Spiritual Recharge

  So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny? (Sura Rahman) The existence of God is a question that people have debated, and questioned for many centuries. It is perhaps, one of the most commonly asked, and in some cases, fought over topics! But why? You see, we as humans have been created with an innate spiritual connection to Allah, whether you like to admit it or not, this is within everyone. Essentially, its a "Fitrah" (A natural Instinct).  This Fitrah sometimes guides us to certain paths, for example, when you get 'the feeling' of doing a particular action or saying a particular word. This is no coincidence, nor is 'the universe' speaking to you. Rather, it is the fitrah (natural instinct) present within your very soul, that is used to guide you towards Allah.  A basic example is when you observe young children. You do not need to tell them that hurting another child is a bad thing, it's a natural instinct that tells them this. Or, to...

One who considers prayers to be insignificant and trivial is not from me. One who drinks intoxicants is not from me. By God! He shall never come close to me at the pool (of Kawthar) - Prophet Muhammad(pbuhhp) (Biharul Anwar, volume 63, page 495) Let's imagine you are going on a camping trip. The first thing you need to do after establishing where you're going and how, is to pack all the essentials. Yes, essentials may be subjective, however there are certain things which everyone unanimously agrees are an absolute must. Such as, shelter, food, protection. If you really want to experience camping, you won't find an area in which your accommodation is in a hotel room, rather, you would get yourself a tent and this would be your 'shelter' for the duration of your stay. When assembling the tent, one part of it we can all agree is of utmost importance. Such, that if you do not utilize or possess this, your tent is a complete failure and inefficient to it's...