A Short Treatise on The Divine Invitation by : Muhammad M. Khalfan Each year, as we approach the Graceful Month of Ramada-n, we are considered as the ‘Special Guests’ of Allah (SwT). What does it mean to be a special guest? What is the difference between an ‘ordinary’ invitation and a ‘special’ invitation? Why is the Holy Month of Ramada-n described...

Fasting according to the Five Schools of Islamic Law by : Allamah Muhammad Jawad Maghniyyah Fasting in the month of Ramadan is one of the `pillars' of the Islamic faith. No proof is required to establish its being obligatory (wajib) and one denying it goes out of the fold of Islam, because it is obvious like salat, and in respect of anything so...

The red spool held in the boys’ hands twirled rapidly as the kite tugged. “Let the line out slowly,”? dad said. “You don’t want to use it all at once.”? “But dad,”? Colin answered, “I want it to go higher and faster.”? His face was sunburned as the sandy Red Rock on which they were standing. Two sparrows shared a branch above the pebbly ocean shore....

Fill a glass with water. Use a rubber band to hold a handkerchief tightly over the top. Over a sink, quickly turn the glass upside down. The water should stay in the glass. The water didn't flow out of the glass because of a special property of water called surface tension. Water is made up of tiny molecules that act like magnets. They stick to one...