al-Ruh: Feed The Soul

  Introduction I want to bring to the forefront a fundamental question: How do we understand things? How do we determine what is true? Before we discuss conclusions, we must examine the tools by which we arrive at them. I once witnessed a riddle: "Can Allah make the eye of a needle large enough for Him to pass through?" If Allah has power over all things, does that mean every conceivable statement describes something He is capable of bringing about? That was the first logical conflict I had to grapple with: if Allah's power is absolute, how could I claim there was anything He wouldn't do? I lacked the precise vocabulary to explain it at the time, but I felt secure in my instinct: this riddle was simply beneath Him. Yet, I struggled to articulate why without sounding like I was placing a limit on the Creator's power. The question contains assumptions of its own. It imagines Allah as possessing size, location, and spatial extension, as though the Creator were one ob...

- By Ruh بسم اللّٰه والحمد اللّٰه والصلاة واسلام على رسول اللّٰه Allah  ﷻ  says: لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ١ وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ ٢ I swear by the Day of Resurrection, And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection]. - [Surah al-Qiyamah 75:1-2] The Day of Resurrection is a reminder for us all of our accountability, a Day of great regret, as Allah  ﷻ  says: وَأَنذِرْهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْحَسْرَةِ إِذْ قُضِىَ ٱلْأَمْرُ وَهُمْ فِى غَفْلَةٍۢ وَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ٣٩ And warn them, [O Muhammad], of the Day of Regret, when the matter will be concluded; and [yet], they are in [a state of] heedlessness, and they do not believe. - [Surah Maryam 19:39] I understood the statement, "I swear by the reproaching soul" as a comment on the value of such a soul, that his reproach for his own actions would be a protection for him, a praised soul, so significant that Allah  ﷻ  takes an oath by it. In Maarif ul-Quran it is ment...

-By Iffat  بسم اللّٰه والحمد اللّٰه والصلاة واسلام على رسول اللّٰه ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلْمَوْتَ وَٱلْحَيَوٰةَ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًۭا ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٢ ˹He is the One˺ Who created death and life in order to test which of you is best in deeds. And He is the Almighty, All-Forgiving (67:2) Allah gave us life in order to test who among us is best in deeds. The life of this world is full of trials and tests. Every single human being experiences some form of pain/suffering in this world. This is the very nature of this world. However, the affair of the believer is different from others. The Prophet pbuh said: “Wondrous is the affair of the believer for there is good for him in every matter and this is not the case with anyone except the believer. If he is happy, then he thanks Allah and thus there is good for him, and if he is harmed, then he shows patience and thus there is good for him.” The believer submits himself to the will of Allah. What does it mean ...

بسم اللّٰه والحمد اللّٰه والصلاة واسلام على رسول اللّٰه - By Iffat We have despoiled the inheritance that we from our fathers won. The heaven from the zenith has dashed it down -Iqbal Ever since the second World War and the subsequent emancipation of various colonies of the west, the affected people have been groping in the wreckage to find their identity, a sense of belongingness to where they came from, a sense of history which was mercilessly denied to them. One of the major groups affected by this phenomenon is Muslims. Muslim psyche has been undergoing this phenomenon for more than fifty years now wherein they've been, not exclusively so, conditioned to believe that anything the west does not approve of is categorically inferior including their own civilization. The Muslim youth unfortunately has yielded to the diligent attempts of the west to pull asunder the strings that bind them with their ancestors. Everything Western is appealing to them, from sartorial choices to year-r...

بسم اللّٰه والحمد اللّٰه والصلاة واسلام على رسول اللّٰه - By Ruh Allah ﷻ says: Successful indeed are the believers. Those who in their prayer are  khaashi’oon  [have humility and attentiveness]. - [al-Muminoon 23:1-2] We all desire to be focused in our  salah , we hope to find comfort and peace within while we stand before our Lord ﷻ. However, we often find that our  salah  feels empty. One could say our  salah  is lacking in  khushu' , which is the soul of  salah  and it is something we all should strive to achieve. DEFINITIONS AND USES: In order for us to make an effort to find  khushu'  it is important to understand what is meant by the term. The dictionary definitions for the verb  khasha'a  (خَشَعَ) given are:  to be submissive, be humble; to humble oneself, reduce to submission, to display humility; to be moved, be touched.  The word  khushu'  (خُشُوعٌ), which we commonly use, is defined as:...

بسم الله والحمد الله والصلاة واسلام على رسول الله By Zaid A desire everyone has or claims to have is the desire to meet the Prophet  ﷺ  or to meet one of the companions like Umar (ra) or Ali (ra) or even to meet one of the great scholars of Islam like Abu Hanifah or Ahmad  (rh) . I want you to imagine you were granted that wish. Allah ﷻ gives you right now the ability to speak with one of them in a coffee shop. You go there, get a coffee, and sit down on the table in front of him. Then, you say, " Assalamu alaikum , I am Zaid! I've always wished to meet you." Perhaps you start crying out of happiness when you say this. In front of you, he understands nothing you said except the Salam . He responds to your Salam , but doesn't really understand what you're saying or why you're crying. He doesn't know that you have always wished to meet him. You cannot talk to him, and he cannot talk to you. This is how Muslims who don't know Arabic are. I am like that ...