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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

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