Keeping the Faith Strong in Allah in Hard Times
Keeping the Faith Strong in Allah in Hard Times 16 October, 2022 Be Positive: Having a Good Opinion Leads to Contentment Having to write an article about faith, I decided to poll my children and ask them what was faith and what I, as a parent, can do to help them reach the level of Yaqeen , or better still what more could I have done. While some of their answers left me contemplating, a few conclusions were made on hearing their definitions to what was a rather difficult question. I have read that faith or ‘ yaqeen ‘, which in Arabic seems to have that special strength, is translated as certainty in God, and this comprises many aspects. Most simply it is certainty in God’s existence, but also certainty in God’s power, attributes and promises. We sometimes face much confusion about faith today with all that’s going on in our lives. It’s like having a computer and knowing its potential but not having a clue how to use it. Many of us know how frustrating that is. One of the ar...