It is innately built in to humans that we idolise champions, take lead from and are impressed upon by role models. One of the best and most influential ways to grow and develop is through the knowledge of an appropriate role model. The more that role mode ...
Zeinab Donati - 09/06/2016 - 08:59
The withholding of truth is a sin, but the revelation of the truth requires pre conditions. Many truths that are revealed prematurely, and without the right foundations can lead to aggravation of corruption. Sugar, is sweet. But the very same sugar if pla ...
Zeinab Donati - 09/06/2016 - 08:59
Generally speaking, the hair that makes up the eyebrows and the eyelashes can remain unchanged on our face for decades and not grow at all, whereas the facial hair and the hair on our heads grows and changes every moment. Both are cells that are fed throu ...
Zeinab Donati - 09/06/2016 - 08:59
There are two types of obedience. Sometimes people are obedient to someone because of fear or greed or lack of self-confidence, just like the people of Pharaoh were obedient to him فَاسْتَخَفَّ قَوْمَهُ فَأَطَاعُوهُ “So he made his people unsteady, and th ...
Zeinab Donati - 09/06/2016 - 08:59
Taxes paid to the government are used for the services of the nation. Roads and highways are built, security is provided, medical services and hospitals are provided for members of the society, schools and universities are built for education. That money ...
Zeinab Donati - 09/06/2016 - 08:59
Denial of Divine Prophets can sometimes be due to imitation of forefathers, sometimes due to the desire to protect self-interests and sometimes due to self-conceit and bigotry. If the lights in the darkness of the night are all switched off, the shinning ...
Zeinab Donati - 09/06/2016 - 08:59
If you have a poorly lit large saloon, apart from large and bulky items, you will be limited in what you can see. However, if you light it up intensely, you will be able to see even tiny pieces of paper and litter. The “Nur” or Divine Light of normal peop ...
Zeinab Donati - 09/06/2016 - 08:59
The basis and goals of all the Divinely Guided Imams are consistent and constant, but their methods may have differed. Sometimes their actions show differences, however their goal is one. For example, the two blades of a pair of scissors move opposite to ...
Zeinab Donati - 09/06/2016 - 08:59
If someone works productively for twenty years for an employer but then kills the employers’ child, all of those years of service will be worthless. A bomb that destroys a building will destroy all of the labour and effort that went to building it in one ...
Zeinab Donati - 09/06/2016 - 08:59
Love of God is linked to the appreciation of the blessings bestowed upon us. The remembrance of the divine blessings increases our relationship with Him, whether it be specific or general blessings. On one side, general blessings are the wind, rain, sun, ...
Zeinab Donati - 09/06/2016 - 08:59
Horrific and bitter events that occur in our life come under two kinds: Those that are a result of our own actions, and those that are beyond our control. Many terrible events occur because of our own lack of attention to detail and mismanagement. If duri ...
Zeinab Donati - 09/06/2016 - 08:59
Worshipping God is connected to the will of human beings not to their knowledge. A carpenter who always builds ladders but climbs none of them will reach no height above the ground, because he never intended to go any higher! A tailor that sews clothing f ...
Zeinab Donati - 09/06/2016 - 08:59
A scientist that writes an article, uses different letters and words to compile his or her final work, however if the scientist uses a single letter to fill up the pages of his work, it can no longer be considered an article nor will it have any value or ...
Zeinab Donati - 09/06/2016 - 08:59
Someone shuts off the lights in a wedding saloon and runs off. If their intention was to be punished through being caught, the full punishment can only be justly served when all those affected have been repaid. For example: As a result of the darkness, gl ...
Zeinab Donati - 09/06/2016 - 08:59
There are a number of reasons for this description in the Ayah أَيُحِبُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَن يَأْكُلَ لَحْمَ أَخِيهِ مَيْتًا “Would any of you like to eat the flesh of his brother dead?” 1 The Ayah is telling us a number of things: 1. Firstly, the dead cannot ...
Zeinab Donati - 09/06/2016 - 08:59
If a driver diverts from the right road, after noticing the diversion, they would go back on to the right road to continue on to their destination. However, if the river continues on the wrong road just announces that “I am on the wrong road, I am on the ...
Zeinab Donati - 09/06/2016 - 08:59
The invitation of people to the Truth comes in various shapes and form, such as those listed below: 1. Simply by inviting them through words, such as the Ayahs that state “ قل ”, which means: Say. 2. Practical invitations: وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ- thy robes ...
Zeinab Donati - 09/06/2016 - 08:59
The wage of a daily locum is more than that of a permanent worker. This is not because the locum is of more value than a permanent staff member, but rather, permanent staff have other rights which the locum would net get such as insurance, retirement righ ...
Zeinab Donati - 09/06/2016 - 08:59
God has created women for the upbringing of a generation and this upbringing needs to be full of kindness, compassion and tenderness which is found at the hands of women. These feelings and emotions puts judgements in jeopardy, because a judge facing one ...
Zeinab Donati - 09/06/2016 - 08:59
Men and women in humanity are equal. Blood Money, known as دیه (Diya), does not represent the “value” of a human being, but rather it makes up for financial losses. If someone kills a man, they have hurt the bread winner and economic source and so the pen ...
Zeinab Donati - 09/06/2016 - 08:59