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Iblees is the name of a Jinn whose title is ‘الشيطان’ (Al-Shaytaan). Jinn are a creation of God. They are made of fire and have freewill . One day, God informed the angels that he is creating man. When he commanded the angels and Iblees to bow down to man they all fell except Iblees.…
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بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Surah Jum’uah is a surah that was revealed in the madani period of prophethood, after the prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم had to migrate from the city of Makkah to Medinah, which was originally called ‘Yathrib’. This surah begins, as is common in the ‘musabbahaat’ (glorifiers) surahs of the quran,…
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Long have I wished to read great poetry and recently had the chance to read John Milton’s Paradise lost and Paradise Regained. These two poems, consisting of 12 and 4 books respectively around 400 pages is a masterpiece in Literature, accessible to all; though some passages’ full effect will only be felt by a reader…
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The very fact that you exist means that you must make choices. It is unavoidable. To be human is to decide. Almost tragically, even the refusal to choose is itself a choice—a surrender to drift. One may choose to heal or to harm, to wander aimlessly or to move with purpose, to waste the hours…
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Introduction Why are we here? Every human being, whether religious or secular, eventually confronts this question. The Qur’an, Islam’s revealed scripture, offers not only a theological answer but a deeply existential one. At the centre of its moral narrative is the story of Adam—not merely as the first human, but as a reflection of the…
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The Antichrist, or Dajjal, is not merely a future individual. He is a recurring phenomenon: a corruption that arises when religious authority is wielded without accountability, when God’s message is twisted into an instrument of control. The Qur’an repeatedly warns against this distortion—not from enemies of faith, but from within. Surah Al-Hadid, verse 25 presents…
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We live by faith far more than we live by proof. We trust that the sun will rise tomorrow, though there is no deductive necessity that it must. We believe our memories are real, even though we’ve never stepped outside our minds to verify them. We accept that our parents are truly our parents, though…
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The question of what it means to be human has long preoccupied philosophers, theologians, and scientists alike. On the surface, humans appear to be animals—living beings shaped by instinct, biology, and environmental conditioning. However, on closer examination, certain unique human qualities begin to emerge. These include our language, sense of aesthetics, capacity for ritual, moral…
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