Shaffin SiddiquiinScratching at the InfiniteWisdom = Force X Distance?It is perhaps universally understood that elders are not wise simply because they have been alive for a long time. They are wise because…Aug 14, 2021Aug 14, 2021
Shaffin SiddiquiinScratching at the InfiniteSorcery forgets the Source“Moses said: Do you say [this] about the truth when it comes to you. Is this sorcery? And the sorceres will not prosper.” (Quran 10:77)Jan 29, 2021Jan 29, 2021
Shaffin SiddiquiinScratching at the InfiniteTawaf: A Lesson in Centripetal Acceleration?The repentance (tawbah) accepted by Allah is only for those who do wrong in ignorance [or carelessness] and then repent soon after. It is…Aug 8, 2020Aug 8, 2020
Shaffin SiddiquiinScratching at the InfiniteRevelation: A Love Letter from The MercifulWhen We sent to them two but they denied them, so We strengthened them with a third, and they said, “Indeed, we are messengers to you.”…Jul 24, 2020Jul 24, 2020
Shaffin SiddiquiinScratching at the InfiniteTrue effacement is to face God“And who is better in religion than one who submits his face to Allah while being a muhsin and follows the religion of Abraham, inclining…Jun 26, 2020Jun 26, 2020
Shaffin SiddiquiinScratching at the InfiniteFind the Stream and you will find its SourceIndeed, We have granted you, the abundance (al-Kawthar). So pray to your Lord and sacrifice. Indeed, your enemy is the one cut off. (Quran…Jun 18, 2020Jun 18, 2020
Shaffin SiddiquiinScratching at the InfiniteBreath saves us from Death. So inspire yourselves!“…Indeed I have come to you with a sign from your Lord in that I design for you from clay [that which is] like the form of a bird, then I…Jun 10, 2020Jun 10, 2020
Shaffin SiddiquiinScratching at the InfiniteBeware the ‘I’ in idolThe only difference between the Arabic preposition ila (to) and the word for deity in Arabic, ilaah, is the final ha, the letter by which…Jun 3, 2020Jun 3, 2020
Shaffin SiddiquiinScratching at the InfiniteThunder is often more vivid than lightningOne of often wonders what Allah meant behind the lightning and thunder of that famous Ayah of Surah al-Ra’ad:May 29, 2020May 29, 2020
Shaffin SiddiquiinScratching at the InfiniteThe Kabah is Empty…but are our hearts?Surah Tawba (Repentance): Vereses 18–19May 27, 2020May 27, 2020