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The death of Shahzeb Khan has really affected me. It makes me think about so many things among which is, uncertainty of death itself. There's a general believe that people die when they are old. And it is true to an extent. The young/children die in special cases like wars, epidemic, or brutal injustice. Shahzeb's death has left me thinking how much time do I have. It's true that nobody knows when one will die but still. When one dies, all doors are closed on that person. The time for action is up. What I shall have would be the product of those action. What are we doing with our life? Where are we spending our precious time which is silently creeping away. What we shall reap in hereafter? These questions haunt me most of the time. And I earnestly pray for Shahzeb that whichever way he spent his life, may Allah have rehmah on him. May Allah shower his blessings on him and give him place in His glorious gardens. And this prayer is for all who are living or dead. May Allah...

(Guest post by Nimra Khursheed) ‘‘Who is going to come for the summary of what has been delivered uptil now?’’  The teacher demanded for a direct impromptu presentation.  Now? At hand presentation? Amidst a crowd of 60 people?! ‘‘And would like to gain a positive marking?’’  The teacher added eyeing the students.  Silence loomed from every corner of class. Fidgeting in their seats as to whom the teacher would now ask to present ; the students found the offer devouring , but they all had a common excuse: WE ARE NOT PREPARED!                                                                                                                           ...

(Prepared with Connie L. Nash from One Heart For Peace ) .." Allah is our Lord and your Lord. Unto us our works and unto you your works; no argument between us and you. Allah will bring us together, and unto Him is the journeying." Al-Quran (chapter 42:ayat-15) ..." Is the reward of goodness aught save goodness?" Al-Quran (chapter 55: ayat-60) ' Even after all this time, the sun never says to the earth: "you owe me." Look what happens with a love like that. It lights the whole sky .' Hafiz " The well is one, and water bearers many. Their pots may differ in shape and size, but water in all of them One." Kabir " My wish for you is that you fall in love like a burning coal that  falls into water and keeps burning. " Jalaluddin Rumi " God expects but one thing of you, and that is that you should come out of yourself in so far as you are a created being made and let God be God in you. ...

"Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alternation of the night and the day are signs for those of understanding. Who remember Allah while standing or sitting or [lying] on their sides and give thought to the creation of the heavens and the earth, [saying], "Our Lord, You did not create this aimlessly; exalted are You [above such a thing]; then protect us from the punishment of the Fire." (Surah Al-Imran:191-192) To determine the meaning of the expression , we look into the word ' albab ' which is the plural of lubb . Lexically, it means the essence . Since the essence of everything is its sum-total and the key to its nature and uses, therefore human wisdom has been called lubb, for wisdom is the essence of human nature. thus, 'albab' means ' the people of wisdom' Now the problem before us is how to identify the people of wisdom because the whole world claims to be wise. Not even a moron would be ready to admit b...

Hafiz Ibn Qayyim RehmaULLAHI Ta'ala Alayih

Compiled by: Mushtaq Ahmed Quresh Translated by: Noor-e-Hira Shamim In previous piece we read about the weapons sheytaan use to lead us astray. In this post we will see how does he use this weapon and its remedy. In Surah Nas, chapter 114 of Quran Allaah says: "Say, 'I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind, The Sovereign of mankind. The God of mankind, From the evil of the retreating whisperer - Who whispers [evil] into the breasts of mankind - From among the jinn and mankind." (Surah An-Nas ) EXPLANATION : In this surah, refuge and help of Allaah is asked by using His three qualities to revoke Him. He is the Cherisher, He is our Master and True God. King of the kings , have Power over each and everything. He is Almighty and Only One who can save us from from all the evil we know or we don't know of. He can give us refuge against all kinds of enemies. In these ayaah, doubt is related to sheytaan. The kind of doubt that is not stopped in one attempt, he doesn't get h...

We need to take back our deen. Click on the highlighted word to know about the challenge we are given, nowadays in Pakistan.

Compiled by: Mushtaq Ahmed Qureshi Sheytaan uses six ways to lead us astray. Hazrat Suleymaan Suri (RA) says: "Sheytaan loves innovation(in deen) more than sinfulness and impiety. If he can't bring a person to innovation(in deen), he makes him greedy for different kinds of mortal sins. He makes them so tempting and orates them for the person. If he(sheytaan) cannot control someone by this way and faces resistance then he brings that person towards minor sins. He lowers their importance so much so that person gets stuck in the web and gets used to of them. And this makes him brave for attempting on mortal sins. If this technique also fails then he(sheytaan) advices him on those acts which have neither punishment nor reward. This way, sheytaan succeeds in wasting our precious time which could have been spent in worshipping Allah (ibadah). If sheytaan fails in all of above methods he busies the man in futile efforts. So that man leaves the continuous efforts in way of Allah and f...