“The advocates of pragmatism which is a manifestation of humanism, are of the view that science and art are valid if they provide a better standard of living. What is essentially valid according to the pragmatists is useful work for living. In response to these, we mark that neither worldly life nor efforts made for…
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And link me to the most luminous ray of Your power…
“And link me to the most luminous ray of Your power, so that I would know You only and turn away from aught but You.” [Al-Munajat ash-Shabaniyah] The better man understands this attachment and dependence, the greater attention he will pay to the Promoter of (this) attachment and the Genuine and Independent Being, and the…
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It is reported in a tradition that when the virtuous…
It is reported in a tradition that when the virtuous are stationed in Paradise, a message will be sent to them from the Almighty Allah, saying, “This is the message sent by the Eternal and the Immortal to the one who is also eternal and immortal: Whatever I command to be, it comes into existence;…
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The punishment of the grave, which is a model…
The punishment of the grave, which is a model of the punishment in the Hereafter. And according to some traditions we will not be able to avail in the Barzakh any intercession of the intercessors. God alone knows what kind of punishment it will be! The state of affairs on the Day of Resurrection will…
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There is one basic difference between the bestowal…
There is one basic difference between the bestowal of ownership by Allah and the transfer of ownership by a man. After a man has transferred the ownership of a thing, it is no longer his property. But Allah continues to be the owner of a thing even after He has bestowed it on anyone else….
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