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Still The Distracted Ummah
The sad reality of this Ummah is that it is prone to being divisive while crying for unity. We find it so simple to speak disparagingly about the personal perspectives that some adopt, and choose to openly mock them in their absence, thinking that not mentioning names is sufficient to free us of the hypocrisy…
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The conversation between Allah SWT and a muslim when reciting Al-Fatihah
Muslim: Praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. Allah SWT: My servant has praised Me. Muslim: The Most Gracious, The Most Merciful. Allah SWT: My servant has extolled Me. (praised enthusiastically) Muslim: The Master of the Day of Judgement. Allah SWT: My servant has glorified Me – and submitted to My Power. Muslim:…
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Beautiful Recitation, Haunting Irony
memonite: Beautiful Tajweed by a man in Hamra street (Beirut, Lebanon). So beautiful, but so sad at the same time. The Youtube comments sum it up the best: “Prophet pbuh said Islam will return to this state. It will become “ghereeb” (strange). Islam started strange and it will end strange…” and “Is this what our…
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These are the words of someone who fully understood singing and its effects, for no one regularly sings or listens to song except that his heart falls into (nifaq) Hypocrisy without him realizing. If such a person understood the reality of nifaq and its end he would see it in his own heart. Never do…
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Mishary Alafasi – Ash-Sharh
al-muminun: Surat Ash-Sharĥ (The Relief) – سورة الشرح 1. Did We not expand for you, [O Muhammad], your breast? 2. And We removed from you your burden 3. Which had weighed upon your back 4. And raised high for you your repute. 5. For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease. 6. Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease. 7. …
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The Gift of Children
partytilfajr: “and children as [love’s] witnesses,” [74:13] Muhammad Asad I was reading The Qur’an yesterday, and as I was taking notes, on the issue of how The Qur’an explains who God guides to Faith, but it was this seemingly innocuous ayah, one that follows one of the most important ayahs in The Qur’an, that truly…
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Beautiful Recitation of Surah Qasas
Here’s a recording of a man inspired by Sheikh Abdul Basit. This reciter is from a suburb called Surrey Estate (if my memory serves me correctly) in the Western Cape, South Africa. I once heard that he was invited to the home of Sheikh Abdul Basit to recite for his family because of the striking…
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I’ve been waking up the last few days with this part of this specific ayat in my head. The full text of the ayat reads: [Jacob] said, “Rather, your souls have enticed you to something, so patience is most fitting. Perhaps Allah will bring them to me all together. Indeed it is He who is…
