27 June 2021 Can We Expect Change Without Looking at Ourselves? When the same issue confronts us repeatedly with different people in our lives, we usually look at those around us. The job changes, the friend changes, the person we…
8 September 2021 How Do We Look at a Small Example? Sometimes we search far away for the answer to a big question. When we hear a complicated explanation, we may consider it more important and dismiss simple advice right…
24 January 2021 What Are We Saying When We Offer a Greeting of Peace? When we enter a place, we offer a greeting of peace. Sometimes these words become so familiar that we say them without thinking about their meaning….
20 March 2023 Why do people set goals? Because they need something. Because they feel something is missing. To relieve a pain, fulfill a desire, or carry out a responsibility. In Surah Hud, the account of Nuh’s people tells us…
Faith, Suffering, Divine Justice, and Humanity’s Responsibility Many people watching what is happening in Gaza find themselves asking the same question: “Why doesn’t Allah protect the people of Gaza? They are Muslims. They believe in Allah. They pray to Him….
29 November 2021 Which Path Do We Use toward the Goal? We all have a desire. We may want to find work, advance in our profession, put our debts in order, or provide better conditions for our family. When setting…
10 September 2021 What Changes When We Learn Something? When people learn something new, more than a piece of information is added to their minds. They may begin to notice a detail previously overlooked, ask different questions, and make different…
24 March 2023 Is asking Allah for everything laziness? Or is it more right simply to work and not pray? Both may be incomplete. People both make the concrete effort required and ask their Lord for the outcome. Through Nuh’s…
6 February 2023 What would someone do if separated from a loved one for years, then received painful news about another loved one? They would grieve, become angry, and ask why this had happened. Let us think of the pain…
1 November 2021 Question: Does our trust in Allah change when everything does not go as we want? We start a business. There is an outcome we want. We want to marry. We want to find a job. We wish…