Carrying the message with purity in Surat al-A’raf
“It is a Book that We have revealed to you, so let not your heart be distressed by it,”
Monotheism
The sha’air of Allah, manifestations of Truth
“They are called sha’air because they point to what is known to be guidance.”
Reason and self-doubt in Surat al-Kahf
“Shall I tell you about those who lose the most with their deeds?”
Arabic language, the balance of reason and meaning
“Humanity is threatened when pure reason lacks values and pure meaning lacks rationality.”
Evil means cannot justify populist ends in Islam
“And you do not will except that Allah wills, the Lord of the worlds.”
Believers don’t hate life, they live it to the fullest
“Do not kill yourselves, for Allah is merciful to you.”
Moral consistency in an inconsistent age
“Allah does not order obscenity, so do you say about Allah what you do not know?”
Our pillars of Islam, our purpose in life
“Islam is built upon five pillars.”
The value of archaeology in Islam
“Those are their houses, desolate because of the wrong they had done.”
Meet the new racism, same as the old racism
“The new racists attempt to justify their supremacism by the theory of the clash of civilizations.”