Learning Names and Attributes of Allah: 1st Stage; IMPRINTING the understanding in your heart

Bismillah! Al Hamdulillah!Wa Salatu Wa Salamu A’la Rasulillah! What Allah wanted us to do by His names? You heard it many times from many scholars.“The best knowledge comes from the study of the ‘Names of Allah’, ‘Asma Ul Husna’Then, what’s the knowledge in those names? How would you get that knowledge?By memorizing them? By contemplating… Read More Learning Names and Attributes of Allah: 1st Stage; IMPRINTING the understanding in your heart

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Quran at Fajr – Studying ONE Ayah

Bismillah! Al Hamdulillah! So, you have read one Ayah with understanding and memorized it in Masjid after Fajr Salat. Al Hamdulillah. You acted on a Hadith. Al Hamdulillah,  May Allah help you constantly acting on your knowledge. Now that you came home from Masjid. Most people though choose to sleep again but you don’t belong to the ‘most’. You study… Read More Quran at Fajr – Studying ONE Ayah

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Critical Reasoning – how far can you extend your understanding? – An example

“And do not kill yourselves.” [Al Quran 4:29] “O you who have believed, do not consume one another’s wealth unjustly but only [in lawful] business by mutual consent. And do not kill yourselves [or one another]. Indeed, Allah is to you ever Merciful.” Critical Reasoning: If I ask you to do critical reasoning of the… Read More Critical Reasoning – how far can you extend your understanding? – An example

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Contemplating on the Quran; Do you do on your own or do you spoon-feed yourself someone else’s contemplation?

Bismillah, Al Hamdulillah! Did you ever contemplate on the Quran? I am sure you never have done it. Do you wonder, how do I say it so confidently? It’s easy. Indeed, it is the truth. Let me prove it to you. What does ‘Contemplating on the Quran’ mean to you? What do you do to study… Read More Contemplating on the Quran; Do you do on your own or do you spoon-feed yourself someone else’s contemplation?

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Quran for Critical Reasoning: – The process of Contemplating on the Quran

Bismillah. Al Hamdulillah! Quran for Critical Reasoning: TEN (10) STEPS  A Common Sense: You know this. Anyone reads or listens to anything (a regular common thing of life) has the ability to understand it and dissect the info from it. Therefore, you will find most of the stages/levels I mentioned here is just common sense.… Read More Quran for Critical Reasoning: – The process of Contemplating on the Quran

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Seeking to Be Better – The essential TOOL: Building the CONFIDENCE

Bismillah! Who are those that Allah, Al-Hadi, offers the guidance to? Guidance is for the one who seeks to be better. Do You Want to Better Yourself? “Would you be willing to PURIFY yourself?” (Al-Quran 79:18) SubhanAllah! Allah sent Musa alaihi wa Sallam to the worst criminal Firaun offering him guidance and instructed him to… Read More Seeking to Be Better – The essential TOOL: Building the CONFIDENCE

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Quran MEMORIZING and UNDERSTANDING habit for life for the BUSIEST people.

Bismillah! Al-Hamdulillah! Just 1 (ONE) MINUTE after each Salah! When: After each Fard salah. How much to memorize: ONE AYAH only. The Hadith: By doing this you also implement the hadith from Saheeh Muslim 803 (or Book 6, Hadith 301  Rasulullah Sallillahu Alaihi WaSallam asked his companion, “Which of you would like to go out… Read More Quran MEMORIZING and UNDERSTANDING habit for life for the BUSIEST people.

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An Example of approaching Quran in our modern times

This is how the companions of Rasulullah Sallillahu Alaihi WaSallam approached to Quran.

“He did not read many verses of the
Qur’an in one session, as he understood that this would lay an unbearable
burden of duties and responsibilities on his shoulders. At most he would read ten verses, memorize them, and then act upon them. We know this from a tradition reported by Abdullah ibn Masud.”

Extract from the “Milestone” by Sayyid Qutb. Page 31.… Read More An Example of approaching Quran in our modern times

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