Greet Everyone with a Smile
A simple act that can make a dramatic difference and help human beings during the most challenging segments of their lives is smiling. The untapped powers of smile when uncovered, inspire people during difficult times.
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Stress and Depression and Their Cause
The failure of irreligious people in submitting themselves to Allah causes them to be in a constant state of ill-ease, anxiety and stress. As a consequence, they are afflicted by various psychological illnesses which reveal themselves in their physical selves.
Superficiality: A Common Culture of Ignorance
As in most other ways, those with weak faith and sick hearts exert a negative influence on others to live by superficiality. However, it must be emphasized that these people are in fact conscious of the superficiality they live out. They very well differentiate those with whom they could never share such a debased culture. They know that by means of this debased culture, it is impossible to form a relationship with genuine Muslims.
The Pagan Origins of Halloween
The Celtic festival of Samhain is probably the source of the present day Halloween celebration. The Celts lived more than 2000 years ago in what is now Great Britain, Ireland and Northern France.
People Educated into Superficiality: How?
Childhood observations play an important role in the acquisition of character. The culture a child learns from parents, relatives and friends deeply affects him. He remembers the good and bad things he observed in those around him during those years. Later, at a certain point, he imitates their behavior, reacting in the same way to similar occurrences and adopting the same expressions and manners. Up to a certain age, his likings, habits and behavior copy what he observes in others.
Self-purification in Islam
The practice of purifying the human self and turn it into a better one, through a constant process of purification and reform, has been significantly emphasized by the Qur’an which called it “Purification”. In that context, the Ever-Glorious Qur’an has referred to its importance and necessity in several verses.
Relativity of Time and the Reality of Fate
Destiny is the eternal knowledge of Allah, Who is independent of time and Who prevails over the whole of time and space, about all occurrences and situations of all the beings that are dependent on time. Allah is the Creator of all these actions and situations just as He is the Creator of "time."
Prophet Muhammad: An Appreciation of Beauty
The world looks so devoid of beauty and so filled with the ugliness of anger, hatred, wars, intolerance, oppression, and injustices. The world needs the guiding light of beauty that may bring rays into the darkness that is so pervasive.
Islam Permits Polygamy: Why?
Islamic polygamy addresses the social problems of prostitution and extramarital affairs common in the West. Instead of cheating - infidelity is one of the top reasons for divorce in the West - Islam allows a man to marry more than one wife, with full recognition of the rights of all of them.
Abdullah ibn Rawahah: A Symbol of Heavenly Justice
The Prophet (PBUH) then appointed Abdullah ibn Rawahah to estimate the agricultural produce of the Jews and to make sure that the taxes were duly paid, as per the agreement.
