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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

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