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In a time of constant buying and selling, this ayah reminds us of the greatest contract we can ever be involved in:
إِنَّ اللَّهَ اشْتَرَىٰ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَأَمْوَالَهُم بِأَنَّ لَهُمُ الْجَنَّةَ
Verily, Allah has purchased of the believers their lives and their properties for (the price) that theirs shall be the Paradise. (9:111)
The scholars say, “How [...]

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وَقَضَى رَبُّكَ أَلاَّ تَعْبُدُواْ إِلاَّ إِيَّـهُ وَبِالْوَلِدَيْنِ إِحْسَـناً إِمَّا يَبْلُغَنَّ عِندَكَ الْكِبَرَ أَحَدُهُمَا أَوْ كِلاَهُمَا فَلاَ تَقُل لَّهُمَآ أُفٍّ وَلاَ تَنْهَرْهُمَا وَقُل لَّهُمَا قَوْلاً كَرِيمًا وَاخْفِضْ لَهُمَا جَنَاحَ الذُّلِّ مِنَ الرَّحْمَةِ وَقُل رَّبِّ ارْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِى صَغِيرًا
And your Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him, and that you be excellent to your parents. [...]

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A few days ago, we had our weekly tafseer of Juz Amma class with br Nouman at the masjid and he briefly covered some different words used for fear in the Qur’an. I was very fascinated by these words so I decided to do a bit more research on their meanings and usage in the [...]

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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 [...]

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كتب حكيم الى حكيم: يا أخي قد أوتيت علما, فلا تدنس علمك بظلمة الذنوب, فتبقِى في الظلمة يوم يسعى أهل العلم بنور علمهم.
“A wise man wrote to another wise man:

‘O my brother, you have indeed been given knowledge, so do not pollute your knowledge with the darkness of sins – such that you remain [...]

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“Tawfeeq” is often times translated as “success” or “ability”, but tawfeeq has a much deeper meaning.
Shu’ayb alayhi salaam says to his people,
وَمَا تَوْفِيقِي إِلاَّ بِاللّهِ
And my tawfeeq is only from Allah. (11:88 )
Tawfeeq from wow fa qaaf, and it literally means reconciliation or to agree. Tawfeeq is the coming together of all means that enable [...]

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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 [...]