Apr 5, 2024 | ISR, Featured, In the Shade of Ramadan Season 13, Ramadan, Tarbiya
Points of Reflection: What does “Indeed Allah encompasses them from all sides” mean? How do you accept knowing that Allah (swt) can grant victory in this life, regardless of the circumstances, with injustices you have witnessed personally and/or globally? Does knowing...
Apr 4, 2024 | ISR, Featured, In the Shade of Ramadan Season 13, Ramadan, Tarbiya
https://youtu.be/w0fr4TGyBL4 Points of Reflection: If you aren’t familiar with either Pharoah or Thamud, revisit them. Both were examples of power in their time and society – one a powerful tyrant, the other a powerful tribe. What is the lesson behind the...
Apr 3, 2024 | ISR, Featured, In the Shade of Ramadan Season 13, Ramadan, Tarbiya
Points of Reflection: If you aren’t familiar with either Pharoah or Thamud, revisit them. Both were examples of power in their time and society – one a powerful tyrant, the other a powerful tribe. What is the lesson behind the stories of both Pharaoh and Thamud?...
Apr 2, 2024 | ISR, Featured, In the Shade of Ramadan Season 13, Ramadan, Tarbiya
Points of Reflection: How does Allah (swt) using al-Majeed to describe Himself put power and honor in perspective for us humans? How do you think this name of Allah (swt) provided assurance to the people of Mecca? Why? How does learning more about Allah (swt)’s names...
Apr 1, 2024 | ISR, Featured, In the Shade of Ramadan Season 13, Ramadan, Tarbiya
Points of Reflection: What do you take away from the descriptions of Allah’s Throne mentioned throughout the Qur’an, some of which are relayed in this episode? What do you think is the significance of Allah (swt) using this word, al-Arsh (the Throne), to describe His...
Mar 31, 2024 | ISR, Featured, In the Shade of Ramadan Season 13, Ramadan, Tarbiya
Points of Reflection: Thinking about the story of the ditch, how does it make you feel that within the verse, Allah (swt) mentions that the punishment is for those who do not repent? When we think of repentance, are we only happy that we have the option but think that...