Thoughts – AlJumuah Magazine

Prophet Abraham is the Rope Linking us Together

The Qur’an uses the metaphor of a rope that links us to God and also links us to one another: “And hold fast, all together, to the bond with God, and do not draw apart from one another” [Sûrah Âli-‘Imrân, 3:103] This…

Our Humanness: Unalterable Essence and Changeable Actuality | Part 2

The Human Soul Human beings, according to Islam, are born good. This goodness is an attribute of the human soul; it consists in being born with a natural capacity to be aware of the fact that they are servants of God, their…

Our Humanness: Unalterable Essence and Changeable Actuality | Part 1

Developments in the science of genetics have aroused the interest of scientists, as well as the rest of us in some fundamental questions of our life and given them some urgency. What does our humanity consist in? Do we have an unalterable…

Are You a Complete Muslim? | Part 12

We have been thinking together about how we individual Muslims thrive when integrated within the intended God-conscious Straight-Path community. We continue where we left off. To help us all live, communally, in harmony with our Lord, that is the ultimate purpose for…

“And the Male is not Like the Female”: Is One Gender Preferred Over Another in Islam?

"The idea that women are merely trying to be seen as full-fledged humans with all the needs and necessities associated, appears alien to so many men - even the 'good' ones, the ones who do not intend harm, the ones who do…

Finding the Beauty in Patience

Patience (ṢBR) is a word that is mentioned hundred of times in the Holy Quran. It refers to an attitude that beautifies all other aspects of our Muslim lives as we endeavor to submit to the ways of Allah. Obstacles are inevitable…

How God’s Oneness Brought Me From Christianity to Islam

HOW MANY, I wonder of our readers have stumbled upon Islam and couldn’t look away—it just felt right. I suspect that many have taken a similar path as mine, some more consciously and articulate-ably than others. I had been committed to the…

Priorities of Da’wah (2)

We continue from Part 1… Truth Five Many people err not by dint of their failure to see the legitimacy of the proofs of taw ḥîd and îmân but because of the vain passions (a ḥwâ’) that fire their souls and the…

Islam is the Antithesis of Extremism

By Ekram Haque PERHAPS NOT A day goes by without something bad happening to Muslims somewhere. Nations of the world are calling us extremists and worse. We are traumatized by such pejorative labeling, knowing Muslims are supposed to be a people of moderation.…

Tawba: The Way To Salvation | ‘Uthman Al-Khamis

WHO AMONG US doesn’t desperately wish to end up in the Garden and to save his soul from the Fire? The reality is that a human being, if he knows the path of salvation, is prepared, once he gives it serious consideration,…