Articles by Faizan Nadwi

  Allah says in the Ayah 45 of Surah Baqarah ‘O believers! Seek help through patience and Salah (Namaz)’. Through this Holy Ayah, Allah instructs to seek the help through two important things; Patience and Salah.             When we go deeper into the depth of the meaning of patience, we would surely come to know that the highest level of patience gets achieved through having unshakable control over one-self, emotions and feelings in the most tragic situation of the life, without bringing a word of complain on tongue only to gain the pleasure of Allah. The scholars aver three kinds of patience; Patience when performing good deeds, Patience over sins and patience over trails. We would try to understand three of all in a brief.             Patience when performing good deeds: It is slight difficult to show perseverance in regard of the acts of worship in the best of form...

  The word Hijrah (Sacred Migration) is an Islamic terminology, which refers literally to depart or abandon the evil. According to the Islamic terminology, it means to migrate from the homeland to another place for the purpose of executing Islamic commandments as individual and community with freedom. The Islamic Hijrah takes place to the land where one could be able to perform the Islamic commandments freely. To make this term easier to the readers, a glance at the sacred Hijrah of Prophet Muhammad (May peace be upon him) would be certainly helpful. The moment, Allah’s Apostle Muhammad (S) began inviting people to the religion Islam, except a few enlightened people who embraced it, the majority of the inhabitants of Mecca transformed into his foe and the chain of ordeals & persecutions from the infidels of Mecca rose against him and his followers. They had to go through unbearable tortures and sufferings. They had to encounter the kind of punishments that would make one cringe...

“If you were to rely upon Allah with the reliance He is due, you would be given provision like the birds. They go out hungry in the morning and come back with full bellies in the evening.” (Ibn e Majah)   The word “Tawakkul” refers to that terminology of having utmost trust in Allah with heartiness for gaining worldly benefits and protection from worldly harms.  Synopsis of the Hadith meant to be that, if a person puts his trust in Allah wholeheartedly and opts for beneficial and permissible means in search of his sustenance, Allah would surely provide him with sustenance in such a way as He provides the birds. They leave their nest in the morning empty stomachs and wander throughout the day for sustenance and return home in the evening with filled bellies.   Having one’s trust in Allah regarding sustenance is not contradicted to adopt the means of searching sustenance. In fact, it is only the way of Allah that he commanded his servants to adopt the perm...

 Quran Majeed, indeed, is the final divine scripture revealed by the Almighty Allah as a complete code of life and a means of guidance for entire mankind. It is a majestic miracle that Allah has preserved it till doomsday as Allah has taken Himself the responsibility of its protection. The Holy Quran has different status. First of all, it is a book of guidance. It contains heavenly guidance for all who seek enlightenment towards a straight path. It is a complete code of life in each and every aspect. By practicing its commands, the success of both the worlds is assured. This Holy book is in true aspect, a heal for spiritual ailments. Believing in this Holy book and implementing its behest bring about ascension in both, worldly life and the hereafter. Deviation from its commandments will cause humiliation, disgrace and instability in the sight of Allah as well as in this world. All these characteristics of the Holy Quran were not exclusive merely with the prophetic age, rather all t...

O’ son of Adam, you are only a number of days. When one of those days passes, a part of you passes away. (Sha’ab e Iman). Every human being on the earth comes for the prescribed time period. No one arrives to live forever in this material world. And the death overtakes every one. Each and every breath brings us closer to our destination. No one can stand persistently in the way of death. Allah says in Surah A’raf “When their time has come, they will not remain behind an hour, nor will they precede it.               The span of time that we possess is not eternal. Everyone has been endowed with a certain age. And the base of one’s success or failure in hereafter depends on this world. Allah has opened the path of success and failure in the world itself. And He has granted us freedom for a short time bestowing upon us the distinguishing instinct between good and bad. Allah says in Surah Dahr “Verily, We guided to him t...

All praise is for Allah S.W.T. the Lord of all universes. May peace and blessings of Allah be upon our Prophet Muhammad S and his households and illustrious companions.   It’s an occasion of happiness for all of us to celebrate the 70 th Republic Day of India, as Allah S.W.T has made us inhabitants of such a country where one has full freedom to practice his own religion and implement its teachings in day to day life. We should be grateful to Allah S.W.T for providing us this great blessing. When we turn over the pages of history, we find that 70 years ago on this day the constitution of India had come into the effect. This constitution was made by Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar along with his team and approved on 26 th Nov 1949 and implemented by 26th Jan 1950. In our country, the democracy system is being followed politically. Democracy has four inevitable pillars. 1 Legislative 2 Executive 3 Judiciary 4 Media (Electronic/Press/Newspapers etc.) Each pillar has an important r...