After reading the parable in this verse, we can better understand why some people who return back to Islam or convert to Islam say that they feel so much more at peace. How many owners did our hearts have before we submitted ourselves to Allah? We were owned by our own desires, the demands of insincere friends, societal pressures, satans whispers, our forefathers wishes (in the case of converts), deviant cultural practices, material objects, etc. Submitting to One praiseworthy Owner removes the pressures, confusion, and hopelessness that comes along with having to answer to multiple owners. This verse ends by telling us that 'In fact, most of them do not know'. We might assume th

Every human being have decided on a qibla, and starting doing tawaf around it or directed his face towards it. Some have declared that publicly, some secretly,. Some have realized what their qibla is, some are still confused between the voices and social scripts that have been echoing in their heads (ضرب الله مثلا رجلا فيه شركاء متشاكسون و رجلا سلما لرجل ) - [Al-Zumar 39:29] After we realize our qibla, and our path and orbit around it, need to get going! stop looking at other people's qibla and how it looks from their angle and their point of view. rush and run towards good deeds ( فاستبقوا الخيرات) Some of us are still stuck in the decision making analysis p

QuranReflect Group Reflection Activity, Ramadan 1443/2022 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐐𝐔𝐑𝐀𝐍 Catch up on previous posts using the hashtag

and please share your comments. Apologies for the pause over the last couple of days. Today we are gathering a few ayat/parables together, as they have a connected theme. 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟵: 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗹𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 It’s important to keep in mind that slavery was a reality at the time of revelation. We thank Allah that (at least in its blatant forms), it is gone. The Shari’ah accommodated that reality but also tended to close doors to enslavement, and open doors to emancipation. Still, the