llahu ‘anhu, that he said, “I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, saying, ‘Actions are only by intentions, and every man has only that which he intended. Whoever’s emigration is for Allah and His Messenger then his emigration […]

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