Love recognizes no shackles of society or conventions. Thus it was in the case of a mistress and her slave. When Zulaikha could no longer resist the base urges of her love for Yusuf (AS), she lured him to a room in the viziers palace. But before her attempted seduction there, she covered the face [...]

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If free will leads to inevitable suffering, was it moral on God’s part to allow us free will? Syndicated from: A Myth in Creation: Awais Aftab’s Blog

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When we are born, the adhaan is given, but there is no prayer. When we die, there is a prayer with no adhaan. That is because the adhaan of our birth belongs to the prayer of our death and that’s how short life is. Don’t get caught up in this dunya, think about the hereafter. [...]

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“What causes hesitation is the fact that, after all, Mr Wittgenstein manages to say a good deal about what cannot be said, thus suggesting to the sceptical reader that possibly there may be some loophole through a hierarchy of languages, or by some other exit. The whole subject of ethics, for example, is placed by [...]

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Not a conventional bus ride. But a process of discovering Karachi which has been isolated. Kamila Shamsie once said that most of the novels she has judged for literary prizes talk about the sense of loss. The sense of loss makes you uneasy. It makes you share it. write it. speak it loud. out. You [...]

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ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of activists took to the streets on Friday as the protests over desecration of Holy Quran at the Nato military base in Afghanistan spread to Malaysia, Indonesia and India.Holding banners inscribed with several anti-US slogans including ‘Damn You US Army’, and ‘Quran Our Soul, You Burnt Our Soul’, protesters gathered at public places [...]

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By Wajahat Ali for Salon.com Muslims worldwide groaned upon hearing the news that Oliver Stone’s son, Sean, converted to Islam while filming a documentary in Iran. Although we — the collective 1.5 billion Muslims worldwide — assume Sean Stone is a fine, upstanding man and sincerely wish him spiritual contentment, we earnestly ask Allah why [...]

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The circumstances which led to copies of the Holy Quran and other religious material being burned at a rubbish-pit in Afghanistan are gradually coming to light. A NATO official has said that it was suspected that some detainees were using religious texts as a means of covert communication and consequently the material was confiscated. This [...]

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Imam Hasan al-Basri (Allah have mercy on him) said in explanation of the word righteous (abrar) in the Holy Quran, إن الأبرار لفي نعيم Surely the righteous will be in bliss [82:13] ‘These are the individuals who would not even harm an ant and never consent to wrong actions.’ Tazkirah Mohammad Ahmad Partabgarhi (Allah have [...]

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Red, luscious, juicy. Tomatoes anyone?   I don't know a single person who doesn't like watermelons!   Method in the madness?   Have you ever been to a tomatina festival? I'd love to go! Syndicated from: Ummanaal’s Musings

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Quaid-e-Azam’s Quotes collected from Dawn (25th December, 2011, Sunday) It was not I alone who achieved Pakistan but I had millions with me and specially the masses. The intelligentsia came last, the masses came first. ~Karachi, 7 August 1947 Corruption is a curse in India and amongst Muslims, especially the so-called educated and intelligentsia. Unfortunately, [...]

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UNN ( Antwerpen ) Observer Islamic Countries strongly condemned burning of Holy Quran at Bagram US military airbase, we condemn this act in the strongest possible words. … 1 picture Syndicated from: SeenReport

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In the name of Allah, The Merciful to the believers and non-believers in this world and to the believers only in the next world. Praise be to Allah the Lord of the worlds. To Him belong the endowments, generosities, and proper commendations. May Allah raise the rank of Prophet Muhammad and his pure and kind [...]

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This article was copied from Darulfatwa, Islamic High Council of Australia: Question- Assalamualaikum, Inshallah i would like to know the ruling with proof from the sunnah or the Quran regarding reading the Quran for the dead. Usually s ome Imams read some Quran and also remind the dead person on (who is you lord what [...]

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