Why The Good Word?

My Dear Readers,

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته

As-salaamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. (May the Peace, Mercy and Blessings of Allah be upon you)
  

بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمـَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ نَسْتَعِينُهُ وَنَسْتَغْفِرُهُ وَنَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ شُرُورِ أَنْفُسِنَا وَسَيِّئَاتِ أَعْمَالِنَا مَنْ يَهْدِهِ اللَّهُ فَلاَ مُضِلَّ لَهُ وَمَنْ يُضْلِلْ فَلاَ هَادِيَ لَهُ

وَأَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ

(See Note below)

What does Kalimatan Tayyibah mean?

The title of this blog is inspired from the following ayat of surah Ibrahim in the Qur'an (14:24):

    أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ ضَرَبَ اللّهُ مَثَلاً كَلِمَةً طَيِّبَةً كَشَجَرةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ أَصْلُهَا ثَابِتٌ وَفَرْعُهَا فِي السَّمَاء   

Translation from Muhammad Asad's Message of the Qur'an:


Art thou not aware how God sets forth the parable of a good word?  [It is] like a good tree, firmly rooted, [reaching out] with its branches towards the sky

Asad further states that:

In its wider meaning, the term kalimah ("word") denotes any conceptual statement or proposition. Thus, a "good word" circumscribes any proposition (or idea) that is intrinsically true and - because it implies a call to what is good in the moral sense - is ultimately beneficent and enduring; and since a call to moral righteousness is the innermost purport of every one of God's messages, the term "good word" applies to them as well. 

You can listen to the ayah here 

This blog will attempt to put forth good, pleasant and blessed words, with their reference in the original sources, which in the author's opinion highlight the true spirit of Islam, free from repugnant statements and ideas.


والله أعلم   
 Wa Allahu 'Alam (And Allah is the All-Knowing)

Note:

This post starts with the well known opening lines of at least one of Prophet Muhammad's ﷺ sermon. Al-Nasa’i ؒ reported in his Sunan al-Nasa'i: Kitaab al-Jumu’ah (Click Here) that ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Mas’ud ؓ that the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ taught us the Khutbah Haajah ........