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Only Allah

When you’re troubled and don’t know how to act, where do you turn? To Allah for comfort. If you can’t make a difficult decision, whom do you ask? Ask Allah to show you the right path. When your life is a mess and you need to make changes, how do you start? With Allah’s help. …

What I learnt in 2020

I learnt that we need to pay attention to our hearts. Healing takes time and a lot of silence. Throwing yourself into busy work doesn’t mean your pain will disappear and you’ll heal – give yourself the emotional space you need to recover. Quickly forgiving someone for betraying you will be better for your dunya …

But what does it mean?

You cannot fully immerse yourself in the recitation of Quran unless you know and understand its meaning. The way to do that is to study the basic meaning of Arabic words and then build more complex vocabulary around it. Start learning today, and practice daily. Measure your comprehension level by the end of every week …

By His Mercy, it’s Coming

You feel like your dua isn’t being answered? But maybe what you’re asking for, just maybe- your heart is not fully ready to receive it, not fully prepared to experience the blessing in its full measure. Not only does Allah answer our dua in terms of its content, but very importantly- He does so with …

Protect Your Faith

If a Muslim continues abandoning the Quran in his life, the faith in his heart begins to weaken, he becomes accustomed to disregarding Allah’s commands, and he begins to forget about Allah’s promise in the Hereafter, and instead, desires the pleasures of this life. The connection with Allah سبحانه و تعالى, that gives true life …

Do Not Rush to Respond

When you hear hurtful words from those closest to you, remain silent and don’t rush to respond, perhaps great khayr may come about later on. Yusuf a.s. dealt with a similar situation and Allah recorded his story.. “And Yusuf kept it within himself..”

When You Start Reciting

When you start reciting Quran: • Don’t stop until you’ve mastered the letters (proper pronunciation- تجويد) and can connect them easily. • Having mastered the letters now focus on reciting the words comfortably. A fluent reciter can recite an entire page of the Quran in 1.5~ minute. • Increase your portion of Quran slowly if …

On Haram Relationships

Energy draining and barakah killing. Making someone the centre of your world, attention and purpose all for nothing. Loss of self-respect. Sheer frustration. Islam came to free us from slavery, yet some of us literally worship another person. One or the other gets taken for granted and that leads to loss of confidence, waste of …

Surah an Naas

Surah Al Naas – سورة الناس – starts off with a command of seeking refuge in Allah who is our Lord, King, and Master. These three names and attributes are mentioned to teach us about an Adab related to Duaa where we call upon Allah using different names. There is one evil mentioned in this …