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How do I deal with loneliness as a Muslim?

Loneliness is a door to Allah the scholars pointed to specifically. The heart that has only Allah left to turn to, they said, has been given a gift.

1 passages from 1 book in the library

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The classical approach.

These passages are drawn from 1 book by Ibn Kathir — part of the classical Sunni tradition that carries over a thousand years of reflection on the Qurʾān, the authentic Sunnah, and the consensus of the early community. Nothing below is a paraphrase. The words are the scholars' own, translated from the original Arabic manuscripts.

Read them closely. If a passage doesn't sit right, open the full book in the library and listen to the chapter around it. Context in the classical tradition is everything.

Cover of The Story of Musa
The Story of Musa
Ibn Kathir · Stories of the Prophets

14th century · Bosra, Syria
Monumental history Al-Bidāyah wa al-Nihāyah, the world's most widely read Qurʾanic commentary, and the classical Stories of the Prophets.
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  1. "There is no deity, but Allah alone with no partner to him belongs sovereignty and praise and he is over all things omnipotent"

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