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Bismillah. To continue our Names of Allah series: Ar-Rahman: The Entirely Merciful, Ar-Raheem: The Especially Merciful Both of the names Rahman and Raheem come from the root Ra-ha-meem (ر ح م), these names are similar so they require a parallel explanation. What is Rahmah? Rahmah is mercy. In the dictionary it…
“Laghw” means a useless activity, one that doesn’t benefit you in this world or in the hereafter. For most of us our laghw is Internet related, or at least related to one screen or another. Today I want to touch upon what brand of laghw I’ve been involved in lately. For the past two days I… Continue reading Falling into laghw
Originally posted on CHICADEROCK:
View in the mist The view stretched outside of my grasp. How many kilometers… how long would man before me have taken to reach what was in that distance. A humbling feeling. It dawned on me how odd it is that we’re often striving to become bigger, to achieve more, when…
It all began when one of my friends posted a picture of this beauty to her Facebook. It was a glorious magenta velvet cover, with appealing rainbow coloured pages. This particular mushaf (copy of Quran) appealed to my feminine side. However, I instantly felt guilty. Shouldn’t I be inspired to get a mushaf for myself… Continue reading Pining after a Rainbow Quran
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 560 times in 2014. If it were a cable car, it would take about 9 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see the… Continue reading 2014 in review
“If Allah brings you to it, He will take you through it.” That’s a life-changing quote right there if you stop to think about it. If you think that everything you encounter in life has been sent your way to bring you closer to Allah, then things start to make sense. I say “start to”… Continue reading Dropping in to drop a quote
Originally posted on Musings of A Musafir – The Journey:
Who hasn’t read the story of Musa AS? The tortures of Pharaoh towards the people of Bani Israel,the parting of the red sea, the drowning of Pharaoh.But lets track back a bit,there are some other lessons also we can get from the story of Musa…
Image from Etsy (sold item) depicts The Wizard of Oz, from red slippers via the yellow brick road to the Emerald City. In one elegant mosaic swirl, we see the journey from a hopeful beginning to the destination that promises the solution to everyone’s problems. The interesting part of the story is that the travellers… Continue reading Don’t miss it for the world
While they don’t get any bonuses for figuring out that ajr rhymes with fajr, Muslim Matters gets credit for the title of this post. This morning my mother got ajr (reward) for waking me up for fajr (morning prayer). Prayer is better than sleep (wake up O ummah) My jihad is called fajr Whilst the world… Continue reading Earn some ajr, wake someone up for fajr
■ Story: First Salah of Jeffery Laing ■ I would like to read out an extract from Jeffery Laing’s book, “Even Angels Ask” in which he describes his first prayer. On the day I converted to Islam the Imam of the Masjid gave me a manual on how to perform Salah. How hard could it… Continue reading True Story: First Salah of Jeffery Laing
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