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DUNAHIR

Foundation

The Foundation

Fifteen questions underneath everything else DUNAHIR publishes. Each is prepared slowly, from verified sources, and reviewed by people qualified to review it.

The fifteen questions

This guidance is being prepared. DUNAHIR publishes a reading only after its sources are verified and qualified scholars have reviewed it.

  • Who is Allah?Being prepared
  • Why were human beings created?Being prepared
  • What is Dunyā?Being prepared
  • What is Ākhirah?Being prepared
  • Why is human life a test?Being prepared
  • What does it mean to worship Allah?Being prepared
  • What is guidance?Being prepared
  • What is the human self / nafs?Being prepared
  • Why does purification of the self matter?Being prepared
  • What is accountability before Allah?Being prepared
  • How should a believer understand trials and hardship?Being prepared
  • What is repentance?Being prepared
  • What is mercy?Being prepared
  • How do family responsibilities relate to spiritual life?Being prepared
  • How does livelihood relate to accountability?Being prepared

Ways to read it

A possible place to begin — not a required sequence, not a ranking of importance, and not a spiritual programme. There are no levels, no achievements and nothing to complete. A step opens only once its reading has been published.

The Foundation, in order

Reads the whole Foundation in the order DUNAHIR believes is easiest to follow, so later readings can assume earlier ones.

  1. 01Who Is Allah? — being prepared
  2. 02What Is Guidance? — being prepared
  3. 03What Is Mercy? — being prepared
  4. 04Why Were Human Beings Created? — being prepared
  5. 05What Is Dunyā? — being prepared
  6. 06What Is Ākhirah? — being prepared
  7. 07Why Is Human Life a Test? — being prepared
  8. 08What Does It Mean to Worship Allah? — being prepared
  9. 09What Is the Human Self? — being prepared
  10. 10Why Does Purification of the Self Matter? — being prepared
  11. 11What Is Accountability Before Allah? — being prepared
  12. 12How Should a Believer Understand Trials and Hardship? — being prepared
  13. 13What Is Repentance? — being prepared
  14. 14How Do Family Responsibilities Relate to Spiritual Life? — being prepared
  15. 15How Does Livelihood Relate to Accountability? — being prepared

Beginning with purpose

For someone whose question is why any of this matters at all, before anything else.

  1. 01Who Is Allah? — being prepared
  2. 02What Is Guidance? — being prepared
  3. 03What Is Mercy? — being prepared
  4. 04Why Were Human Beings Created? — being prepared
  5. 05What Is Dunyā? — being prepared
  6. 06What Is Ākhirah? — being prepared
  7. 07Why Is Human Life a Test? — being prepared
  8. 08What Does It Mean to Worship Allah? — being prepared
  9. 09What Is the Human Self? — being prepared
  10. 10Why Does Purification of the Self Matter? — being prepared
  11. 11What Is Accountability Before Allah? — being prepared
  12. 12How Should a Believer Understand Trials and Hardship? — being prepared
  13. 13What Is Repentance? — being prepared
  14. 14How Do Family Responsibilities Relate to Spiritual Life? — being prepared

The Foundation inside family life

For someone carrying responsibility at home who wants the same foundation, met where they actually are.

  1. 01Why Were Human Beings Created? — being prepared
  2. 02What Is Dunyā? — being prepared
  3. 03Why Is Human Life a Test? — being prepared
  4. 04What Does It Mean to Worship Allah? — being prepared
  5. 05What Is the Human Self? — being prepared
  6. 06Why Does Purification of the Self Matter? — being prepared
  7. 07What Is Accountability Before Allah? — being prepared
  8. 08How Should a Believer Understand Trials and Hardship? — being prepared
  9. 09What Is Mercy? — being prepared
  10. 10How Do Family Responsibilities Relate to Spiritual Life? — being prepared
  11. 11How Does Livelihood Relate to Accountability? — being prepared

The Foundation inside work and livelihood

For someone whose day is spent earning, and who wants that day understood rather than set aside.

  1. 01Why Were Human Beings Created? — being prepared
  2. 02What Is Dunyā? — being prepared
  3. 03Why Is Human Life a Test? — being prepared
  4. 04What Does It Mean to Worship Allah? — being prepared
  5. 05What Is Accountability Before Allah? — being prepared
  6. 06What Is Mercy? — being prepared
  7. 07How Does Livelihood Relate to Accountability? — being prepared