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Volume 6, Issue 4 | January 23 - 29, 2012
The Greatest Role Model
The character of the Prophet Muhammad is the standard by which we should all conduct ourselves. But although we have recognized his greatness and perfection, we have yet to implement his examples and teachings into ourselves. Indeed, the Holy Qur'an mentions the status of the Prophet Muhammad before Muslims: "Certainly a Messenger has come to you from among yourselves; grievous to him is your...
A Noble End
A person does not know when he will leave this world, and thus how good it would be were he to die while performing righteous deeds within Masjid al-Haram or one of the sanctuaries of the Infallibles! Conversely, how ...
Why Our Obligations Make Us Stronger
A person's identity is known based off of who commands him/her; when a person follows someone's laws, (s)he identify with that person, because (s)he is answerable to him/her. For example, the identity of a US citizen ...
Submitting to Good vs. Committing to Nonsense
However, with Divinely Guided logic supporting man's mental process, Man can trust in God And His Prophet and morally progress. But without The Basic Philosophical Premise of No God But The One the human mind can be fool...
Lockout Lowdown
Even though both leagues came out of the lockout in relatively good time, it had a big impact on how certain teams played throughout the season and may have been the ultimate deciding factor on who started off well an...
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