Jumuah: Al-Islam – Guidance for a Moral, Upright, Simple and Complete Life

2 July 2010

Holy Qur’an 2:177
لَّيْسَ الْبِرَّ أَن تُوَلُّوا وُجُوهَكُمْ قِبَلَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ الْبِرَّ مَنْ آمَنَ بِاللَّـهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةِ وَالْكِتَابِ وَالنَّبِيِّينَ وَآتَى الْمَالَ عَلَىٰ حُبِّهِ ذَوِي الْقُرْبَىٰ وَالْيَتَامَىٰ وَالْمَسَاكِينَ وَابْنَ السَّبِيلِ وَالسَّائِلِينَ وَفِي الرِّقَابِ وَأَقَامَ الصَّلَاةَ وَآتَى الزَّكَاةَ وَالْمُوفُونَ بِعَهْدِهِمْ إِذَا عَاهَدُوا وَالصَّابِرِينَ فِي الْبَأْسَاءِ وَالضَّرَّاءِ وَحِينَ الْبَأْسِ أُولَـٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ صَدَقُوا وَأُولَـٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُتَّقُونَ

It is not righteousness that ye turn your faces Towards east or West; but it is righteousness- to believe in Allah and the Last Day, and the Angels, and the Book, and the Messengers; to spend of your substance, out of love for Him, for your kin, for orphans, for the needy, for the wayfarer, for those who ask, and for the ransom of slaves; to be steadfast in prayer, and practice regular charity; to fulfil the contracts which ye have made; and to be firm and patient, in pain (or suffering) and adversity, and throughout all periods of panic. Such are the people of truth, the Allah-fearing.

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Jumuah: The Qur’an Is the Inherent Logic for Your Life

25 June 2010

Holy Qur’an 43:26-28
“وَإِذ قالَ إِبراهيمُ لِأَبيهِ وَقَومِهِ إِنَّني بَراءٌ مِمّا تَعبُد
إِلَّا الَّذي فَطَرَني فَإِنَّهُ سَيَهدينِ
وَجَعَلَها كَلِمَةً باقِيَةً في عَقِبِهِ لَعَلَّهُم يَرجِعو”

Behold! Abraham said to his father and his people: “I do indeed clear myself of what ye worship: “(I worship) only Him Who made me, and He will certainly guide me.” And he left it as a Word to endure among those who came after him, that they may turn back (to Allah).

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Jumuah: The Path of Natural Growth

18 June 2010

Holy Qur’an 30:30
فَأَقِم وَجهَكَ لِلدّينِ حَنيفًا فِطرَتَ اللَّـهِ الَّتي فَطَرَ النّاسَ عَلَيها لا تَبديلَ لِخَلقِ اللَّـهِ ذلِكَ الدّينُ القَيِّمُ وَلكِنَّ أَكثَرَ النّاسِ لا يَعلَمو

So set thou thy face steadily and truly to the Faith: (establish) Allah’s handiwork according to the pattern on which He has made mankind: no change (let there be) in the work (wrought) by Allah: that is the standard Religion: but most among mankind understand not.

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Jumuah: Live an Inspired Life, Muslim

11 June 2010

Holy Qur’an 103:1-3

  1. وَالعَصرِ
  2. إِنَّ الإِنسانَ لَفي خُسرٍ
  3. إِلَّا الَّذينَ آمَنوا وَعَمِلُوا الصّالِحاتِ وَتَواصَوا بِالحَقِّ وَتَواصَوا بِالصَّبرِ

  1. I swear by the time,
  2. Most surely man is in loss,
  3. Except those who believe and do good, and enjoin on each other truth, and enjoin on each other patience.
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