YOU ARE LOVED

The Creator of the cosmos blew His spirit into you, planting His secrets of divine love in the depths of your soul.

THE MYSTERIES OF HEAVEN AND HELL

Allah says in the Qur’an, “We have created everything in pairs”

(51:49), because all experience of existence depends on its

relationship with its opposite.

THE SPIRITUAL SECRETS OF DEATH

We are an everlasting spirit, molded from the breath of God.

Our bodies are vehicles, but not who we actually are.

HAJJ: A PILGRIMAGE TO GOD

God calls every Muslim that is physically fit and financially

capable to journey with love to the sacred city of Mecca and

participate in the holy pilgrimage known as Hajj (3:97).

RAMADAN: THE HOLY MONTH OF FASTING

The Qur’an was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad in the

lunar month of Ramadan on the mysterious Night of Power (Laylatul

Qadr), said to be “greater than a thousand months” (97:3).

ZAKAT: GIVING AS AN INSTRUMENT OF GOD

When you have in your hands what another person’s soul

needs, Allah is answering that person’s prayer through you.

SALAT: HOW TO TUNE INTO DIVINE LOVE

The Arabic word for ritual prayer is salat, which originates from

the triliteral root sad-lam-waw, which means “supplication, to follow

closely, connect, attach, and bind together.

SHAHADAH: THE ECSTASY OF ONENESS

Aseeker becomes a Muslim through the proclamation of the

Testimony of Faith, known as the shahadah. The shahadah is our

first doorway into the divine ocean of Islam.

TAWBA: REPENT AND RETURN TO UNITY

No matter how far astray we have gone, no matter how far from

God we have wandered, no matter how many sins we have

committed, no matter what we have done or said, there is no place

too far for God’s infinite forgiveness and mercy to reach.

THE SPIRITUAL DIMENSIONS OF ISLAM

Islam is not only a religion, it’s a way of life that can physically,

mentally, and spiritually transform a believer.