Category: Discover Islam

Allah has perfected our religion and completed His favor upon us and has chosen for us islam as a way of life [Sûrah Al-Mâ’idah, 5:3]. Islam means to submit and surrender to the will of Allah. It contains internal and external aspects…

I was listening to the Holy Qur’an; it was Sûrah Al-Sajdah (‘The Prostration’), verse 12: “If you could but see when the criminals are hanging their heads before their Lord, [saying], “Our Lord, we have seen and heard, so return us [to…

The title may sound a little disconnected to some but since Islam is a way of life and a complete solution for all our problems, even a technical subject like energy conservation is intimately connected with Islamic values and recommendations. Islamic values…

Vital Signs of a Healthy Heart What are some signs of a pure heart by which one can measure the sincerity of his or her own intentions and attitudes?  In everyday life we like to judge how closely we are conforming to…

Clearing Away the Harm of Your Sin We all —at one time or another, to a greater or lesser degree— succumb to poorly intentioned acts of the heart (Part 1), and these lead to wrongdoing. The resulting actions of the tongue and…

Purifying Your Intentions Using Cost-Benefit Analysis In our daily lives we often must make a choice which is neither ‘black’ nor ‘white,’ neither completely bad nor perfectly good.  Anything seen as a ‘grey’ area is typically dealt with based on some kind…

Acts of the Heart Allah created the heart and made it a king, and the limbs as its troops. If the king is good, then the soldiers will be good, too. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Indeed there is a piece of flesh…

Ya Nafs, Falling prey to the traps of Satan easily, Not letting go, in my desires you drown me. Blinding me with the pleasures of the temporary , By obeying Iblees Ar-Rajeem and his allies. He, who from righteousness was expelled, And,…

Yes, it’s truly difficult Keeping your Nafs in bounds, To discipline your desires In a world where fitnah surrounds.   Yes, that loss of a loved one Or a heartbreak or misfortune, Where you just accepted the Decree Saying, Inna lillaahi wa…

To backbite through tongue or speech who chose; To every such slanderer Allah woes.   Who collects wealth, woe to him from Allah; Keeps counting it, without spending Fi Sabeelillah.   He thinks his wealth would make him last forever; Immortal he…