In life and love, you may think you’re supposed to always focus on the positive instead of the negative. However, unless you become aware of your own hurtful attitudes or actions — so that you can correct them — your chances of staying in love ’til death do you part […]

Undoubtedly your feelings of regret for missing out on this blessing is a very good sign. You should note that the Muslim can accustom himself to weep for fear of Allaah, by doing the following: 1 – Making yourself feel fear of Allaah. This weeping is the fruit of beneficial […]

The reality of Paradise is something which people will never be able to understand until they actually enter it, but God has shown us glimpses of it in the Quran.  He has described it as a place essentially different to the life of this world, both in the very nature […]

The adage that ignorance is bliss could not be farther from the truth when seriously put into practical application. Throughout the annals of time, what great accomplishments has ignorance made? What great empires and what marvels of science and technology now bear witness

In one verse, we are informed that mountains are not motionless as they seem, but are in constant motion.You see the mountains you reckoned to be solid going past like clouds. (Qur’an, 27:88) This motion of mountains is caused by the movement of the Earth’s crust that they are located […]

Iron is one of the elements highlighted in the Qur’an. In Surat al-Hadid, meaning Iron, we are informed:And We also sent down iron in which there lies great force and which has many uses for mankind… (Qur’an, 57:25) The word “anzalna,” translated as “sent down” and used for iron in […]

In a number of Qur’anic verses, the humble date is honoured as one of the blessings of Paradise. (Qur’an, 55:68) When this fruit is examined, it can be seen to have a great many important features. One of the oldest known species of plant, the date is today a food […]

THE FIG: A FRUIT WHOSE PERFECTION HAS ONLY RECENTLY BEEN REVEALED[I swear] by the fig and the olive. (Qur’an, 95:1)The reference to the fig in the first verse of Surat at-Tin is a most wise one in terms of the benefits imparted by this fruit.The Benefits of the Fig for […]

PROPHET MUSA (AS) AND SEA’S SPLITTING IN TWOThe kings of Egypt-known as “Pharaohs” (or “Fir’awn” in the Arabic of the Qur’an)-regarded themselves as divine in the polytheistic, superstitious religion of ancient Egypt. At a time when the people of Egypt favored a superstitious belief system over a divine belief system-the […]

Honey can be the new antibiotic for the 21st century! Thousands of studies and experiments proved this. The Holy Qur’an, however, proved it 14 centuries back.Dear ones! We all heard and read about the benefits of honey and the healing properties Allah the Almighty has given this wonderful substance.  However, […]