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The Day of AAarafah

(222) ‘The best of supplications is the supplication on the day of AAarafah and the best which I and the Prophets before me have said (is): لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَريكَ لَهُ، لَهُ المُلْكُ ولَهُ الحَمْدُ وهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَديرٌ. La ilaha illal-lahu wahdahu la shareeka lah, […]

School of Faith in Ten Days of Thul-Hijjah 3
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School of Faith in Ten Days of Thul-Hijjah

The believing human self needs strong provocations in order to awaken whenever it is enveloped by laziness in relation to performing acts of worship and whenever it is impaired by a tendency of seeking pleasure. Amidst the increasing worldly crowdedness of distractions, issues that make one heedless, and pure material […]

The Guide for Pilgrim 7
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The Guide for Pilgrim

The Guide for Pilgrim, the ones performing ‘Umrah and Visitors of the Prophet’s Masjid Praise only be to Allah, and prayers and peace be upon His chosen worshippers, and so: The Islamic Institute of promoting awareness of Hajj is pleased to introduce to you this brief guide which contains the […]

Forgiveness and God's Mercy 10
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Forgiveness and God’s Mercy

Forgiveness By accepting that the authority of forgiveness lies exclusively in the hands of God, the human mind is also liberated from any superstition or strange ideas about how to remit for those sins committed. As we indicated earlier, the Islamic way of remission is sincerity, stopping what was being […]

The Justice of Judgment 12
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The Justice of Judgment

“You never get a second chance to make a good first impression” –old proverb True belief has a reward in the hereafter. Disbelief does too, buuuut … you don’t want it. Such has been the message of all the prophets—each and every one of them. How can we justify an […]

Moment of Clarity 14
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Moment of Clarity

When endeavouring to explain to someone how I uncovered my spirituality, I usually say it happened quite suddenly, in a moment of clarity. Throughout my childhood and young adult years, God remained in the background of my consciousness. I believed in Him, and performed some rituals of worship to express this […]