Seeing Modernity with a Prophetic Glance

If we Muslims aren’t to share in modernity’s despair or unhappiness, if we wish to prise ourselves from this web of distraction, we need to see the world with a critical prophetic perspective. This perspective is one that wants us to marvel at Allah’s creation and be filled with a sense of awe and thanks…

How Can Hearts be Softened?

This following piece by Ibn al-Jawzi (d.597H/1200CE) - Hanbali scholar, famous preacher, prolific author - is from his book Sayd al-Khatir. Part meditative, part autobiographical, part exhortational, the book is a rather frank account of his life, works, experiences, achievements, disappointments, hopes, burdens and aspirations. Since it was written over a period of twenty years,…