وَلَقَدْ ذَرَأْنَا لِجَهَنَّمَ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ الْجِنِّ وَالإِنسِ لَهُمْ قُلُوبٌ لاَّ يَفْقَهُونَ بِهَا وَلَهُمْ أَعْيُنٌ لاَّ يُبْصِرُونَ بِهَا وَلَهُمْ آذَانٌ لاَّ يَسْمَعُونَ بِهَا أُوْلَـئِكَ كَالأَنْعَامِ بَلْ هُمْ أَضَلُّ أُوْلَـئِكَ هُمُ الْغَافِلُونَ {Quran 7:179} “. . . . they have hearts and yet do not understand, they have eyes and yet do not see, they have ears and yet do not hear; …
Pakistan, China and Bin Ladin
And so they scurry around in a vain attempt to save themselves by reaching out to embrace the Saudis who are as guilty as themselves in lust for Yankee pleasures. The rich secularised westernized elite who control decision-making in Pakistan’s government as well as the Armed Forces have long looked down with disdain and contempt at scholars of Islam whom …
HOW WILL ISRAEL RESPOND TO POPULAR ARAB UPRISINGS?
The reality is that dramatic political change now sweeping the Arab world would eventually facilitate the execution of Israel’s war agenda against the Arabs, as well as against Pakistan and Iran. Islamic scholarship must thread very carefully when responding to urgent and insistent Muslim requests for an explanatory response to the current Arab uprisings. The events now mysteriously unfolding in …
Israel’s Next War, How Soon?
I fear that Israel will move swiftly to exploit to her advantage soon-to-occur world-wide hysterical fear of calamitous consequences of the major Gulf of Mexico oil leak that has already caused very large quantities of oil to flow into the Gulf – most of it still under the surface of the water – with simultaneous release of very large and …
Israel’s Piracy, Gaza’s Starvartion and our Berlin Walls
A humanitarian convoy of ships carrying thousands of tons of supplies and hundreds of politicians, activists and journalists was attacked last night by the Israeli Armed Forces in a carefully calculated air and sea assault while the ships (some carrying Turkish flags) were still in international waters. The Flotilla was seeking to break Israel’s three-year-long blockade of Gaza in order …
Do I need to know Arabic to answer the questions in the grave?
Allah knows that everyone will not be able to speak Arabic. As a matter of fact He sent Messengers to teach the people in their language, so that they will be asked the questions in their language. Similarly, with all others, they will be asked and will answer in the language they know.
Is Music allowed in Islam?
The question of music is a complex one and there are valid differences of opinion surrounding it. As a quick introductory statement, we as Muslims must realise that understand the Fiqh (Legal Ruling) of any matter is not as simple as quoting a Qur’anic verse or pointing to a Hadeeth. In fact, the Companions, and definitely the two generations following …
Who are right among Wahabisme, Sunni and Shia, Deobandi, Tabligi, Sufi?
I have just this as an answer – and if it does not suffice then kindly seek guidance from someone else. Those who can read the world accurately in this the Last Age, and who then respond to its tests and trials appropriately, are specially blessed by Allah and are hence rightly-guided.
What is your view on celebrating the birthday of the prophet
My choice is to mark the occasion in intense individual solitary private spiritual devotion rather than collective public celebration. I suggest that my students do the same.
Comments on Earthquakes
We can now expect more and more earthquakes – not all of which would occur naturally. One of the first things we can do is to build light-weight roofs on our houses so that if they were to collpase on us in an earthquake they can be lifted by human hands.