Islamic Revival

This abridged tafsir based on the book  ‘tayseer ila usul it-tafsir’  by  Shaykh Ata bin Khalil Abu Rishta  describes the initial phase of Prophet Mohammed (saw) mission to convey the message of Islam to take humanity from darkness to light. The tafsir of the ayat vividly illustrates how Allah (swt) communicated in the Arabic language challenging the belief, customs and values of the Arabs. Their resistance turned to denial then to open hostility yet the Arabs could not refute the truthfulness of Allah (swt) speech delivered in a language in which the Arabs were masters. Bismillah irrahmaniraheem الحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله وعلى آله ومن ولاه, وبعد: Allah sent Muhammad with the message of Islam to take the people from the darkness into the light with the permission of their Lord, to the path of  al-‘Azeez al-Hameed . “ Alif Lam Ra . [This is] a Book which We have revealed to you that you may bring forth men, by their Lord’s permission from utter darkness into light—to  the

The following is a translation from Arabic of an article entitled 'Leadership in Democracy Contradicts the Nature of Leadership In Humanity and in Islam': By Sheikh Yousuf Baadarani Man was created from clay; he didn't exist before Allah made him of clay and breathed into the clay the spirit of the body. The reality of birth is that it comes from death and not from life. Life in him is imposed and from the start; he wasn't given a choice regarding it. His lifespan is also imposed on him, confined to a limited time that he cannot affect nor can he remain behind when the time comes for it to end in him and to exit from him. He exits death according to a precise order, and forcibly; and in total absence of his will, life is born in him. And according to this same precise order, forcibly, and in total absence of his will, he exits life when it exits him. This person thinks of death from which he came before his life, and of life that fills his body and in which he enter