The Life of this World

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Tragic Accident, But Good End In-sha Allah

Tragic Accident, But Good End In-sha Allah

29 March 2013 A bride along with her three sisters and a brother died in a tragic car accident in Hafr Al-Batin yesterday. She was heading to prepare for her wedding night but Allah's destiny was that night to be her first in the grave. Her wedding dress wa...

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I am a Writer, and so are you.

I am a Writer, and so are you.

... I can't say I'm a writer, but I love to write. To pen those thoughts and capture those images in my mind; translating them into a readable language. Pausing to reflect and capture the right word, the right tense, the right emotion. To write and write, the...

BY: Sister Fajr

This World Vs. The Hereafter

This World Vs. The Hereafter

"Truly, the life of this world is nothing but a (quick passing) enjoyment, and verily, the Hereafter that is the home that will remain forever." (Quran 40:39) "And know that your possessions and your children are but a trial and that surely with Allah is a mi...

BY: Zahir Mahmood

This Worldly Life is Like an Unchaste Woman

This Worldly Life is Like an Unchaste Woman

This worldly life is like an unchaste woman, who is not satisfied with one husband. So! be satisfied with whatever Allah grants you from this worldy life. Walking thereon is like walking in a land that is filled with beasts, and water that teams with crocodil...

BY: Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah

A Fleeting Enjoyment

A Fleeting Enjoyment

"Know that the life of this world is only play and amusement, pomp and mutual boasting among you, and rivalry in respect of wealth and children. (It is) like a rain (Ghayth), thereof the growth is pleasing to the tiller; afterwards it dries up and you see it t...

BY: Imaam Ibn Kathir

The Heaven of this World

The Heaven of this World

I heard the Sheikh of Islam, Ibn Taymiyyah - may Allaah sanctify his soul - say, 'Truly, there is a Heaven in this world,[And] whoever does not enter it,Will not enter the Heaven of the next world.' And once he said to me, 'What can my enemies do to me?I ha...

BY: Imaam Ibn al Jawziyyah

Be in this Life as if you were a Stranger or a Traveller

Be in this Life as if you were a Stranger or a Traveller

Ibn Umar (radhiallahu 'anhum) said: Allâh's Messenger (sallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam) took me by my shoulder and said: "Be in this life as if you were a stranger or a traveller on a path." [Reported by al-Bukhârî] Ibn 'Umar used to say, "If you reach the even...

BY: Imaam, Al-Hâfidh Ibn Rajab

Al-Fursah; Opportunity

Al-Fursah; Opportunity

Imaam Ibn al-Jawzi (rahimahullah) said: “From the wonders that I see from myself and all other people is inclination towards heedlessness of what is in our hands, despite us knowing how short life is and despite us knowing the fact that increase of reward...

BY: Imaam Ibn al-Jawzi

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