Happiness in Islam: 5 Steps to a Life of Joy and Purpose

In understanding the subject of happiness in Islam, and God’s divine will for humanity, it may be helpful to ask, what more than anything else do parents ultimately want for their children? Is it not happiness? What then might the Creator of heavens and earth, Allah Almighty, Who has created and given life purely as a […]

Why Worship Allah?

“And I have created the jinn and men but to worship Me.” — Surah adh-Dhariyat (Qur’an, 51:56) The Holy Qur’an states that human beings (and jinn) are created but for worship. Yet why worship Allah, God? Yes, one can certainly state that the reason why we worship Allah is simply because he has ordered or recommended […]