One of the beautiful things about our deen is the fact that a person may continue to receive rewards for their good deeds after they die. This is what we call sadaqah jaariyah. They are those deeds that still bring us rewards even after our death. For many of us, sadaqah jaariyah is that thing […]

It’s the month of Rajab and you may be thinking that Ramadan is still so far away, so why are we talking about it? In reality, even though the month of Ramadan is still several weeks away, there is no better time to start preparing for it than now so that we can have a […]

“Whom Allah has cursed. For he had said, “I will surely take from among Your servants a specific portion.” “And I will mislead them, and I will arouse in them [sinful] desires, and I will command them so they will slit the ears of cattle, and I will command them so they will change the […]

Many of us Muslims who do not speak or understand Arabic have built our relationship with the Qur’an by reading the transliteration of the Qur’an. Transliterated Qur’ans are hard copies of the Qur’an (Mus’haf) that have been transliterated to a language apart from Arabic. These Qur’ans are usually transliterated into many languages of the world […]

I grew up learning the Quran without tajweed. As a non-Arab who didn’t have access to teachers who teach Quranic tajweed in the real sense, my recitation was filled with every error possible. Pronunciation and spelling mistakes and difficulty in pronouncing Arabic alphabets are just some of the issues that I encountered while reciting the […]

Know that the life of this world is play and a passing show, and adornment and boasting among you, and rivalry between you over piled up goods and children. It is like vegetation after a rain whose growth is pleasing to the farmers, but later it dries up and turns yellow and becomes straw stubble. […]