SUMMARY DESCRIPTION: Every week, there is so much that takes place in the Muslim world, in what is supposed to be a single Ummah, bonded by faith and a deep sense of compassion and empathy for one another; bonded by a common cause and purpose. This Ummah collectively embodies and represents Islam on this earth, united in the very hope, purpose, and aspiration of coming to know God, and coming to know one another in God. But knowing God is impossible without love and without loving God. Strict...
An ayat (4:36) in Surah An-Nisa reminds us, worship Allah and do not associate partners with Allah. There are profound implications that follow. The ethical transformation that takes place in the soul of a human being that worships Allah without partners has very concrete results, as the Quran reminds us. It begins with your parents. A barometer of the health of the society is the relationship between parents and children, and whether the children honor, love, or take care of their parents. As...