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I am not like them but I want to please Him

December 4, 2018December 4, 20181 Comment

I write about wanting to be like them. I make dua that I want to be like them. I secretly wish I was like them. But I’m not like them. I am not like the mothers of pious men and women. I am not like the mothers who brought up thinkers, scholars and the sahaba. … Continue reading I am not like them but I want to please Him

Boarding the Ship with Nuh (as)

October 31, 2018Leave a comment

One of my current obsessions over on YouTube is a series called ‘The Prophetic Dynasty’. In the series, when I got to the story of Nuh (as) my heart exploded with new found admiration for him. Prophet Nuh’s (as) life became so dear to me and I felt like talking to others about it too. … Continue reading Boarding the Ship with Nuh (as)

Dhul-Hijjah Planner – Free Printable

August 11, 2018August 11, 20183 Comments

“There are no days in which righteous deeds are more beloved to Allah than these ten days.” (Bukhari) I don’t know who put this amazing printable together, whoever it is, may Allah reward you immensely. I was sent this last night, it’s a brilliant planner to use in the best of days. If you we … Continue reading Dhul-Hijjah Planner – Free Printable

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Sometimes you read something and you want to re read it again. And then maybe again. Only because a few wires in your heart get pulled towards them. Sometimes they are inviting words, at other times they are of wisdom, sometimes they come as warning and at other times they are the comforting balm in an aching world. . . Like most people I have favourite surahs and specific ayahs I would list as my favourite. But I’m sure they keep changing for me, depending on my mood, my emotional and mental state. Sometimes favourites can also depend on association; surah At Tin is one such surah, I memorised it in adulthood alongside my mum, when I was off sick from work once. It was perfect. The surah will be special because of that added association I have with it. . . Yesterday, I read verses 30-35 from surah Al Fussilat and kept feeling drawn to them. In a happy way. I liked it. I went back to them at night. And then again today. Have a read, doesn’t it make you feel a thousand different emotions all at the same time. . . Please share with me verses that make you feel like this. Verses you’ve read before but there came a day when they became something more meaningful. Something that helped your heart want to take steps of more awe and servitude towards Him. . . (For details of pictured mus’haf, please check my story highlights.)

Couple of weeks a go, at the Masjid, the imam spoke about some of the things Allah created. This was something he shared after mentioning how the Arsh (Throne) of Allah shook at the death of S’ad Ibn Muaadh (if you don’t know this already, google it NOW)! . . So when talking about the Arsh, he told us that out of all the things Allah (swt) created including the vast universe and all that is in it; space, planets, the stars, the sun and the moon, and things much closer to us like the big ocean, the open sky, the firm mountains, all of this is like a small ring compared to His Kursi which is like a desert in comparison. . . He then told us that the Kursi is like a ring compared to Allah’s Arsh, which is like a desert in comparison to the Kursi. His Arsh is the biggest thing Allah created. . . I am still trying to imagine it but failing with utmost awe each time. . . That night I said to the ameer that I have never felt so small yet ever so significant before. . . The Rabb who has created all this, things that I cannot imagine, a universe which is so large in size and so perfectly detailed that man is forever trying to understand it, is the same Rabb that knows what my little heart wants and does. In all of this, I am still a significant being to Him. . . We look for our worth in this dunya, but our worth is with Him, and how absolutely soul inspiring does that make one feel, to know that, He, who is Perfect, listens to me, who is so imperfect. He, Allah listens and He answers.

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