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Continue reading →: Makkah Diaries: Visiting Him – Part-2
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ The decision was made for me. Yes, I was going to visit his house baitullah…house of Allah with Muhammad this time for good. Who would say I have thought of it? As unbelievable as it sounded, I began to count Allah SWT’s blessings sure they were…
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Continue reading →: A Letter to My Friend: Seeking the Counsel of Trust
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ Dear Friend, When we fall, we fall hard. One primary aspect of our life is trusting Him in EVERY situation. The notion may sound casual, as we go on saying, “have faith” or Trust Him” or “Don’t worry”. How can one not worry when the descended…
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Continue reading →: Makkah Diaries: Footsteps on the Holy-Land- Part 1
“Papa is it time already to leave?” Tip-toeing her feet on the marbled floor of Haram sharif the girl asked anxiously. *********************************************************************** Blue was the sky, cold was the air and merciful was the environment we were witnessing. The post fajr time in Haram sharif looked divine. It was September…
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Continue reading →: Down the Memory Lane: The Journey of My Veil
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ Disclaimer: Below is not a rant but reflections based on my personal experiences on covering up. It has asked a lot of courage from me to write on this topic. I write here for my people as how we should really see it not how as…
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Continue reading →: A Letter to My Friend: Learning to Love Him through Trials
Dear Friend, It has already happened. Look around. Fairytales do exist. On this earth. But for those of them to realise we have to work really hard. The darkness breeds and the light will shine only onto those whom He wills. And He wills for those He has tested and…
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Continue reading →: Holding Onto Allah’s Rope
The problem begins when we let loose, From our very hands, His rope, For it is the prime of our sojourn, The two strands of the rope are metaphor for, The Qur’an and the sunnah Never does He want us to go astray, For letting loose the strands means going…
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Continue reading →: Protecting Our Yousuf
This post has been taken from my best friend’s blog. Jazakillahul khair dear H. “Our soul is very beautiful, pious and pure but we want to make it ugly, tainted and impure, that’s why we treat it in a manner step brothers of Yousuf(A.S) treated him.” “By considering it as…
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Continue reading →: Thought of the Day: Dealing with Trials
Allah loves you. He loves you more than 70 times ammi loves you. He wants that you be free of sin and strong in imaan. And When Allah wants you to learn He will create a ground for that. Sometimes it’s a dear friend who has ditched you, sometimes it’s an…
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Continue reading →: A Letter to my Friend – Trusting Allah SWT
This article has been published in “The Intellect” magazine’s December January 2016 volume. Read the original here. Dear Friend, And He found you lost and guided [you]. (Suratu Dhuhaa: 7) I watched you as you wiped out your flowing tears. I don’t know what have caused these, I hope that I…
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Continue reading →: Thought of The Day: Understanding Mujahida
She walks gingerly to the glass table and tries to lift it up. “No A No! Don’t do that!” I yelled abruptly fearing the absolute occurrence of a dangerous attempt. That’s my usual statement to my 3 year old niece. Even with my periodic interruptions, she does not seem to care…
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Continue reading →: He said; La Tahzan!
For travelling in the tunnel, Does not matter now! I see the light, From high atop, I look inside , And find Him, All the time, With me.
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Continue reading →: Thought of the Day: Understanding the trio of Hilm, Kindness & Mercy
Tears welled up her eyes. Red. Hot. Flowing. She looked down as if trying to find a way to brush the tears aside or at least hide them. All in vain. He watched her walking out. It all happened in the blink of an eye. ——————————————————– Kindness is a trait…
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