(74) (74) And [mention, O Muḥammad], when Abraham said to his father Āzar, "Do you take idols as deities? Indeed, I see you and your people to be in manifest error."

(75) (75) And thus did We show Abraham the realm of the heavens and the earth that he would be among the certain [in faith].

Satan Hinders the Slave from Acting by Means of Procrastination and Laziness

Dr. `Umar Al-Ashqar
Chapter: From the Ways of Satan in Leading Humans Astray
The World of the Jinn and Devils
© 1998 al-Basheer Publications and Translations


Concerning this point, Satan has many ways and means. ...

What is the way of solving the Palestinian issue which becomes more complicated each day?

Praise be to Allaah.

The Muslim is deeply grieved and filled with sorrow as the Palestinian situation goes from bad to worse, and gets more complicated, until it has ended up in the state we have seen ...

Real happiness and peace can be found in submitting to the commands of the Creator and the Sustainer of this world. God has said in the Quran:

{Truly, in remembering God do hearts find rest.} [Quran 13:28]

{أَلَا بِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ ...

(61) (61) And to Thamūd [We sent] their brother Ṣāliḥ. He said, "O my people, worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him. He has produced you from the earth and settled you in it, so ask forgiveness of Him and then repent to Him. Indeed, my Lord is near and responsive."

(62) (62) ...

(1) (1) O you who have believed, fulfill [all] contracts.[239] Lawful for you are the animals of grazing livestock except for that which is recited to you [in this Qur’ān] - hunting not being permitted while you are in the state of iḥrām.[240] Indeed, Allāh ordains what He intends.

[239]- ...

(1) (1) [All] praise is [due] to Allāh, who created the heavens and the earth and made the darkness and the light. Then those who disbelieve equate [others] with their Lord.

(2) (2) It is He who created you from clay and then decreed a term[291] and a specified time [known] to Him;[292] then ...

(1) (1) [This is a declaration of] disassociation, from Allāh and His Messenger, to those with whom you had made a treaty among the polytheists.[461]

[461]- But who had violated it.

(2) (2) So travel freely, [O disbelievers], throughout the land [during] four months but know that you cannot ...

(101) (101) And when you travel throughout the land, there is no blame upon you for shortening the prayer,[215] [especially] if you fear that those who disbelieve may disrupt [or attack] you.[216] Indeed, the disbelievers are ever to you a clear enemy.

[215]- The four rakʿah prayers are ...

(104) (104) And Moses said, "O Pharaoh, I am a messenger from the Lord of the worlds

(105) (105) [Who is] obligated not to say about Allāh except the truth. I have come to you with clear evidence from your Lord, so send with me the Children of Israel."[391]

[391]- i.e., free them from ...