Yaum at Taghaabun

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Yaum at Taghaabun

يَوۡمَ يَجۡمَعُكُمۡ لِيَوۡمِ ٱلۡجَمۡعِ‌ۖ ذَٲلِكَ يَوۡمُ ٱلتَّغَابُنِ‌ۗ
The Day that He assembles you (all) for a day of Assembly― that will be a day of mutual loss and gain (among you). (64:09)

Taghaabun: Day of the Mutual loss and gain.
The root of this word gives the meaning of a deficiency in someone’s intellect and [...]

Classes with Shaykh Jamaal Zarabozo

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Alhamdulillah I was able to take one class for three months with shaykh Jamaal; principles of tafseer and I benefited greatly from this course and learned a lot of things I had not previously learned in any tafseer class.
The classes are available online, not only with audio but also with video so you can see [...]

Is this your state?

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قال إبراهيم ابن أدهم : إذا كنت بالليل نائماً ، وبالنهار هائماً ، وفي المعاصي دائماً ، فكيف تُرضي من هو بأمورك قائماً
Ibraaheem ibn Adham said: “If you are sleeping at night, and running about during the day, and always committing sin, how can you earn the pleasure of the One Who is directing your [...]

Names of Naar: Sa'eer

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Sa’eer appears 16 times in the Qur’an, and is one of the more common names and descriptions of Hell-Fire.
Allah azza wa jal says,
وَكَذَ‌ٰلِكَ أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْكَ قُرْآنًا عَرَبِيًّا لِّتُنذِرَ أُمَّ الْقُرَىٰ وَمَنْ حَوْلَهَا وَتُنذِرَ يَوْمَ الْجَمْعِ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ ۚ فَرِيقٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَفَرِيقٌ فِي السَّعِيرِ
“And thus We have revealed to you a Qur’an in Arabic [...]

Your Chance to Learn the Qur'an!

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Alhamdulillah,
As I mentioned on the “about” page, most of my posts are from Al-Huda Institute’s Ta’leem al Qur’an course. Alhamdulillah thumma alhamdulillah, I cannot express into words how much this course, this institute, and the organizers have impacted my life and my relationship with the Book of Allah.
I would like to offer YOU the chance [...]

The Islamic Diet

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We are constantly bombarded in this society with diet after diet, new ways to loose weight or supposedly be ‘healthy’. As Muslims, we know that Allah ta’ala sent the Qur’an to us as a huda, a guide. Not only is the Qur’an a guidance for us in our beliefs, our worship and character, but we [...]