“By the Sun and it’s(glorious) splendour;by the Moon as it follows [the Sun]; by the Day as it shows up (the Sun’s) glory; by the Night as it conceals it; by the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure; by the Earth and its (wide) expanse: by the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it; and its enlightenment as to its wrong and its .....

Man is not merely a creature of skin and bone, he is a creature of immense beauty, a wondrous work of art, such that Allah the Almighty bestowed man with the ability to dominate over all creation. If man guards his honor and dignity until maturity obtains divine prosperity and great esteem. His Lord has created him in the best form (.....

Zulm (tyranny or oppression) means to commit an injustice, to treat unfairly, to be unjust, to torment or torture, to transgress either verbally or physically, to go too far. In short, this is placing something (or giving rights) not where it belongs, but rather placing it where it does not belong. Words like zulma (gloom), zulû.....

The expression nafs-i mutma’inna, as the expressions nafs-i emmara and nafs-i lawwama, appears once in the Qur’ân: “(To the righteous soul will be said:) “O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!” (Fajr, 89/27)  As a term, scholars and learned men living in later centuries.....

Calaladdin Rumi is a versatile Sufi whose works have in the past, and indeed continue to today, illuminate many different disciplines. Very recently his poetry and stories have been used by psychologists in order to cure psychological disorders. Researchers in the field of psychology have found that Rumi’s poetry addressed the deepest concerns o.....

1. The secret you keep is your prisoner; if you reveal it, you become its prisoner.                                                                                                             Sayyidina Ali 2. The lover of Allah among a hundred people is like the moon shining among the stars.                        .....

Prophet Muhammad’s marriage to Sayyidina Juwayriya was an occasion for great blessings: as the Companions said: “O Prophet, it is not appropriate that the relatives of your wife are our slaves…!” and thus they set free all the members of the Mustalik Tribe.1 Many of the members of the Mustalik tribe, now freed and hearing about the mar.....

In past issues of this magazine we have mentioned how Islam entered China, particularly among the Hui people. Now we will narrate how the Turkic people, in particular the Uyghurs, converted to Islam. Historians studying the Turkic Muslim nations record that the Turks descended from Japhet, (Yafes) the son of Prophet Noah, who was sent.....

Religion is the integration of the principles of belief and all the behavior that has been rendered necessary by that belief. However, if people do not establish a life based on this belief, if they refuse to believe that the actions which they perform could be wrong, but rather produce interesting excuses, then the most obvious errors, perhaps .....

In Surah Nisa of the Qur’ân, Allah Almighty commands His servants to greet each other, and to spread greetings across the face of the earth. “When you enter any of these houses, greet one another with a blessed, pure and good salutation appointed by Allah.” (Nur 24:61) “When you are greeted with a greeting.....

Oh soul, you worry too much. You say, I make you feel dizzy. Of a little headache then, why do you worry? You say, I am your antelope. Of seeing a lion here and there why do you worry? Oh soul, you worry too much. You say, I am your moon-face.....

1.  What do we call the Angels who write down what we do?      a. Kiraman Katibin      b. Azrail      c. Mikail      d. Jabrail      2.  Who was the first human to be created by Allah?      a. Elias                     b. Noah        .....