Freedom
Dear Someone, I know the feeling you have inside right now. You feel as though you are slipping away from reality. Sometimes your mind wanders so far away, you don’t even want to believe there is one. You feel comfortable and content living in your head. Your mind is a theme park and your problems […]
Qur’an: A Guide for Modern Scientists
Article #1. Introduction This is the first of a series depicting scientific facts stated in the Qur’an and what scientists are saying about these topics. Many scholars have written books, articles and made presentations about science and the Qur’an. I am truly humbled by their contributions. It is not my objective or my intention to […]
أجر Ajara
اجار، أجورا، أجرٌ، يأجر، استأجر To reward, pay wages, hire or employ. The word has been used mainly in the Quran in relation to the rewards Allah (SW) will give His servants on the Day of Judgment. The best example is the famous statement said by many prophets and messengers like Noah, Hud, Salih, lot […]
ومن مثل محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم في تعامله مع زوجته؟
لا بد أنك مررتَ بمواقف من السيرة العطرة لرسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، إما قارئاً لها وإما مستمعاً لراويها، ولا بد ارتسمت ابتسامة على ثغرك سروراً بموقف، ولا بد انحدرت دمعة على خديك حزناً لآخر.. لا بد أن يكون لك حظك من هذه السيرة العطرة، الملأى بالفوائد والدرر، التي قال الله في حقها وحق […]
I Don’t Care
Does this ring a bell? The mother asks her son: “Mama, can you stay with your little brother while I take your grandma to the doctor?” And the son replies: NOOO! You stay with them! Why ME, why not Leila! They are YOUR kids not MINE, I Don’t Care.” Does this ring a bell? The […]
Sacrifice and the Journey of Hijrah: Welcoming 1438 H.
I was born in 1968, only one year after the second major “Hijrah” of the Palestinian people from the West Bank, which came 19 years after the first one in 1948. More than half of the Palestinian population were forced out of their country by the Israeli occupation, and till now a whole new generation […]
إني مهاجر إلى ربي
ما أن ينتهي شهر الله ذو الحجة، ويرحل حاملاً معه البركة التي احتوتها أيامه وساعاته، حتى يستقبلك العام الهجري الجديد بشهر الله محرم. انتهى العام الهجري بأجمل ما ينتهي به عام، انتهى بطاعات وقُربات قدمها الحجاج المُلَبُّون في رحاب الله الطاهرة، وانتهى بتضحيات وأضاحي قدمها أبناء هذه الأمة في شتى بقاع الأرض، رغبة بما عند […]
Free Yourself from the Chains of Gluttony
Have you ever really thought about what you eat? What if everything was completely different? Allah (SWT) could have created blocks or globs of nutrition, some kind of complete food source with no variation of taste or smell or color or texture, had He so willed. It could have been something that humans just ingest […]
People Who Make a Difference
People who make a difference are very clear in who they are and what they are doing. The level of change in “making a difference” for them depends on the universal values they carry which are not limited to time, place or ethnicity. These people originate their approach to “make a difference” on the basis […]
Getting to Know Your Writers
Humans of Orland Park is a project that aims to provide a glimpse into the lives of the people of Orland Park, one story at a time. The content provided in this piece is taken from interviews with our subjects. What makes you Muslim? Islam is more than just believing in Allah swt, it […]