"Yesterday my 22 month old sought to exercise his independence. After climbing out of his car seat, he wanted to shut the car door like a big boy, so I stood there watching over him. Realizing that if I left him to shut the door, his little head would have gotten slammed in the process, I lifted...
"No one likes to fall. And few people would ever choose to drown. But in struggling through the ocean of this life, sometimes its so hard not to let the world in. Sometimes the ocean does enter us. The dunya (the world) does seep into our hearts.
And like the water that breaks the boat, when...
[A Letter to the Culture that Raised Me] I'm not here to be on display. And my body is not for public consumption. I will not be reduced to an object, or a pair of legs to sell shoes. I'm a soul, a mind, a servant of God. My worth is defined by the beauty of my soul, my heart, my moral...
Theres something amazing about this life. The very same worldly attribute that causes us pain is also what gives us relief: Nothing here lasts. What does that mean? It means that the breathtakingly beautiful rose in my vase will wither tomorrow. It means that my youth will neglect me. But it...
" If we can look beyond and through everything that happens to us, everything we do—or fail to do—and see Allah, then we will have gotten the purpose. When something happens that you love, be careful not to miss the point. Remember that nothing happens without a reason. Seek it out...
"We must know that all that we experience in life has a purpose. And it is we who choose whether to realize that purpose or not. Take for example, beauty. Some people don’t even recognize beauty when it’s right in front of them. They can walk through a sunset or a brilliant forest of...
"We’re Home.
And then we aren’t. Torn away from our origin, we came across time and space to another world. A lesser world. But in that separation, something painful happened. We were no longer with God in the physical space. We could no longer see Him with our physical eyes, or...
Allah gives us gifts, but then we come to love them as we should only love Him. We take those gifts and inject them into our hearts, until they take over. Soon we cannot live without them. Every waking moment is spent in contemplation of them, in submission and worship to them. The mind and the...
You're welcome brother :)
I ordered her book and have just started reading it and I really find it amazing and well written masha'Allah. Her style is so beautiful and I like even her talks, she is an eloquent orator. May Allah bless her!
Hi Stephen :)
Thank you for sharing that with us, it's interesting!
I will be interested to know how Mr. Miller carried on his life later on. Whether he was able to be part of the two "religions" or whether he sicked to one.
Muslims believe that Islam is the final religion to Mankind. A...
This world cannot break youunless you give it permission. And it cannot own you unless you hand it the keysunless you give it your heart. And so, if you have handed those keys to dunya (the world) for a whiletake them back. This isnt the End. You dont have to die here. Reclaim your heart...
Salam to all,
I am reading through the book : "Reclaim your Heart" by Yasmin Mogahed and I found it so profound and touching and I would like to share with you in this thread some quotes from the book:). I will be also sharing some of Ms. Mogahed quotes from other writings and talks...
Hi Stephen :)
Who I am? I am Peace, don't you know me? just kidding :D
Well I would say I am a humble servant and creature of God who created me for a certain purpose in this life. I am a passenger and guest on this earth and I am here to fulfill my mission and sit for the test in order to...
Brother Nouman explains here Surat al-Ma`un (chapter 107) in a beautiful illustration and talks about two things that indicate how strong one' s belief in the hereafter is.
Lesson For Life | Illustrated Lesson from Surah Al-Maun
Nouman Ali Khan: Equating Happiness to Fun and Pleasure from a Quranic Perspective.
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Happiness, Fun and Pleasure by Nouman Ali Khan. 2013 ICNA-MAS Convention - YouTube
Old and natural prescriptions are always useful and beneficial nowadays :)
Prophetic Medicine:
An Old Prescription for a New Era
A genre of medical writing intended as an alternative to the exclusively Greek-based medical systems derived from Galen was that called at-tibb an-nabawi or...