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The Danger of Desensitisation
Try a simple experiment: close one eye and keep it closed for a few seconds. Now open it and close the other eye for a few seconds. Notice anything?
What you should have noticed is that as you close your left eye, your nose suddenly comes into focus at the bottom left of the image viewed by your right eye, and vice-versa when you close your right eye.
The human nose is centred between our eyes and protrudes from our face. …
The Force of Gravity
The heat of the sun… the chill of ice… the wetness of water…
All these are natural elements that Allah Ta‘ala has created in this world. Every person accepts the existence of these elements and accordingly takes precautions around them to save himself from harm. Thus, when venturing out beneath the glaring rays of the sun, a person will wear a sun hat, apply sunscreen lotion and limit his exposure to the sun’s rays to avoid suffering from sun burn …
Steadfast till the End
(Qaseemud Dowlah, Aaq Sunqur Al-Bursuqi [rahimahullah] – Part Two)
Aaq Sunqur Al-Bursuqi (rahimahullah) would perform many rakaats of Tahajjud Salaah every night, after making wudhu on his own, without the assistance of any servant. On one cold winter’s night, Al-Bursuqi (rahimahullah) woke up to perform his salaah. In order to perform wudhu, he proceeded by himself to fetch water from the Tigris River carrying a jug made of copper. One of his servants who was with him that …
