Category: Articles and Blog Posts

  • The Night Worth A Thousand Months

    إِنّا أَنزَلناهُ في لَيلَةِ القَدرِ وَما أَدراكَ ما لَيلَةُ القَدرِ “We sent it down on the Laylah al-Qadr. And how will you know Laylah al-Qadr?” — Qur’an, 97: 1-2 Qadr – what does it mean? Is it “measurement”? Is it “power” (qudrah)? Is it “worth” or “rank”? Certainly one of its qualities is, خَيرٌ مِن… Continue reading

  • The Follow Up – From Distraction To Determination

    Returning after a hiatus, I discusses some finer points from this past week’s khutbah, “Contentment With The World Is The Enemy Of Success”, delivered at Middle Ground on June 16th, 2017. Continue reading

  • Contentment With the World is the Enemy of Success

    [Direct download] إِنَّ الَّذينَ لا يَرجونَ لِقاءَنا وَرَضوا بِالحَياةِ الدُّنيا وَاطمَأَنّوا بِها وَالَّذينَ هُم عَن آياتِنا غافِلونَ أُولٰئِكَ مَأواهُمُ النّارُ بِما كانوا يَكسِبونَ “Those who don’t look forward to their meeting with Us, who are satisfied with the life of this world and who disregard Our Signs (verses) they’re going to have their home in… Continue reading