|  The
Al-Mu'allim Cover
Many people ask me what does the cover represent?
It signifies the light of the prophetic
message coming to illuminate the night of
darkness. This is true for the time of the
Prophet (S), when fathers used to bury their
daughters alive; when tribal warfare was
a daily routine over the most absurd of
reasons; when slavery was accepted; when
women were seen as chattel to be bought,
sold and used; when equality was an unimaginable
concept; and when injustice and misery reigned.
This is also true for
today, where the world is living in darkness,
where the biotech companies put profit before
people’s lives, leaving tens of millions
to die of Aids in Africa because they can’t
afford the extortionate prices the medicine
costs; where people are lost, looking for
a purpose or for the meaning of this life;
where humans’ daily life is that of
a ferret on his wheel, toiling for money;
where man’s mad worship of money is
destroying our habitat, a manifestation
of Allah’s saying: Corruption - has
manifested itself on the land and in the
sea due to what man’s hands have wrought...”;
where the strong vanquished the weak; where
materialism reigns.
It is our duty in this
reality that faces to absorb the light of
the prophetic message and to reflect that
light onto the society in which we live,
so that we can turn this darkness into light
insha Allah.
General Comment
I would like to thank each and every one
of you for your support, kindness, generosity
and all the du’a you’ve made and
continue to make for me. May Allah bless
you all and grant us steadfastness and uprightness
on the glorious and noble path of Islam.
Final Note
Allah is my witness and knows what is in
my heart as I type these words for you,
Wallahi, I am very proud to be part of the
Ummah of our beloved teacher, prophet and
guide: Muhammad Mustafa (SAS) and I am proud
of you all. It’s my honour, duty and
pleasure to be serving Allah (SWT) alongside
all of you!
Please safeguard your
Iman and faith by making sure you are in
a blessed environment who are fearful of
Allah and who will help you with your Islamic
development. We must make sure to attend
regular Halaqas, Islamic circles of knowledge
(gatherings etc), and to always have the
understanding that we should always be developing
Islamically, i.e. memorising and understanding
the Quran, attending circles and blessed
gathering which will have righteous people
who we can learn and benefit from. May Allah
bless you all and may He grant us steadfastness,
accept our repentance in Ramadan, forgive
our sins, grant us prosperity and guide
us to that which pleases Him – Amin
Ya Rabb.
Wasalamu Alaykum
Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu
Sami Yusuf
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