Love, Hope, Fear: The Ultimate Balance

By Hania Faheem A walk along the beach. Nothing new, nothing grand. Just an ordinary, mundane gesture. As water began to touch my feet, I turned around and saw the subtle trail my footsteps had made in the sand. And that's when I noticed: the trail wasn't exactly a horizontal line from the shore to...

Part 2: Do you fear death?

By Maria Javaid. This is a two-part series on the concept of death. This is the second part. Check out Part One here! Having understood that death is an inevitability, what can we do to challenge the notion of death to lead a successful Muslim life? Make peace with death Although no one can have...

The Hearts that Allaah Likes

Assalam u alaikum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh. This is part 1 in a series of 3 posts I will be making in shaa Allaah under the category of: أنواع القلوب فى القرآن الكريم The Types of Hearts in the Noble Quran (As heard in a lecture by Qari Suhaib Ahmad Meer Muhammadi Hafizahullaah in the annual...

My Ramadan Diary: What will the People Say?

By Umm Ibrahim "Log kia kahein gy?" "Log kia kahein gy?" - this has probably killed more dreams and good intentions than any other thought. As Ramadan softens our hearts and shakes our conscience, we dream of becoming better people, we make good, honest intentions, but often the fear of people stops us from forging...

This Is My Story

The first verse was shared as a tweet by a sister, then I wrote a poem on it :p  Comment what you think about it below and don't forget to share. May Allah accept it.  This is my side of the story, only my burden to bear You don’t have to share my grief, you...