quran

  • The Heart of Recitation

    Sheikh ‘Abd al–Razzaq al–Badr (حفظه الله) said: “Your concern should not be, while reciting the Qur’an, ‘When will I finish this sūrah?’ Rather, your concern should be, while reciting the Qur’an: May Allah ﷻ rectify our affairs. Aameen! Read more

  • Imām Ibn Al-Qayyim (رحمه اللّٰه) said: If people knew what [tremendous good] was in reciting the Qur’ān while contemplating its meanings, they would have occupied themselves with that over everything else. Then, when one recites it with reflection until he comes across a verse that he is in need of—to cure his heart—he [should] repeat… Read more

  • Ḥadīth It was narrated from Abdullah ibn Mas’ood (رضي الله عنه) that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “No person, when stricken by anxiety or with sorrow, says: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي عَبْدُكَ، ابْنُ عَبْـدِكَ، ابْنُ أَمَتِـكَ، نَاصِيَتِي بِيَدِكَ، مَاضٍ فِيَّ حُكْمُكَ، عَدْلٌ فِيَّ قَضَاؤُكَ، أَسْأَلُكَ بِكُلِّ اسْمٍ هُوَ لَكَ، سَمَّيْتَ بِهِ نَفْسَكَ، أَوْ أَنْزَلْتَهُ فِي كِتَابِكَ،… Read more

  • The Enduring Good Deeds

    Allah ﷻ says in His Book: اَلْمَالُ وَالْبَنُونَ زِينَةُ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا ۖ وَالْبَاقِيَاتُ الصَّالِحَاتُ خَيْرٌ عِندَ رَبِّكَ ثَوَابًا وَخَيْرٌ أَمَلًا “Wealth and children are the adornment of this worldly life, but the everlasting righteous deeds are far better with your Lord in reward and better in hope.”— Surah al-Kahf (18:46) Commentary {الْمَالُ وَالْبَنُونَ زِينَةُ الْحَيَاةِ… Read more

  • Allah ﷻ says in His Book, نٓ ۚ وَٱلْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ “Nũn. By the pen and what they write!” [Surah al-Qalam, v. 1] Oaths from Allah can only be followed by the honorable of what He has created, and from His creations, the favor. Allah has sworn by the Book and its instrument, the pen,… Read more

  • Luqman

    Ibn Jarir (رحمه الله) recorded that Khalid ar-Raba‘i said: “Luqman was an Ethiopian slave who worked as a carpenter. His master once said to him, ‘Slaughter this sheep for us,’ and he slaughtered it. His master then said, ‘Bring me the best two parts of it,’ so Luqman brought the tongue and the heart. After… Read more