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Mercy is the Base … and Forgiveness Is a Promise

In Islam, one of God’s most emphasized attributes is mercy. All the chapters of the Qur’an except one begin with the statement “In the Name of God, th...

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The only cause of evil

Islam does not pass off all calamites as ‘trials,' but differentiates between punishments and trials. Trials are tests of character and faith; punishm...

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God is there

You are not more difficult to see than a black ant, scampering over a black rock, under the cover of the darkest of moonless nights.

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Slave to Oneself

All humans, in the Qur’an’s own words, have a god – even if the god is the person himself. “Have you seen the one who takes as his god his own desire?...

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No One to Thank

The Qur’an wonders in what areas and in what ways humans rely on their own strength when they fail to acknowledge God as the Giver, saying: “O humanki...

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Islam’s Way to Find God

There are traces of past and present creations everywhere — are they meaningless or living signs of a Creator God?