Power
A new start under the banner of islam will need a new conception of power and a new political organization. New ambitions will need a new order of things.
Democracy? What Democracy?
Democracy! The word enchants, the password, the word that solves all our problems! Democracy is Algeria’s corpus delicti, put to death with euthanasiac pity, for fear that the enemies of democracy —those bearded fanatics and bizarrely costumed women— would commit an outrage...
Signs of Renewal of Islam
Since the term Sufism is not mentioned in the book “The Prophetic Method,” another term, renewal, is mentioned in various forms. What is your interpretation of renewal, and how to know the “one who” renews the religion?
What is life for?
But it is a question that is not to be asked publicly in an age deprived of sense and occupied with other problems that have more to do with “how” than “what for.” Curious about everything, open to the universe of space as well as the universe of molecules, meddlesome,
The Eighth Virtue: Self-Discipline
Self-discipline consists of patience, gentleness, long-winded perseverance, and enduring hardships. Such are “a people whom God loves and they love him – humble before the believers and proud before those who deny truth
The Seventh Virtue: Beautiful Comportment
Beautiful comportment is to be distinguished in both substance and appearance from the deceptive, empty trappings of materialist society. It is for the fresh water drawn from the springs of the Qurʾān to flow in our discourse, undiluted by the speculative language and expressions of new-fangled ideologies and philosophies. If we are not intent upon distinguishing ourselves in this manner
The Sixth Virtue: Action
Īmān consists of conviction in the heart, testimony with the tongue, and actions of the body. Those who have īmān are only known by good deeds. God says: “Those who have faith and do righteous deeds, for them is every good and a beautiful place of return.”
The Tenth Virtue: Jihad
The ignorant portray jihad as if it means violence, end of discussion. As if Islam were a curse for the human race! But consider this: when the oppressors initiated violence, then offered the false promise of democracy,
The Duties of the Student of Knowledge
If you are a seeker of knowledge, make the time to properly attend to your studies. After establishing the ritual prayer, reciting the Qur›ān, and engaging in the Divine remembrance, your number-one priority is to acquire the basic teachings of the faith.
BELIEF IN THE UNSEEN (AL-GHAYB)
The contemporary intelligentsia, disciples of jāhilīyya, refuse to acknowledge anything called the Unseen (al-ghayb) in their historical analysis, because their academic culture will not admit God. They lay out various social, political, and economic factors behind history
The Tenth Virtue: Jihad
As for the jihad of development, it consists of the peaceful deconstruction of the edifice and institutions of disbelief and falsehood in our midst and building in their place a new generation whose mentality, lifestyles, and livelihoods are rooted in īmān.
The Ungrateful Children of Israel
Let us read the Qur’an to enlighten ourselves regarding the rule which directs the “rotation of the days” by lingering over the example of the ungrateful children of Israel, rebelling against God in modern times, and afloat in illusion. Let us read the Qur’an