2 August 2021 What Does the Knowledge We Read Change in Our Lives? There is a very simple question we can ask ourselves when we open the Qur’an: What do I expect from this reading? To finish a few pages,…
29 March 2023 Where does the boundary between loving something and being addicted to it begin? Addiction is not only alcohol, substances, or gambling. Addiction can also arise when people lose control over a behavior, when that behavior damages their…
30 August 2021 Why Do We Feel Incomplete as Our Possessions Increase? Sometimes, viewed from the outside, a person has many things. They have a roof over their head, work that provides a living, and loved ones beside them; yet…
14 August 2023 Why Do Our Words Find No Response? Question: When we want our child to change a decision, do we know what that decision means to them? “Do not do this,” we say. “Why?” they ask. We try…
4 August 2021 What Does Taking Allah as Trustee Mean in Our Lives? Let us think about what we do when we entrust a matter to someone else. We give a lawyer power of attorney, authorize a relative to handle…
31 December 2021 Question: Can we tell whether a person is good simply by looking from the outside? We look at their worship. We look at the words they say. We can draw a conclusion from the words they use…
31 March 2023 How we finish something matters as much as how we begin it. Marriage, partnership, work, friendship, a project, even an ordinary day… People are constantly beginning something, continuing it, and bringing it to an end at some…
11 September 2023 Whose Responsibility Are We Carrying? Question: Could we be neglecting our own lives and responsibilities while trying to correct someone else’s wrongdoing? “Why did they do that?” “How could they behave like that despite all the kindness?”…
15 September 2023 Do We Know What Today’s Choice Carries into Tomorrow? Question: When we look back one day, what will we most regret not having done? Not having earned more? Or the right things we neglected for the sake…
31 March 2023 Why do people pray more when they are in distress, yet gradually drift away when they find relief? Because the sense of need is strong. Trouble awakens a person. When there is debt, illness, a family problem,…