Parable 22: In today’s world, life without connections with others is not possible, so how can we say “Nor West, Nor East?”
The intention of the slogan Nor West Nor East([1]) is that we have chosen a path and method of governance which has no link to either the East or the [...]
Parable 21: What is our duty where the enjoining of good and the forbidding of wrong has no effect?
Firstly, if someone else can perform this duty better than yourself through better presentation of the issue, your duty is to let the others conduct that role. When Allahﷻ ordered [...]
Parable 20: If praying is supposed to stop people from doing shameful and unjust deeds, why is it that some people that pray are also perpetrators of offences?
Firstly, an empty seed will never sprout, and prayers without presence of heart is like an empty seed. Prayers are the cause of people staying away from sedition only where [...]
Parable 19: How involved is God in planning the bitter and pleasant events of our lives?
{مَّا أَصَابَكَ مِنْ حَسَنَةٍ فَمِنَ اللَّهِ وَمَا أَصَابَكَ مِن سَيِّئَةٍ فَمِن نَّفْسِكَ} In the Qur’an, God states that anything that strikes you that is good is certainly from God and anything [...]
Parable 18: Does Islam want us to be constantly reciting supplications all the time with the all these supplications available to us?
Our books of supplications, such as Mafateeh Al Jinaan, have supplications narrated for all hours of the day and supplications for all days of the year, however, this is like [...]
Parable 17: Why is it that some of our prayers/supplications are not answered?
If instead of aviation fuel you pour gasoline or water in to the tank of an airplane, the plane would never be able to take off. The prayers and supplications [...]
Parable 16: Why do we fear death?
One driving along a road may be feeling (anxious or) fear due to reasons such as not having enough fuel, carrying illegal materials, or more passengers than that which is [...]
Parable 15: Are all good deeds performed rewarded tenfold?
The Qur’an states that {مَن جَآءَ بِٱلْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُۥ عَشْرُ أَمْثَالِهَا} Whoso brings a good deed shall have ten the like of it([1]). What’s important is the bringing of the worthy [...]
Parable 14: Why is it that in Islam the value of our deeds is dependent on our intention that our deeds are for the nearness and sincerity (towards Allahﷻ )?
Our worldly deeds and actions are also dependent on the intention in which they are carried out. Here is an example: A surgeon and a psycho both cut open a [...]