Today, after the rain, I watched a crow sitting quietly. Its feathers were wet. The sky was grey. For a moment, it looked as though even the bird was tired of the storm. And I thought… Maybe we are sometimes like that. We carry things nobody sees. Disappointments we don't talk about. Duas we have repeated for years. Dreams that haven't come true. Days when getting up itself feels like an act of courage. Yet somehow, we continue. We pray. We work. ...
I take responsibility for my life. 'A human being can have nothing but what he strives for.' (53:39)
The context for this - ˹They state˺ that no soul burdened with sin will bear the burden of another ,and that each person will only have what they endeavored towards, and that ˹the outcome of˺ their endeavors will be seen ˹in their record˺, then they will be fully rewarded, and that to your Lord ˹alone˺ is the ultimate return ˹of all things˺.
5 years ago · Referencing Ayah 2:45, 20:14, 20:33-34, 25:1, 53:39
✨Their are two elements to change: 1. Differentiation between wrong and right, and to accept wrong as wrong. 2. The next is to take steps to stand up against it and eradicate it.
The Quran is AL-Furqan (نَزَّلَ ٱلْفُرْقَانَ عَلَىٰ عَبْدِهِۦ). It is only through the internalization of this book that a person is blessed with the ability of distinguishing wrong and right.
✨ When a person take the decision to stand up, then the equipments requir...
The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said the one who stumbles and struggles while reciting the Qur’an ; then that person has twice the reward. For some people Allah made their journey of understanding, reciting, memorizing Qur’an easy; for other people Allah purposely made it hard. Allah wanted them to have a harder time because Allah wants to double their reward. The fact that you are struggling in any worldly struggle and not keeping up with others,...
last year · Referencing Ayah 2:156, 38:72, 53:39-40, 6:2, 76:1, 89:27-30
Bismillah
The Questioner: Who am I? From where did I come? And where am I going?
Islam: You are not just matter. Not just breath and bone. Allah shaped you from clay (6:2) and honored you with His Spirit (38:72). You are a soul, a servant, a traveler on the path of return.
Secular Thought: You are a child of time, a spark of stardust, a mind born from nature’s long experiment. You are free to write yourself, to shape identity, to create mea...
Every Ramadan, I start with high hopes—plans to complete the Quran, long nights of prayer, deep reflection, and extra acts of worship. But as the days pass, life happens. Between fasting, taking care of my family, preparing meals, and handling responsibilities, I find myself falling short of those ambitions. And then, the guilt creeps in. The whisper that I haven’t done enough, that I wasted precious time, that I could have prayed mor...
I want to tell you a story—one as old as time. A story of two brothers united in purpose but divided by choice. A choice that sent them on different paths and, thus, different destinations altogether. You think you know this story, and you do, but I promise you, it’s not the story you’re thinking of right now.
Our story begins with a king. He was wealthy and wise and ruled far and wide. One day on one of his expeditions, he met two brothers who ...
4 years ago · Referencing Ayah 112:1, 112:3, 17:19, 18:30, 53:39-41, 6:88
We might begin a project with pure sincerity (ikhlas), but that's not a guarantee that our efforts will remain sincere forever. We have to be vigilant in our guarding our intentions and question our sincerity if we begin to feel desperate for validation and appreciation from others.
If you began something with a sincere desire to serve Allah, but now you find yourself bitter or resentful because you don't feel successful, appreciated, or acknowl...