Even as he lay dying, he continued to give advice gently to this own killers. He did not get angry or seek revenge, nor did he pray for Allah to punish them. Instead, he tried to convince his aggressors towards the right path, until he drew his last breath. Compare his mentality to ours...
The Price of Oppression The story of Talut and Jalut took place after the time of Musa AS. During this period, the Israelites had become a stingy and controlling race, oppressing non-Israelites and treating them with injustice and prejudice. Over the years, they had become a bad mannered...
Burying a Mistake Once the haze of anger cleared, Qabeel realized that he did not know what to do with his brother’s corpse. He was paralysed. Arrogance gave him another disease, which was ignorance, leading him to become a slave to his inner shaitan. Qabeel did not feel this agony...
One of the wisdoms of the stories in the Qur’an is that the believer, regardless of his situation, will recognize part of his personal circumstances in the Qur’an. The believer will question himself where he is (or rather his nature, characteristics and personality) within the...
One of the most striking and most alarming hadiths that draw our attention to a major problem we may not be paying attention to is the following. Please read it carefully: Jabir reported that Allah’s Messenger SAW said: “Iblis places his throne upon water; he then sends...
