Fear of Death and the Afterlife: The Islamic Perspective
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A Lamp, a Lifeboat, a Ladder | Blog
Zahra WadiaIt was March when I became unemployed. Alhamdulillah. I had known for a while it was coming, and my departure was treated with more compassion than I could have hoped for or expected. Still, there is a difference between anticipation and outcome. Between knowing the forecast and hearing that first...
Gauze, Prayers, and Healing Wounds: Finding Strength from Grief for Gaza | Blog
Shazia Khan“Bismillah,” I whisper as I push the needle into my patientʼs tiny arm. A piercing cry escapes, and I murmur apologies in a soothing voice. When the blood is drawn, I press a piece of gauze against the small puncture wound. Gauze. Something we waste. Something that is a luxury for many. Images of...
How to Overcome the Fear of Death: A Prophetic Cure for Death Anxiety
Dr. Jibran KhokharLiving with the awareness of death is part of what makes us human. But for many, that awareness is destabilizing, manifesting as fear, avoidance, or death anxiety. Death anxiety is an intense and persistent fear of one’s death that is often magnified in times of illness, loss, or global...
We Won’t Back Down: When Righteous Anger Becomes a Moral Duty
Dr. Hatem al-HajThere are images that should never fade from our memory. Images that demand moral reckoning and spiritual resilience. The sight of Palestinian mothers and fathers holding the bodies of their children wounded, slain, or starving to death. The brutal bombing of medics and hospitals. The deliberate...
The Prophet's ﷺ Marriage to Zaynab bint Jaḥsh: A Reexamination from a Historiographic Perspective
Dr. Hasan AshrafThe Prophet’s ﷺ marriage to Zaynab bint Jaḥsh (rA) stands unique among all of his marriages because of its explicit pronouncement in the Qur’an. Despite the stated theological, social, and legal goals the Qur’an posits as the reason for its contraction, the marriage has remained a topic of...
We Should Have Done More: A Tribute to Imam Jamil Al-Amin A Lamp, a Lifeboat, a Ladder | Blog
Dr. Altaf HusainWhen I reflect on what I have been able to accomplish in service to the community by the grace of Allah, the goals “completed” never occupy my heart or mind as deeply as those left unfinished, especially the places where I know I should have exerted more effort. One such glaring example is our...
Indeed the words of Allah are truth: وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍۢAnd We have certainly made the Qur’an easy to remember. So is there anyone who will be mindful? (Qur’an 54:40) Allah repeats the same verse four times in this surah. Allah reminds us over and over...
Don’t Give Up on Gaza: How Knowing Allah Sustains Hope and Resistance | Blog
Jinan YousefIt has been almost three years since the genocidal campaign against Palestinians in Gaza began—carried out by a murderous and unrelenting occupier, broadcast to the world. Israel has deliberately starved and bombarded 2 million besieged men, women, and children while much of the world stands back...
Jesus (peace be upon him) has a special status in Islam. He’s the servant of God and the bearer of the Gospels. Jesus is one of the 5 greatest messengers sent to man, and God mentioned him specifically 25 times in the Qur’an. God encouraged Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) to take inspiration...
The Prophet's ﷺ Marriage to Zaynab bint Jaḥsh: A Reexamination from a Historiographic Perspective
Dr. Hasan AshrafThe Prophet’s ﷺ marriage to Zaynab bint Jaḥsh (rA) stands unique among all of his marriages because of its explicit pronouncement in the Qur’an. Despite the stated theological, social, and legal goals the Qur’an posits as the reason for its contraction, the marriage has remained a topic of...
We Should Have Done More: A Tribute to Imam Jamil Al-Amin A Lamp, a Lifeboat, a Ladder | Blog
Dr. Altaf HusainWhen I reflect on what I have been able to accomplish in service to the community by the grace of Allah, the goals “completed” never occupy my heart or mind as deeply as those left unfinished, especially the places where I know I should have exerted more effort. One such glaring example is our...
Indeed the words of Allah are truth: وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍۢAnd We have certainly made the Qur’an easy to remember. So is there anyone who will be mindful? (Qur’an 54:40) Allah repeats the same verse four times in this surah. Allah reminds us over and over...
Don’t Give Up on Gaza: How Knowing Allah Sustains Hope and Resistance | Blog
Jinan YousefIt has been almost three years since the genocidal campaign against Palestinians in Gaza began—carried out by a murderous and unrelenting occupier, broadcast to the world. Israel has deliberately starved and bombarded 2 million besieged men, women, and children while much of the world stands back...
Jesus (peace be upon him) has a special status in Islam. He’s the servant of God and the bearer of the Gospels. Jesus is one of the 5 greatest messengers sent to man, and God mentioned him specifically 25 times in the Qur’an. God encouraged Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) to take inspiration...
Dr. Ovamir Anjum
The modern world is relentless in its assault on the Muslim soul. Political tyranny, the unchecked deception of technology, and the fleeting luxuries of modern consumerism conspire to dull its edges, to rob it of its clarity, and to enslave it in ways more insidious than chains. The world’s tyrants...
How Yaqeen Institute Approaches AI: Integrating Technology with Islamic Ethics
Dr. Mohamed AbuTaleb
Artificial intelligence (AI) represents both a profound challenge and a monumental opportunity for Yaqeen Institute when advancing its mission of dismantling doubts, nurturing conviction, and inspiring contribution. As AI rapidly transforms how knowledge is generated, shared, and experienced,...
The Nocturnal Religion: What the Night Means in Islam
Ahmed Elbenni
The year is 1346 Hijri, known to some as 1928 AD. The American writer and naturalist Henry Beston has just published The Outermost House, chronicling the year that he spent on the sand dunes of Cape Cod. “With lights and ever more lights, we drive the holiness and beauty of night back to the...
When Scrolling Breeds Despair: A Prophetic Cure to Comparison Culture
Dr. Jibran Khokhar
In seven short verses, we will see how every single word has been perfectly selected to convey the greatest moral lessons.
How to Overcome the Fear of Death: A Prophetic Cure for Death Anxiety
Dr. Jibran Khokhar
Living with the awareness of death is part of what makes us human. But for many, that awareness is destabilizing, manifesting as fear, avoidance, or death anxiety. Death anxiety is an intense and persistent fear of one’s death that is often magnified in times of illness, loss, or global...
Dr. Ovamir Anjum
The modern world is relentless in its assault on the Muslim soul. Political tyranny, the unchecked deception of technology, and the fleeting luxuries of modern consumerism conspire to dull its edges, to rob it of its clarity, and to enslave it in ways more insidious than chains. The world’s tyrants...
How Yaqeen Institute Approaches AI: Integrating Technology with Islamic Ethics
Dr. Mohamed AbuTaleb
Artificial intelligence (AI) represents both a profound challenge and a monumental opportunity for Yaqeen Institute when advancing its mission of dismantling doubts, nurturing conviction, and inspiring contribution. As AI rapidly transforms how knowledge is generated, shared, and experienced,...
The Nocturnal Religion: What the Night Means in Islam
Ahmed Elbenni
The year is 1346 Hijri, known to some as 1928 AD. The American writer and naturalist Henry Beston has just published The Outermost House, chronicling the year that he spent on the sand dunes of Cape Cod. “With lights and ever more lights, we drive the holiness and beauty of night back to the...
When Scrolling Breeds Despair: A Prophetic Cure to Comparison Culture
Dr. Jibran Khokhar
In seven short verses, we will see how every single word has been perfectly selected to convey the greatest moral lessons.
How to Overcome the Fear of Death: A Prophetic Cure for Death Anxiety
Dr. Jibran Khokhar
Living with the awareness of death is part of what makes us human. But for many, that awareness is destabilizing, manifesting as fear, avoidance, or death anxiety. Death anxiety is an intense and persistent fear of one’s death that is often magnified in times of illness, loss, or global...
There Has Always Been Fake News: Misinformation and Islamic Critical Epistemology
Arnold Yasin Mol
There has always been Fake News World crises are not new to us. In our short lifespans, there have been multiple genocides, such as in Bosnia and Rwanda, and immense droughts and mass starvation, as in Somalia. We have experienced multiple economic recessions and violence and injustice continues...
Honored Since Adam: Islam and the Value of Human Freedom
Dr. Edward Omar Moad
One recent Ramadan, I spent more time than I should have reading the news and keeping up with the general mayhem of the Middle East. At one point, thousands of Yezidis had fled to a mountain and were under siege by Daesh. According to the story, the American military heroically came to their...
Finding Truth in the Age of Fake News: Information Literacy in Islam
Anonymous Guest Author
Information literacy is the set of skills needed in the modern age to discover, evaluate, interpret, and use information properly and truthfully. With the worldwide proliferation of misinformation on the internet, information literacy is rapidly becoming the most important human competency of the...
Secrets of Surah al-Fatihah: How Divine Language Provides a Moral Compass | Blog
Dr. Nazir Khan
In seven short verses, we will see how every single word has been perfectly selected to convey the greatest moral lessons.
Tying Your Camel: An Islamic Perspective on Methodological Naturalism
Dr. Edward Omar Moad
In this paper, I intend to contribute to the Islamic analytic theological engagement with modern science, focusing on the problem of scientific methodology. In the first part, I lay out what I take to be some basic commitments involved in the ideal Muslim relation to God and creation, which pertain...
