Category Archives: Iman

Value 5 things before 5; Q & A Session

  1. Even we want Allah swt, but at the same time we keep getting involved in our work as well. How do we manage this? Ans: In order to keep connecting to Allah swt, you have to keep disconnecting from … Continue reading

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Hajj: A Journey of love

[These are the rough notes of Cii talk given by Shaykh Kamaluddin Ahmed db on Thursday, 27th September, 2012] Everything in the world has an attraction towards something. Even the physicist will tell you every single object in the universe … Continue reading

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Attaining Sharah-e-Sadr

أَفَمَن شَرَحَ اللَّـهُ صَدْرَهُ لِلْإِسْلَامِ فَهُوَ عَلَىٰ نُورٍ مِّن رَّبِّهِ [Az-Zumar; 39:22] So is one whose breast Allah has expanded to [accept] Islam and he is upon a light from his Lord Allah swt in Qur’an-e-Karim has said: أَفَمَن شَرَحَ … Continue reading

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Dawaah by Addressing the Heart

[Inspired from CII talk delivered by Shaykh Kamaluddin Ahmed on the 24th of November, 2011] Dowload original talk here وَذَكِّرْ فَإِنَّ الذِّكْرَى تَنْفَعُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ [51:55] سُبْحَانَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ الْعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ وَسَلَامٌ عَلَى الْمُرْسَلِينَ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ [37:180-182] I … Continue reading

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Hope in times of despair

 إِنَّمَا بَغْيُكُمْ عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ [10:23] ظَهَرَ الْفَسَادُ فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِي النَّاسِ [30:41] سُبْحَانَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ الْعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ وَسَلَامٌ عَلَى الْمُرْسَلِينَ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ [37:180-182] [Download original Talk’s mp3] In this present day and time in … Continue reading

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An Academic Session: Imaan, Ihsaan and Ikhlaas

The western philosophy of history teaches that human beings are continually going to progress .So when they write their history they write it as the progress, advancement and what are they thinking? They are thinking in material terms , they are thinking in terms of scientific technology, they are thinking in terms of politics and economy , so much so that now western secularism believes that human beings are reaching the end of history.
According to the Deen , humanity, the Islamic philosophic history is that humanity is going on a decline. Not in progress but that’s because the Islamic philosophy is tracking something else. It’s not tracking materialism. It’s not tracking science or development or wealth or technology or that you have cars or space stations, it’s not looking at that Islamic philosophy of history is tracking spirituality. That says from the time onwards of Prophet s.a.w human beings are in a spiritual decline.
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