Click here for previous session     The Trinity The Three in One, the One in Three? Not so! To my own God I go. It may be He shall give me greater ease Than your cold Christ and tangled Trinities. —Monotheistic rendition of Rudyard Kipling’s “Lispeth” The Trinity: the foundation of faith for some, the focus of ridicule for others, but a mystery for all. And that should be no surprise. To quote the authorities, “The word does not occur in scripture…” 104 and, “The doctrine of the...
It was 1:06AM, I had taken a bath and switched on my computer to continue my writing on the life of Sheikh Uthman Dan Fodio and the rise of the Sokoto Caliphate. It was cold, so, I needed a...
We are nearly half way through the blessed month of Ramadān and many of us are unfortunately still only warming up in our worship and righteous acts. A common excuse for this is that due to the long hours...
Aishah ( ﺭﺿﻲ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻨﺎ ) narrated that the Prophet ﷺ entered upon her one day and saw a small piece of bread on the floor, so he picked it up and wiped it, then told her: “O Aishah...
We dream, we wake and face the day We live, we love and we strive We pray, we try and we cry We lose, we hold on and believe They laugh when we are down but we never give up We work, we climb...

Celebrating With Non-Muslims

CELEBRATING WITH NON-MUSLIMS When the Holy Prophet made it to Madeenah on the divine order of his Lord, he met the natives therein with a plethora of festivities. Rather than join in the commemoration, he called them to the heavenly...
Indeed, the promise of Allah is so real! And whoever Allah guides, no one can misguide. We became friends on facebook over 3 years ago,  February 2014 to be precise She hails from Warri, Delta State. Like every other Christian friends on facebook,...
These are the days of patience These are the days your faith will be pushed,tested and shaken These are the days fitnah (test nd trials ) will be spread.   You can't stop it, it's decreed The days liers will be believed and honest...

Misgoded reading continued

Click here for previous session     Appearance 1.  It is commonly acknowledged that Jesus was bearded. Do we find this practice better maintained among Muslims or Christians? 2.  Jesus is known to have dressed modestly. Nobody imagines Jesus Christ in shorts and a T­shirt. If we close our eyes and form a mental picture, we see flowing robes, from wrists to ankles. When Jesus delivered his Sermon of the Mount, did he have a paunch? We like to think not, but in fact nobody knows, and his loose clothes may be the reason. So, how many practicing Muslims does a person find dressed with Christ­like...
Introduction This article seeks to address/examine the synchronization of the appearances of women and men of faith with a corresponding amount of inner beauty from the societal lens, the Islamic lens, and the realities which stare at us in the...

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