About God

When I was a child, my parents would always chide me for trying to drink my grandfather’s whisky.  You can imagine, an active and inquisitive young child observing his grandfather sip this thick, gold, smooth liquid.  I wanted some! However, every time I attempted to secretly drink the enticing beverage, I would get into big […]

“But then with me the horrid doubt always arises whether the convictions of man’s mind, which has been developed from the mind of the lower animals, are of any value or at all trustworthy.  Would anyone trust in the convictions of a monkey’s mind, if there are any convictions in such a mind?”[1] This is

For the past two years, the celebrations of the birth of the last two Messengers of God on Earth seem to have come around the same time. Christians traditionally celebrate the birth of Jesus (peace be upon him) on the 25th of December.  Some Muslims celebrate the birth of the Prophet Muhammad, may the mercy and

4)Nature What is present on earth in the form of forests, rivers, mountains, waterfalls, oceans, and diverse plant and animal species is truly something remarkable. It is not the dolphin that equips itself with the most advanced and efficient sonar system on earth, nor is it the eagle that equips itself with eyesight four or

God, in Arabic “Allah” is One. He is unique, nothing is like Him (He is not a man as some people might wrongly imagine), He is The Creator and Lord of everything (every, human, animal, plant, organism, star, galaxy; in fact the entire universe), and everything else other than Him is His creation. Everything in

Mercy It is said that another word for love is mercy. One of God’s names is The-Merciful; the Arabic word used is Ar-Rahmaan. This English translation does not fully represent the depth and intensity that the meaning this word carries. The name Ar-Rahmaan has three major connotations: the first is that God’s mercy is an intense mercy; the

      “Whilst the pen was making haste in writing, it split upon itself as soon as it came to Love.”[1] Rumi was right.  When pen is put to paper and writes about love, it breaks in two.  Trying to describe love is almost impossible.  Love is truly a powerful, unique and irresistible force or feeling. 

The best way to answer these questions is to first understand who God is in the context of worship.  God by definition is the One who is entitled to our worship; it is a necessary fact of His own existence.  The Qur’an repeatedly highlights this fact about God, “Indeed, I am God.  There is no

God has made difference a reality of life.  Even parents and their children differ, in spite of the children being the immediate genetic descendants of their parents and in spite of their parents having raised them from infancy.  They differ in their outlook on life, their personalities, their temperaments, and even their physical appearances.  In

Al-Salaam (Peace) is one of God’s names.  God says: “He is Allah (God), besides whom there is no God, the King, the Holy One, Peace, the Giver of Security…” (Quran 59:23) Allah is the bringer of peace who spreads peace throughout creation.  Since life was first created, it has been predominated by long stretches of