Unfiltered · 14 min
The Rock The Road and The Responsibility
A Story of Vision, Leadership, and the Sacred Selfishness of Doing Good Illuminated by the Light of the Quran
M Azim Abdul Majeed · 2026-05-03
Things I cannot stop thinking about that do not quite fit the other categories.
A Story of Vision, Leadership, and the Sacred Selfishness of Doing Good Illuminated by the Light of the Quran
You would never translate "Muhammad" into "The Praised One" and call him that instead. So why do we keep translating "Allah" into "God"? This is not a trivial matter of linguistics. This is a matter of Tawhid.
Zakat is not merely a charitable act; it is a mandatory economic system ordained by Allah to purify wealth, protect human dignity, and maintain social balance. Yet across much of the Muslim world today, zakat is increasingly practised in fragmented, informal, and individualistic ways.