Is your heart still facing the right Qibla? Shaykh Abu Aaliyah Surkheel

Shaykh Abu Aaliyah explores modernity as a philosophical worldview that trades meaning for power, examining how Muslims can navigate these challenging waters while preserving their faith and purpose.

• Modernity is not about technology but the philosophical assumptions underpinning our world for the past 300-350 years

• Most people today don't realise what they've lost as meaninglessness has become the default philosophy of our culture

• Muslims are susceptible to "ideological osmosis" – absorbing modern ideas even while practicing their faith

• Rather than building a competing "juggernaut," Muslims need an “ark of salvation”, built on Quran, Sunnah and scholarly consensus

• We need scholars who understand both traditional Islamic knowledge and modernity's philosophical underpinnings

• Consumerism is perhaps the most spiritually destructive aspect of modernity, directly feeding into "hubb al-dunya" (love of worldly things)

• Many Muslims have become fixated on outward expressions of faith while neglecting the purification of the heart

• The path forward requires "shrinking our souls" rather than expanding them – cultivating humility instead of self-promotion

• Muslims must position themselves as healers offering the balm of Tawhid to a spiritually wounded world

• True progress isn't measured by how far or fast we move, but by maintaining our direction toward Allah

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