Death: A Fact of Life
If there is one phenomenon that no one can fully grasp, it’s death. Yet, death is an inevitable reality that we all must face at some point in our lives. It is a natural function of life and is one thing that all living organisms have in common. If there is life, then...
Why Islam is a solution to Racism
When the Prophet (PBUH) received the revelation in Mecca, it changed not only the course of history for Arabia, but the course of world history forever. One would think that this is an exaggeration. Why would a few words, recited by a so-called Messenger, have that...
Have we understood the Quran?
Do we need to change the Quran or do we need to change our understanding of the Quran? Ever since the emergence of Islam, the main controversy was the Quran. It started with Quraysh advocating that Muhammad (PBUH) is its author, to people in the modern era calling it...
لماذا رمضان؟
طَالمَا تساءلتُ: لماذَا هذِهِ الأهميةُ الكُبرى لِرمضانَ فِي الإسلامِ؟ فصوم رمضان مِنَ الأركانِ الخمسةِ، ولَا يتمُّ إيمانُ أحدٍ إلَّا بصيامِ هذَا الشهرِ، وهذَا مَا بينَّه الرسولُ صلى اللهُ عليه وسلمَ في الحديثِ الشهيرِ بُنِيَ الإِسْلامُ عَلَى خَمْسٍ: شَهَادَةِ أَنْ لا...
الديانة الإبراهيمية
منذ فجر الإسلام، والأمة الإسلامية تتعرض لمحن وفتن متواصلة، حيث لا تزال أمواج الباطل تضرب الحق دون توقف. في كل زمن، يظهر أهل الباطل يبحثون عن الشبهات ويسعون لنشر ضلالهم وزرع الفتن لإفساد الدين. فقد مر النبي عليه الصلاة والسلام بمحن كثيرة في حياته، وجاء أصحاب الفتن...
القرآن عن القرآن
القرآن الكريم كلام الله -تعالى-، هو الكتاب الخالد المعجز الذي لا تنتهي عجائبه، ولا يمل المؤمن من النظر فيه، والاستماع لآياته والتلذذ بها. وما من أمر أعجب من البحث في كيفية تحدُّث القرآن عن القرآن، وكيف وصف الله –تعالى- كتابه العزيز، الذي يُخرِج الناس من الظلمات إلى...
Losing the Soul
In this day and age of the internet, social media, and great technological advancements, we have witnessed a shift that has never occurred in the history of humankind. Social relationships have changed. Many of our daily interactions happen before a screen, and some...
Islam and Tribalism
When the Prophet (PBUH) first started preaching the new message of Islam, Quraysh opposed him with all the might they had. Most of them could not accept the message because it was not asking them for a superficial change here and there, rather, it challenged their...
The Truth about the Palestinian Conflict
Language is shaped around perception and ideas. Language creates our worldview. It is how we communicate with others, but it is also how we construct our beliefs. The media and the movie industry know this fact quite well. Before them, Firaun (Pharoah) used language...