Newsletters, Archives

Submitters PerspectiveMay 2026Righteousness as God defines it in the Quran, contrasted with the dictionary meaning, with verses on how God enjoins it and mercifully allows repentance. A second piece traces steadfastness, wickedness, forgiveness, and righteousness through the Quran. A third urges reading the Quran daily and attending Quran study groups, treating them as seriously as Jumu'ah and setting a good example for newcomers.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveApril 2026Adam's indecision, Satan's arrogance, and this life as humanity's final chance to obey God, with the messengers' lives showing that hardship, wealth, or family are no excuse for misbehavior. A second article contrasts the Biblical and Quranic accounts of Noah, noting a local flood, a log ark, and the futility of intercession for his son. The issue announces the 41st annual United Submitters conference in Tucson.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveMarch 2026Night and day, the seasons, and the earth's spin and tilt as among God's proofs open the issue, followed by essays on doubt about God and the Quran, how worship and the contact prayer bring certainty, and doubt as Satan's whispered arrow with a mathematical observation. A closing piece urges taking the Quran in its entirety as guide over human opinion. A contact prayer times app is announced.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveFebruary 2026Two essays from the February 2026 issue. The first presents the Quran as God's final scripture for all humanity, confirming previous scriptures and teaching duties to God and society, care for orphans and the poor, and repentance. The second describes God as the best planner, drawing on the parable of the two gardens and the stories of Joseph and Moses to urge trust in His will.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveJanuary 2026Forgiveness as strength of character and a path to inner peace opens this issue, followed by a reflection on knowing God, spreading His message with wisdom, and the contact prayer as remembrance. Further pieces explain why God alone is worthy of worship, warn of idol worship as the unforgivable sin, and describe Paradise as a place of peace.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveDecember 2025Impermanence and God's unchanging system lead the issue, with Quranic verses on accepting change and taking stock of our deeds. Further essays liken prostration in the contact prayer to the FEMA hurricane crouch as refuge from Satan, and read 7:22 as Adam and Eve losing the garment of righteousness in Paradise. Ramadan 2026 dates and new moon times close the issue.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveNovember 2025Remaining steadfast through hardship and worsening world events, trusting that God is in control and that evil will be exposed. Further pieces treat brotherhood and love among believers, drawing on the Quran and the Bible, and racism as rooted in Satan's arrogance, answered by the common descent of all people from Adam and Eve. A Thanksgiving reflection and an invitation to weekly email reminders close the issue.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveOctober 2025Appreciation of God's blessings is presented as the antidote to Satan and to human failings such as jealousy, stinginess, fear, impatience, argument, and ego, each tied to Quranic verses. A second article describes worship as more than ritual: remembrance of God (Zikr), the contact prayer offered with devotion, good deeds done for God's pleasure, and striving against one's vices, all part of total submission.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveSeptember 2025Patience and gratitude, traced through the Quranic refrain for every steadfast, appreciative person in 14:5, 31:31, 34:19 and 42:33, whose verse numbers sum to 19 x 11. A second article presents night meditation on God's name and meditation after prostrating as commandments, citing Jonah. A report recounts the 40th annual United Submitters International conference in Dallas, August 2025.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveAugust 2025The greatness of God shown through His creation, from the Big Bang and the sky to the guardian angels, the immune system, and countless species, with Quranic verses urging appreciation of His blessings. A second essay calls on believers to kill the ego, turn from ignorance to wisdom, and grow the soul. The issue closes with verses 1 to 18 of Psalm 139.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveJuly 2025Hope rooted in God's promises of forgiveness, happiness, and a new chance to repent each day opens this issue. Quranic verses promising no fear and no grief are set beside modern psychology, including CBT, mindfulness, and social support, and water is read as an allegory for the Quran through gematrical value. A reminder announces the August conference of United Submitters International in Dallas.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveJune 2025God's sole sovereignty and ownership of everything, traced through Quranic verses, and how Satan and the ego lead people to idolatry, with Pharaoh, Qãroon, and Abraham as examples. A second article urges holding fast to God and the Quran alone, drawing on the Asch conformity experiments and verse 17:36 to warn against being swayed by the crowd.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveMay 2025Arrogance, traced from Satan's refusal to bow before Adam through Pharaoh's people, with seeking refuge in God as the remedy for the devil's whispers. Further articles explain the straight path asked for in the contact prayers as worshipping God alone, and teach that a sin is timeless and only God's forgiveness erases it. An announcement gives details of the 40th annual United Submitters conference in Dallas, August 1 to 3.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveApril 2025Keeping the habits of Ramadan after the fast ends: self-control, charity toward the poor, repentance, and righteousness (taqwa) carried through the year. Other pieces treat time and money as tools for building spiritual capital through the contact prayers and Zakat, and reflect on verses 64:11 to 64:18 as a reminder that God is in full control of all things.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveMarch 2025Light, physical and spiritual, is traced through Quranic verses alongside the science of sunlight, starlight, the expanding universe and the Big Bang, presented as confirmations of God's design. A second essay treats habits, urging soul-saving ones from Appendix 27: the five contact prayers, mentioning God before eating, saying God willing, glorifying God day and night, and a first utterance on waking.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveFebruary 2025God's constant watch over His servants, traced through Moses, Noah, Jesus, and Psalm 121, opens this issue. A comparison of sports championships with the Hereafter lists the traits the Quran ties to losers and winners, including idol worship, ego, the contact prayers, and charity. A reflection on patience draws on Jacob's example, and readers are invited to join a weekly reminder email list.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveJanuary 2025Modern idol worship, from ego and identity to money, jobs, appearance, entertainment, phones, family, and fame, is examined with Quranic verses as a daily question: Am I an idol worshiper? A second article lists the responsibilities the Quran assigns, including charity, truthfulness, humility, forgiveness, justice, and avoiding usury and intoxicants. The issue closes with Ramadan 2025 dates and how to calculate them from new moon times.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveDecember 2024Relationships as the Quran shapes them: with parents, relatives, friends, spouses, children, other people, the submitter family, and above all God, on whom every other relationship depends. A second essay likens our bond with God to a teacher and a student, urging repentance and trust instead of self blame for mistakes. The issue closes with the 2024 Charity Water campaign, which raised over 65,000 dollars from 76 donors.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveNovember 2024Choosing God over wealth and worldly distraction, drawing on Hobby Lobby founder David Green's decision to give up his company and on Quran verses about money and children as a test, the Friday prayer, and Solomon's preoccupation with horses. A second article treats gratitude to God as worship, shown in words and righteous works, and notes the Quran's repeated warning that most people are unappreciative.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveOctober 2024Acceptance as a path to serenity and submission leads this issue, drawn from a member's recovery from alcoholism and his arrival at Masjid Tucson. Further essays contrast good with evil and God with the devil, and urge gratitude for the hearing, eyesight, and brains God gave us, verifying information, and the contact prayers against distraction. Letters from prisoners thank the community for free Quran translations.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveSeptember 2024A Jewish convert named Khaleel recounts his path from Orthodox and Karaite Judaism, through doubts about the Talmud and the Torah and years of agnosticism, to the Quran and submission. A report covers the 39th annual United Submitters International conference in Tucson, with its 19 new submitters and a Charity Water campaign. An essay on divine etiquette draws Quranic guidance on patience, modesty, courtesy and cleanliness.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveAugust 2024Birds as signs of God and communities like us, singing His praises: how they communicate, the intelligence of parrots and ravens, and the hoopoe's report to Solomon, with Quranic verses throughout. A study of ibises sharing the lead of the V formation shows birds submitting to God's commands. Bible passages on birds, a poem, and quotations close the issue.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveJuly 2024Freedom as a gift from God that carries responsibility and is fulfilled through submission to His laws, with free will, no compulsion in religion, Satan's illusions and addictions, and verifying information as the main threads. A second essay links war, peace and freedom to our choices in the Great Feud, citing the major commandments, the sanctity of life, and the Quranic rule never to aggress.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveJune 2024God's limitless knowledge and flawless design, seen through the oceans: their unexplored depths, crushing pressure, deep diving creatures, long lived sea life, and the role of water in cooling the earth and supplying oxygen. Two essays pair these ocean facts with Quran verses on creation as proof that God alone is worthy of worship. A notice announces the 39th annual United Submitters conference in Tucson, August 2 to 4.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveMay 2024Repentance leads, set against human weaknesses like ingratitude, haste, and stinginess, with Adam and Eve, Moses, and Jonah as models of admitting wrong and resolving to reform. A second article treats forgiveness as strength and as a duty toward others, and a third reexamines the motto God helps those who help themselves through 38:10 and 13:11, concluding that our only help comes from God.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveApril 2024Artificial intelligence draws on flawed human data and misleads people about God and His religion, while the Quran offers absolute truth from God; readers are urged to spread true content about Submission and to engage people with wisdom and care. A second article examines kindness through 90:11 to 18 and other verses, alongside psychology research linking kindness and giving to happiness and health.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveMarch 2024Ramadan fasting as a reboot that strengthens and purifies the soul under God's control, and the submitter's fast from dawn to sunset kept for salvation as Quran 2:183 says. Writers answer non-submitters who doubt the fast is healthy or possible and describe using the month to curb the ego. A closing essay presents peace as one of God's names and the mark of His kingdom.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveFebruary 2024Finding the real goal in life through the Quran is the main theme: prioritizing the Hereafter over worldly success, perseverance, appreciation, and charity. A reflection on the year since the last Ramadan follows, on righteousness, the contact prayers, and staying centered amid chaos. Closing pages give the fasting verses of 2:183 to 187 and the Ramadan 2024 dates, with how to calculate them by the new moon.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveJanuary 2024Reasons to pray open this January 2024 issue, with the contact prayers presented as direct nourishment for the soul God blew into us. It traces the Quran's eleven uses of that you may succeed as a New Year resolution, then turns to repentance and meditation, God's inclination toward mercy, and Sura 102 on hoarding, contrasted with gathering righteous deeds and thanking God for His blessings.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveDecember 2023God's love is not unconditional: citing the Quran's verses on whom God loves and does not love, Ayyub explains that redemption comes through repentance and reform during our test on earth. Mateen reflects on light and darkness in Sura 113 and 57:12, drawing on the examples of the messengers, the contact prayer, fasting, and charity. The issue also announces a Quran app and a weekly reminder email list.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveNovember 2023Thankfulness to God as a daily practice for submitters, set against the American Thanksgiving holiday and drawn from the Quran's verses on being thankful and appreciative, including 14:7. A second article explores trusting God and His support, with fear as the devil's tool, examples from David and Goliath, Badr, and Moses, how believers support God, and parallel Bible verses.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveOctober 2023Satan as our most ardent enemy, and his traps drawn from the Quran: arrogance, division, the myth of intercession, added prohibitions, burdensome extra prayers and ablution, alcohol, gambling, and mockery of God. A second piece describes the tools God gives submitters against his whispers, including remembering God alone, the contact prayer, charity, fasting, seeking forgiveness, and appreciation.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveSeptember 2023Treating others in the best possible manner, drawn from the Quran and the Bible, as a way to kill the ego and win friends from enemies. Patience follows, through the examples of Jacob, Noah and Moses, with a report on the 38th annual United Submitters International conference in Vancouver, where many talks dwelt on tests, and a reflection on leaf, branch and root people.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveAugust 2023Personal opinion and conjecture, and the Quran's warnings against placing them above God's truth, lead this issue: how ego, the majority, leaders, and Satan pull people from the proofs, with David's caution as the example. A second article reflects on God's creations, from the heart and kidneys to rain, mountains, fruits, and the embryo in the womb, as signs to appreciate.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveJuly 2023Compassion as a trait of God that Submitters should emulate, shown through kindness, charity without insult, and the messenger's gentleness, alongside steadfastness through life's mandatory tests. A second essay explains reverence for God as a universal command, cultivated in the contact prayer and leading to Paradise. The issue also announces the 38th annual United Submitters International Conference in Vancouver, July 28 to 30.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveJune 2023God's complete knowledge of each person, from the womb through every test, traced through Quran verses showing He is fully aware and closer than the jugular vein. A second article urges fearing only God, treating fear as the devil's tool and answering it with trust, illustrated by asking a boss for time for Friday Prayer and by Psalm 91. The 38th annual conference in Vancouver is announced.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveMay 2023The perfect religion, which the Quran identifies as strict monotheism and Submission, the religion of Abraham, set against the divisions within Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. Further pieces consider spiritual truth as shared across many faiths' scriptures, contrast worldly bargains with God's best deal in 61:10 to 61:13, and offer a poem on choosing one's path toward the Day of Eternity.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveApril 2023Quranic verses on fools, deception, misleading and being duped show how Satan and human opinion lead people astray and why we must seek refuge in God. Further articles treat our duty and redemption after accepting free will, and worshiping God alone with no idols and no religious titles, closing with Psalm 25, often read during Ramadan.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveMarch 2023Ramadan fasting as a way to grow the soul, with the challenge of keeping its gains in Quran reading, commemorating God, charity, and reverence throughout the year. Further articles urge dropping bad habits and thoughts, counting God's blessings with thanks, and explain the Night of Destiny, exemptions for the ill and travelers, fasting's physical benefits, and the lunar calendar. Fasting for USA and Canada starts March 22, 2023.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveFebruary 2023Contentment of heart as a blessing only God grants, with ego shown as the ruin of Iblees, Noah's son, and Pharaoh. The issue continues its series on charity with voluntary charity beyond the 2.5% Zakat, sadaqah, and research on giving and happiness. It closes with Ramadan 2023 dates for the USA and Canada and how to calculate them from new moon times.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveJanuary 2023Zakat, the obligatory charity, is explained as 2.5% of net income given on the day of harvest to specified recipients, with research on cash transfers to the poor and biblical parallels on firstfruits. A second article compares the Genesis creation account with Quranic verses on the six days. The issue closes with a New Year reflection on gratitude to God.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveDecember 2022Jesus and Christianity are examined in light of the Quran: his virgin birth compared to Adam's creation, his role as a messenger rather than God or part of a Trinity, and the Quran's regard for righteous Christians and interfaith harmony. A second article traces the origins of Christmas customs, recounts a family's New Year's tradition, and retells the Quran's account of Jesus's birth in early autumn.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveNovember 2022A submitter describes years of depression and her recovery during the COVID-19 pandemic by turning to God as her therapist through daily Quran reading, night meditation, the contact prayers, and Quranic study groups. Further pieces report Masjid Tucson's 2022 Charity Water fundraiser for wells and reflect on gratitude, righteousness, and appreciation of God as the path to happiness.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveOctober 2022God's knowledge of every falling leaf, grain of sand and star, reflected on through 6:59 and the verses on the profound record, set beside the Quran's mathematical code. A report follows on the 37th annual United Submitters International conference in Tucson, with a khutba on the believers as one family. A Colorado prisoner writes about his path to submission and accepting Rashad Khalifa as the messenger of the covenant.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveSeptember 2022Jealousy and how to overcome it, drawing on Saul and David, the Quran's warnings that jealousy breeds sects and disbelief, and the promise that God removes it in Paradise. A second essay warns against criticizing others when no one is sinless, urging believers to examine their own souls. A closing piece reflects on God as the Truth, the Quran as proof, and life's blessings and lessons.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveAugust 2022Jihad as striving rather than holy war: the struggle against the ego and evil, war only in self defense, kindness toward peaceful unbelievers, and the Quran's condemnation of terrorism, suicide, and killing innocents. An opening essay reflects on how God gives every creature what it needs, from the tiger's roar to the cat's purr, and gives humans the Quran as their means to salvation.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveJuly 2022Freedom as the power to choose, set against the July 4th meaning of independence, drawing on Quranic verses where God chooses and where people choose belief or disbelief, righteousness, and the path to their Lord. A second article explains Peace as one of God's names and an inner state reached by killing the ego. Also includes the 2022 Charity Water drive for wells in Africa.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveJune 2022Reflections after Ramadan on food and water as God's provisions, with world hunger and water shortage figures and a reminder that Zakat is due on the day of harvest. A second article argues the Feast of Sacrifice is an innovation, since animal offerings belong to Hajj, and that God never commanded Abraham to kill his son. Also announces the 2022 charity water campaign and the 37th annual conference in Tucson.ICS

Languages

With each verse

Newsletters