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The Concepts of Worship and Viceregency on Earth

The Qur’anic statement, “To God we belong and to God is our return” (2:156) represents the Islamic map of life. It is an entire way of seeing and responding to the world, where life and every particle of it takes on direction, significance, and purpose when God is the beginning and the end.

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No Time to Waste in Islam

The minute a human is born, the clock of their life starts ticking down, and it does not stop. “O son of Adam!” Muslim Scholar Hasan Al-Basri explained. “You are but days. Every day that goes by, a part of you goes with it.”

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​Free Will and Moral ​responsibility

Free will is a faculty of the reason and soul, by which a human is capable of distinguishing and choosing right from wrong and good from evil.

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The beginning and the end

The beginning and the end

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The Illusion of free Will

Volition, emotion, and intellect are not free and rational, but entirely chemical.

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The Primordial Nature of All Human Beings

Very much at the center of understanding the human being in Islam is the concept of Fitrah. Fitrah is like having an innate inner compass that always points in the direction of what is right, true, and just.

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Outlines of humanity in Islam

All humans, men and women, are descended from one soul: Adam (peace be upon him). From Adam, God created his wife, Eve (peace be upon her), and from them both He created the rest of the human race, which make all human beings equally valuable in His Sight, equally subject to His Sovereignty, equally deserving of His Grace, and equally accountable to Him for their deeds.

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Personalities are like metals

Personalities are like metals. They need to be further refined into purer forms and fashioned into useful shapes.

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Wife's rights in Islam

 A wife is entitled to be lovingly protected by her husband who should keep her away from places where unbecoming, permissive or corrupt practices are common.

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Romance in Islam

If you wish to have a happy family home, you have consider the following