Parable 25: How can we control our sexual instincts?
These sexual instincts and desires have been created by Allahﷻ and so suppressing them is not permissible, but rather the control of those instincts [...]
Parable 24: How can one say that “I will be patient with the punishment of hellfire but I do not have the patience of separation from the Lord…”?
A mother, for the sake of seeing her child who is studying or serving in a remote and distant location, will travel and suffer through [...]
Parable 23: How can it be said that by simply saying a single sentence: “La Illah Ila Allah”, that a person will prosper?
Although the narration states that “Say there is no God but Allahﷻ and you will prosper”([1]), it is not that the movement of the tongue [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]