Surah al-Qalam counsels the Prophet to stay the course. To stand up for himself and his principles. He had to do it on his own. “There is in us a tendency to locate the shaping forces of our existence outside ourselves. Success and failure are unavoidably related in our minds with the state of things… Continue reading

Man is easily confused by time. We’re constantly battling against linear time because we’re at heart, non-linear creatures. And thus God swears by time we’re lost. This Surah shows the way to salvation. The image of a declining day suggests the stage in the day, or in life, when only a short while is left… Continue reading