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Ayat al-Kursi - An Example of I'jaz by Shaykh Ata’ Abu Rashta

Shaykh `Ata’ Ibn Khalil: Tafsir  of Ayat al-Kursi “An Example of  I`jaz  (‘Qur’anic Inimitability’) [1] The Noble jurist and  mufassir  Shaykh `Ata’ Ibn Khalil (Allah preserve him) writes in his monumental commentary of  surat  al-Baqara: و كلمة أخيرة نقولها : إن المتدبر لهذا القرآن العظيم يجد أن إعجازه يأخذ بالألباب، فهي هذه الآية الكريمة خمس جمل مستقلة متتابعة دون إستعمال حرف عطف ( اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ  ۚ  لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ  ۚ  لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ  ۗ  مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يَشْفَعُ عِنْدَهُ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ  ۚ  يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ ) و الآية قوية عظيمة. و نقرأ في آية أخرى ست واوات ( وَقِيلَ يَا أَرْضُ ابْلَعِي مَاءَكِ وَيَا سَمَاءُ أَقْلِعِي وَغِيضَ الْمَاءُ وَقُضِيَ الْأَمْرُ وَاسْتَوَتْ عَلَى الْجُودِيِّ  ۖ  وَقِيلَ بُعْدًا لِلْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ ) هو كذلك قوية عظيمة، و هذا ما لا تستطيعه العرب، فهم اذا أكثروا استعمال حروف العطف في الجملة ضعفت و أصبحت ركيكة في ألفاظها،

Impediments to Strengthening the Nafsiyya Part 3 “Bad Company”

Impediments to Strengthening the Islamic Disposition – Part 3: Bad Company One of the impediments to a person building h/her  nafsiyya  and strengthening it is bad company. Allah mentions in the Qur’an to His beloved as a lesson for us on the importance of good company: { And keep yourself patient with those who call on their Lord morning and afternoon, seeking His Face, and let not your eyes overlook them, desiring the pomp and glitter of the life of the world; and obey not him whose heart We have made heedless of Our Remembrance, one who follows his own lusts and whose affair has been lost …}. [1] What are the dangers of keeping bad company? They include : Social influence where a person’s emotions, opinions and behaviour are influenced by his in-group. It leads to weakness and pressure in how a single individual usually finds it difficult to dissent from a social group. It leads a person to busy themselves with matters dictated by the group not what is legislated by Is

Video: Islam: A Threat or Mercy? By Sheikh Abu Talha Malkawi

In his inimitable style international Islamic activist and speaker Abu Talha sheds light on how Islam and the Islamic System are a mercy for all and not a threat. He uses graphs and statistics to demonstrate the failures of the current system of capitalism and exhorts the Muslims to work to revive the Islamic system which provides clear solutions to the problems faced by the world and also has a track record of 1300 years of implementation which not only brought scientific progress to the world but also justice, peace and security for all its citizens Muslims and Non-Muslims alike. He strongly believes that the future is for Islam and that the current uprisings in the Muslim world will eventually lead to the re-establishment of the Islamic state in the Muslim lands. This speech is from Khilafah Conference 2012 (USA) -  Revolution: Liberation by Revelation,  Muslims Marching Toward Victory by  Hizb ut-Tahrir America