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DAY 3: WHO IS THINKING INSIDE MY HEAD?

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  Ever since the strange being left me, his last question had been echoing in my ears like a bell that refused to fall silent. Was the separation between religion and politics something Islām had actually taught us? Or had we accepted it because, somewhere along the way, we had stopped imagining anything else? I had repeated the answer so often that I had never stopped to ask where it came from. “Religion belongs to God, and politics belongs to the people.” It sounded reasonable. It sounded modern. Most importantly, it sounded like my own thought. But was it? I tried to push the question away. I couldn’t. I tried to sleep, but that didn’t help either. I hated the question. Perhaps that was why I couldn’t stop thinking about it. I was still caught in that spiral of thoughts when another being appeared before me. No sound. No flash of light. No opening door. One moment the cell was empty. The next, he was standing in front of me. I jumped to my feet and stud...
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Allah ﷻ in Islam: Piece 8

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  You are not the owner; you are a distributor. This is how Allāh defines a believer at the opening of the Qur’ān ’s longest chapter. It is a surprising sequence when you think about it. To be a "true believer," you’d expect the requirements to be purely spiritual: believe in the unseen and establish prayer. That part feels natural. But the focus shifts from your soul to your pocket. Allāh tells us that you have to spend—and importantly, it is not your money you’re spending, but what We have given you. ﴿الَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْغَيْبِ وَيُقِيمُونَ الصَّلَاةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ يُنْفِقُونَ﴾ “ Who believe in the unseen, establish prayer, and spend out of what We have provided for them” ( Sūrat Al-Baqarah, 02:03) Most people treat their religion as a private matter between them and God (prayer/unseen). By making "spending" the third element of this definition, Allāh is saying: "Your relationship with Me is not complete until it shapes ...
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