Friday, March 7, 2025
The Spring of Revelations @ 25
Saturday, March 1, 2025
Al-Fatiha: A Commentary
The Quran is an ocean of knowledge and guidance for humanity. It’s very first chapter, an ardent invocation to Allah, embodies the essence of the Quran and the connection between man and his Creator. Surah Al-Fatiha, the opening of the Quran, is also referred to as Ummul-Quran (the Mother of the Quran). Indeed, Surah Al-Fatiha is so significant that without its recitation in every Rakah (cycle) of our prayers (Salat), those prayers are considered incomplete.
Therefore, Surah Al-Fatiha can be seen as a chapter enclosing the entire Quran, with the remaining chapters serving as commentaries on this exalted Surah. We must always bear in mind the profound importance of this Surah, as it holds the key, the solution, and the remedy to many seemingly insurmountable challenges, hardships, problems, and ailments. Reflect also on how, in Surah Al-Baqara, Allah declares: This is a perfect Book, containing no doubt, and it is guidance only for the “Muttaqi” (those who are pious, fear Allah and are conscious of Him).
Sunday, February 23, 2025
Prophecy Continous: On 'Musleh Ma'ud'
The Messiah’s Promised Son
When we study the Holy Quran, we find that
Allah has honoured the Ummah of Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh) with an exceptional
distinction: Allah Himself established Islam as His perfect religion and named
it Islam. Within Islam, unlike the nations of the past where Allah’s messengers
and prophets were sent only to their respective peoples, we see that for Hazrat
Muhammad (pbuh) and all his spiritual progeny, this favour continues until the
Day of Judgement. Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh) and his spiritual descendants, the
prophets of Allah from his Ummah, were sent not only for the people among whom
he was born but for all of humanity.
Saturday, February 15, 2025
Our Islamic Faith- 4
Ashhadu alla ilaha illallahu
wa ashhadu anna Muhammadan
‘abduhu wa rasuluh.
I bear witness that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah,
and I bear witness that
Muhammad (pbuh) is His servant and Messenger.
Thus, we recognise that Allah is immensely generous towards humanity. He tests us through various trials. There are periods of drought as well as times of overwhelming rainfall, where the sheer volume of rain can wreak havoc everywhere. We see this exemplified in the great flood during the time of Hazrat Nuh (as), when the entire land (of his nation) was submerged. Hence, a creation of Allah can be a blessing, but it may also act as a tool through which Allah imparts lessons to humanity.






