More Sacred than the Holy Ka’aba
“O Beloved of the penitents, the source of jubilation and joy of the Gnostics, the Peace and Satisfaction of the heart a of the worshipers, the true Comforter of those who resign to Your worship, the safe shelter of those who take refuge in You, the supporting comfort of the desperate, and to You, the
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Revere Your Lord
“All voices then bow low in reverence of the All-Merciful Lord, and you can barely hear anything but some soft whispering”. (Quran 20:108) وَخَشَعَتِ الْأَصْوَاتُ لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ فَلَا تَسْمَعُ إِلَّا هَمْسًا Friday Khutba by Shaykh Al-Akili on Friday March 16th 2018 C.E. at Annoor Jami Mosque, the 28th of Jamadal Akhira 1439 Hijri.
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My Mercy Encompasses Everything
“Say: “O people! I am the Messenger of Allah to all of you. He is the One to Whom belongs the dominion of the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. There is no Divine Sovereign Lord besides Him. He gives life and causes death.” Therefore believe in Allah and His Messenger, the unlettered Prophet
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The Hour of Divine Forgiveness
“O people of faith! Revere Allah and believe in His Messenger, He will double your reward as His Mercy, and He will assign you a guiding light that puts you on the Straight Path, and He will forgive you [your past sins]; for surely Allah is Oft-Forgiving and Most Compassionate”. (Quran 58:28) يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا
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Generosity vs. Miserliness
“They feel no need or inequity in their hearts towards others, instead, they give others preference over themselves even if they had personal needs, and whoever is guarded against his own miserliness, such are the successful ones”. (Quran 59:9) لَا يَجِدُونَ فِي صُدُورِهِمْ حَاجَةً مِّمَّا أُوتُوا وَيُؤْثِرُونَ عَلَىٰ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَلَوْ كَانَ بِهِمْ خَصَاصَةٌ ۚ وَمَن
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Talking With One’s Lord
“It is not given that Allah should speak to a mortal [directly] except through inspiration, or from behind a veil [indirectly], or by sending him a messenger to convey by Allah’s permission whatever He wills, for He is certainly the Most Sublime, Exalted and All-Wise”. (Quran 42:51) وَمَا كَانَ لِبَشَرٍ أَن يُكَلِّمَهُ اللَّـهُ إِلَّا وَحْيًا
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Eminence Belongs to Allah
“Let the [preset individual life span and] time witness, that man is certainly at loss, except for those who believe [in their Lord], who do righteous deeds, recommend to each other what is right and true, and who advise each others to endure their adversities with patience”. (Quran 103:1-3) وَالْعَصْرِ * إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ لَفِي خُسْرٍ * إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا
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Ten Days of Thul-Hijjah
“His Lord then brought him nigh and guided him“. (Quran 20:122) Allah’s Messenger uwbp says: “No good deeds are superior in the Sight of Allah to those performed during the first ten days of the month of Thul-Hijja”. [Sahih Bukhari] “ثُمَّ اجْتَبَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَتَابَ عَلَيْهِ وَهَدَىٰ” يَقُولُ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : «مَا
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Associating with Your Lord Is A Major Injustice
“We granted wisdom to Luqman, “Be thankful to Me,” and whoever is thankful [to Allah] his gratitude benefits him, and whoever is ungrateful, then Allah has no needs and He is most Praiseworthy. And when Luqman said to his son exhorting him: “My son, claim no partners to the Absolute Sovereign Lord, for polytheism is
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Prayers of the Oppressed
“O people! We created you of a single [pair] of a male and a female, and We made you into nations and tribes to recognize each other and share knowledge. The most noble among you in the sight of Allah are the most pious; certainly Allah is All-Knowing and He is well acquainted with everything”.
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