Better Deeds, Best Reward

Dear sisters and brothers, Assalamu Alaikum.

This is the 5th part on the series ‘Beyond Excellence: The Making of a Muhsin’. Links to Part 1 to 4 can be found here

Bismillah……To those who spend their life in this world striving for excellence, Allah guarantees that He will reward them in the most befitting manner.

Born to Excel

Dear Brothers and Sisters, Assalamu Alaikum.

This is Part 4 on the series ‘Beyond Excellence: The Making of a Muhsin’.  

Part 1     Part 2     Part 3

Born to Excel:

Allah has created human beings to test as to who comes out with flying colours vis-a-vis deeds of excellence. This is very clearly stated in Surah Al Mulk:

 الَّذِي خَلَقَ الْمَوْتَ وَالْحَيَاةَ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا 

“(It is He) Who has created death and life that He may test which of you is best in deeds…” (67:2)

Doing one’s Best!

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Islam, Assalamu Alaikum. Alhamdulillah this is the third part on the series: Beyond Excellence: The Making of a Muhsin.

Do Your Best

When Allah is so good and gracious to us, should we not be good to Him, and consequently be good to ourselves and to others? If we are not good and true to Allah then we will be guilty of being ungrateful to Him. As Allah reveals in the Qur’an:

The Way of His Excellency!

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Islam, Assalamu Alaikum. Jazakumullah Khayr for the encouraging response to my write-up ‘Ihsaan: Beyond Excellence’.

I intend to write a series of articles, Insha’Allah, entitled: Beyond Excellence: The Making of a Muhsin. This is the second part.

Excellence in everything is the Way of His Excellency!

Almighty Allah describes Himself in the Qur’an as ahsanul khaliqeen, the Best of creators.

Ihsaan: Beyond Excellence

Dear brothers and sisters in Islam, Assalamu Alaikum.

The word I am going to discuss today is ‘Ihsaan’ احسان Actually this is Part 1 of a series I intend to write, Inshaa’Allah.

The word “excellence” comes from “excel” which means “to be exceptionally good at something”.   Excellence also means “the quality of being extremely good or outstanding”.  It is “the state of excelling; surpassing merit or quality” and “the activity etc. in which a person excels” (Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary and the New Oxford Dictionary of Modern English).