Our purpose in this life is to worship God alone. Therefore, we must work to guarantee that God occupies our minds more than anything else. How do we continue to grow our souls and adhere to God's laws?
Advanced Concepts & Improving Submission (through Rashad Khalifa, PhD.)
- Who is Your God? [
Watch]: A thought-provoking article to help us evaluate who our God is. - The Crucial Age of 40 [ Watch]: What is the age of responsibility? Why does it matter?
- The Myth of Intercession [ Watch]: Why is intercession idolatry and illogical?
- Satan, Fallen Angel[ Watch]: Who is Satan?
Working on our Submission, improving ourselves
- Fine Tuning Towards Submission
- Distraction Recognition
- Passing the Test
- The A-B-C’s of Meditation
- Seeking Forgiveness: Most essential for our salvation
- Leap Year: Let’s Leap Ahead in Submission
- (do not) Eat like the animals eat
- Feeling Faith
- Self-knowledge and Spiritual Yearning
- Faith=Believe What We Do Not See
- God’s Proofs all around us
- Tests or Punishments: God’s efficient growth system for Submitters
- Race towards righteousness
- Striving: Making God the Priority
- Parable of the King and his wives
- Become Fit through Submission
- Focus on Yourself
- Feedback
- The right way now distinct from the wrong way
- Guidance—A Gift From God
- Independence Day: God’s gifts of blessings and rights
- Moral Relativity vs. God’s Laws
- Being aware of our Silent Sins
- Racing towards righteousness
- Human Traits-Know yourself
- Round Trip Journey of Our Soul
- Train of Life
- A Revelation at Mealtime
- Listen
- Listen—Silent
- Fine-Tuning Our Submission
- Distraction Recognition
- Distractions
- Criticism feeds the ego
- The Opening Act
- Warning! (heed warnings, or reminders from God)
Traits of the Righteous
- Know the answer to Who is your God? (by Rashad Khalifa, PhD.) & Make God the top priority
- God does not love the arrogant
- Killing our Egos (2:54)
- The Ego as a Drug
- What Is Ego?
- following the whole Quran
- example of the wise men and the elephant
- verifying information before accepting it (17:36)
- Traits of the Believers; Another article summarizing traits
- Some Verses: Traits of the Believers
- Seek to please God
- Appreciative
- Charitable
- Chastity
- Virginity (by Rashad Khalifa, PhD.)
- Avoiding Drugs & Alcohol (by Rashad Khalifa, PhD.)
- (not) Taking it for granted
- Content
- Seeking God’s forgiveness
- Be Kind
- Falling prostrate before God
- Remember God
- Strive to observe all the Religious duties (by Rashad Khalifa, PhD.)
- Reverencing God, including during Salat
- Patience: A Great Attribute
- Steadfastness
- Thanksgiving: Gratitude for challenges
- Everyday is Thanksgiving
- Unity
- Only the righteous works
- The self’s holy war
- The Blessing of Community
- Lessons from Qaroon
- How to treat one another
- (not) Following Blindly
- (not) Sins
- Promises
- Lessons from the Past: Noah, Hud, Lot, Shu'aib
Satan: our most ardent enemy
- Tools of the Devil
- Satan: The Master Hypnotist part I
- Satan: The Master Hypnotist part II
- Satan and Quran
- Throw Satan out of Your Mind