Most of you know I don’t place a lot of weight on ahadith. The Qur’an is the Word of God and the only necessary source. Ahadith are nice when they fortify our faith, but so many—even the ones supposedly considered ‘reliable’ that are somehow always narrated by those who hated women—have the opposite effect on …
Palestine-strong
We can only hope to have faith as strong as the Palestinians.
Satan’s vengeance
One of the parts of the Qur'an that I read, over and over, with fascination, is verses 15:28-50: the conversation between Iblis and Allah (swt) after the creation of the first human and the infamous refusal to acknowledge. I've read this in so many different ways through years, turning the verses over and over again …
The Purpose of Sin
I've been asking myself why we sin. Not the technicality, like free will or the ability to choose. I mean what purpose does sin serve? What's the point? On some level, the fact that the All-Forgiving forgives makes sin seem... redundant. Why allow it only to forgive it? And when is it punished, rather than …
Roe v. Wade was overturned. The economy is next.
I have no children. That means I have disposable income. I go through $2,000 a month, not including necessities like charitable contributions, rent, groceries, or fuel. (In fact, I'm a little embarrassed to say that. I'm certain that there's a level of extravagance God may characterize as sinful, but I have never feigned virtue before …
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Buried Banaat and Bal بل : TFF Tafsir of Prophet Lut [a.s]
as understood by Mehedi. Note: As of November 2023, The WordPress article is updated, but the PDF is an old, incomplete draft. Introduction and Methodology Anahita Nisa Sultana, writer and exegete has readily accepted the invitation from the Quran itself, to study It. Her work uncovered that Lut (a.s). clarifies homosexuality was not the sin …
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Belated Eid.
I handed my mother money for the sacrifice. "Did you see the cow you purchased?" she asked. "Your brother sent you photos." "Why would I look at the animal I'm going to slaughter? It's going to die. I don't want to feel anything." "Then how do you call it a sacrifice?" she said. I stopped. …
the fatal feminist 