It is no secret that the first ten verses of Suurah 80 ('Abasa) of the holy Qur'an were revealed to correct The Prophet Muhammad over his reaction to a blind companion who had approached him at a time The...
Unthinkable and unbearable, a
shock and grief which
is too hard to bear. Why?
In the midst of multitude
growing, you came in to
sail their smile away. Why?
Even with the unwelcomed
gestures you found your
way in oh heartless
visitor! Why?
Forcing the reality of your
existence into...
“Beware of a calamity that may afflict not only those who incurred it but also the innocent ones who had no hands in its cause and know that Allah’s retribution can be very severe”. Q. 8:25
Monologue
Beyond sheer lamentations and...
The Covid 19 saga comes with a lot of lessons. In my opinion, the most important lesson to the Muslim community is to sit up and retrace it's step backwards and regain it's position in the field of medicine....
The evening of Sunday the 24th day of September 2017 will remain indelible in my memory as I engaged a Tijaany-cleric in an approximately two-hour religious debate. He had garrulously fumbled prior to the day that he would win...
Atheist, free-thinkers have always raised questions as to why we have more worship centres than hospitals. However, a careful examination of the nexus between hospitals and worship centres does not only brings us to the conclusion that the establishment...
Tales From The Quran:
There is no 'ordinary' Qur'an verse; every verse carries a special and weighty meaning, if only we take our time to ponder.
One of such verses that tends to be easily overlooked as a mere story is...
Any reader might wonder and question the correctness of the term, 'deliberate suicide'. Suicide is usually deliberate, true, however, what do we call someone who does not really wants to die but found death out of whims and ignorance?....
"Anyone who truly puts Islam before misogyny would enthusiastically seek to fight for women’s rights in accordance with Islamic principles, without having to identify as a ‘Feminist’.
As a young girl, I once asked the then-Emir of Kano Ado Bayero...
Atheists, in a bad to promote their belief, sorry, they say it is not a belief, have continued to place science and religion at two ends believing both must necessarily compete or are in a competition. That Atheists have...
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