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Ashari vs. Maturidi

May 7th, 2008 · No Comments

To watch when I get home from work:
Clip from SunniPath Answers Live event. This answer addresses the issue of Ashari vs. the Maturidi tenets of belief. Answered by Shaykh Hamza Karamali.
 

Tags: Allah (swt) · Video · knowledge

Write!

May 1st, 2008 · 6 Comments

Iqra!
The first word revealed to our beloved Prophet  was a command - iqra - to read, to recite.  As I’ve mentioned in the past, the Quran was what drew me to Islam.   I read it voraciously at first, and sought to own as many copies as I could afford.  I’m reluctant to admit, but now more […]

Tags: Allah (swt) · Quran · knowledge · to read

Nearer

April 24th, 2008 · No Comments

In the midst of a chaotic world, God’s words are there, solid, unchanging, to provide a firm ground upon which to stand.
 


We verily created man and We know what his soul whispereth to him, and We are nearer to him than his jugular vein (50.16)
Ya Allah, be close to me […]

Tags: Allah (swt) · Quran

Fear of the Muzzies and the Religion of Peace©

April 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Obama Name Games Painful to Muslims
NPR covers some Pennsylvanian Muslims’ reaction to the whole muslim as a schmere re: Obama flap.
On a tangent, is anyone else sick of the “Islam is the religion of peace” bit?  It seems to me that this phrase emerged post 9-11, when the american muslim community was in shock and didn’t […]

Tags: Allah (swt) · american muslim · current events · dhikr · forums · rant · salaam · terrorism

Ya Latif!

January 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Al-Lateef, One of Allah’s Beautiful Names
From His beautiful and excellent Names is the Ever-Discreetly Gentle (al-Lateef).  He is the One Who is so Discreet in His Actions that He discerns the hidden and secret, and what the hearts are filled with. He also perceives what is in the lands, of enclosed grains and seeds. He […]

Tags: Allah (swt) · dhikr

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