Archive for August, 2011

Special

By Timothy Bowes

Do not convince yourself when you embrace Islam that you are special, immune to the trials of this world, for every living man and woman must decide whether to take up this path or reject it. You are not a special case. You too must struggle and strive against the call of your nafs. You [...]

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This article was posted on Monday, 15th August , 2011 at 7:56 am and is filed under Reflections. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can also add a note to this post, or trackback from your own website.

Riotous Nafs

By Timothy Bowes with one reader note

In this month of clemency, our Lord sent us a mercy in the form of a man who refused to fly into an unholy rage when his son was torn away from him in the midst of the anarchic disintegration that had seized a nation in the preceding hours. He has become an example for [...]

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This article was posted on Sunday, 14th August , 2011 at 3:49 pm and is filed under Reflections. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can also add a note to this post, or trackback from your own website.
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