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‘As Long as it Makes You Happy…’
“You can’t have your cake and eat it.”
The above is a popular expression in the English language, and it means that a person cannot have two things that are contradictory at the same time. Rather, he will have to choose between them, as the existence of one automatically negates the other.
In the case of the cake, eating it would destroy it, negating the possibility of keeping it, while the effort to keep it intact would prevent one …
Bilaal the Bully
Ask our children:
1. Is it fine to bully people?
2. Would we like it if people bullied us?
3. Does Allah Ta‘ala like a person who is a bully?
4. What should we do if we bully someone?
Now tell them the story:
There was once a boy named Bilaal who was very big and strong. He was only six years old, but he was so tall and strong that when people saw him, they would …
Returning to Remembrance
وَالَّذِينَ إِذَا فَعَلُوا فَاحِشَةً أَوْ ظَلَمُوا أَنفُسَهُمْ ذَكَرُوا اللَّـهَ فَاسْتَغْفَرُوا لِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَمَن يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا اللَّـهُ وَلَمْ يُصِرُّوا عَلَىٰ مَا فَعَلُوا وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿١٣٥﴾ أُولَـٰئِكَ جَزَاؤُهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ وَجَنَّاتٌ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا ۚ وَنِعْمَ أَجْرُ الْعَامِلِينَ
(The people of taqwa are) those who, when they commit a shameful deed or wrong their souls, they bring Allah Ta‘ala to mind and then seek forgiveness for their sins. And who can forgive sins besides …
