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In this day and age, there are so many avenues of entertaining oneself, it would not be possible to name all of these forms. Each of us chooses their own entertainment based on personal preferences and tastes. But in the aakhirah, there will only be two choices for entertainment. Allah ta’ala conveys to us:

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عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: َقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ: “إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَتُرْفَعُ دَرَجَتُهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ فَيَقُولُ: أَنَّى لِي هَذَا؟فَيُقَالُ: بِاسْتِغْفَارِ وَلَدِكَ لَكَ”
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Allah ta’ala says in Suratul Waaqi’ah:
وَإِنَّهُ لَقَسَمٌ لَّوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عَظِيمٌ
And that is indeed a mighty oath if you but knew,-(56:76)
What is this magnificent oath that Allah azza wa jal has taken?
إِنَّهُ لَقُرْآنٌ كَرِيمٌ
That this is indeed a Qur’an, Kareem. (56:77)
Kareem is from kaaf-ra-meem and karam is used for a grape vine. A grape vine looks [...]

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Who is Al Kareem?
The Most Generous who abundantly gives from His bounty which never ends.

He gives, seeking nothing in return.
Everything belongs to Him: whatever He gives is His and whatever He takes is His.
He does not give because of the means taken by His creation, for He is the One [...]

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Allah ta’ala says at the end of the first juz,
صِبْغَةَ اللَّهِ ۖ وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ اللَّهِ صِبْغَةً ۖ وَنَحْنُ لَهُ عَابِدُونَ
The “sibghah” of Allah, and who can be better than Allah in “sibghah”? And we are His worshippers. (2:138 )
Sibgha means coloring or dye, that is not the original state of something. It is the [...]

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The scholars are like the stars, Allah created them for three things:
1. The stars are a guide for people when they travel. Allah ta’ala says,
وَعَلَامَاتٍ وَبِالنَّجْمِ هُمْ يَهْتَدُونَ
“And marks and sign-posts; and by the stars (men) guide themselves.” (16: 16)  The scholars, in turn, guide the masses in this life.
2. The stars are shields [...]

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Suratul Hajj: 38-40
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We ask Allah ta’ala to assist our brothers and sisters in Ghazzah, to grant the dead amongst them the status of shuhadaa and to grant those who remain alive patience and firmness in their trials, Ameen.

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In many verses of the Qur’an, Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala calls it a “huda”, a guidance, for the believers. We may think this guidance refers to guidance in religion, but the Qur’an is a guidance for all aspects of our life…however it’s up to us to extract these lessons and implement them. A’ishah radi Allahu [...]

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The believers contemplate on the ayaat of Allah that have been left upon the earth, and only they see the creation around them as ayaat.
Allah ta’ala says,
وَتَرَى الْأَرْضَ هَامِدَةً فَإِذَا أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْهَا الْمَاءَ اهْتَزَّتْ وَرَبَتْ وَأَنبَتَتْ مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍ بَهِيجٍ
“And you see the earth barren and lifeless, but when We pour down rain on it, [...]

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How many times have we heard this duaa in our lives: Rabbana aatina fid-dunya hasanah, wa fil-akhirati hasanah, wa qinaa athaban naar. Have we ever contemplated how complete this duaa is?