QURʾĀNIC REFLECTIONS

Personal Reflections

June 12, 2016

To think that Allāh won’t forgive when you’re seeking His Forgiveness, or that He won’t give when you’re asking for His Favours is the height of thinking badly about the Creator. For some perspective: only the hypocrites and the disbelievers think badly about the Creator.…

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Translations

A Ten Year Mahr

June 11, 2016

قَالَ إِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُنكِحَكَ إِحْدَى ابْنَتَيَّ هَاتَيْنِ عَلَىٰ أَن تَأْجُرَنِي ثَمَانِيَ حِجَجٍ ۖ فَإِنْ أَتْمَمْتَ عَشْرًا فَمِنْ عِندِكَ ۖ وَمَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَيْكَ ۚ سَتَجِدُنِي إِن شَاءَ اللَّه مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ…

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Qurʾānic Reflections

The Bigger Tragedy

June 11, 2016

Reading the story of the Youth of the Cave, one can’t help but be moved by the immense tragedy they endured. Persecuted for their faith, threatened with torture and death, abandoned by their family, and eventually forced to flee their home and city.…

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Qurʾān Study Tips

Ramaḍān Journals

June 11, 2016

Some people of knowledge would keep a special notebook at hand as they recited the Qurʾān. Anytime an āyah spoke to them, or an understanding dawned on them, they would write it down in that notebook, by the end of Ramaḍān they would amass a treasure trove of reflections from the Qurʾān.…

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Soul Cleansing

Body-Soul Nourishment

May 19, 2016

The Salaf always talked about eating and sleeping less as a means of acquiring energy to perform your ʿibbādah. I never quite understood this. A poor night’s sleep did not leave me energised—it left me exhausted! Similarly, fasting frequently only left me weakened and tired! (I still chose to believe the salaf y’know. I was certain I was doing something wrong.) Over the weekend, I was attending a Ramaḍān prep course, and the sheikha explained this point so well.…

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Quote

August 30, 2015

❝If knowledge was captured in an image, it would triumph the sun and the moon in their beauty.❞ -— Ibn al-Qayyim, in: Garden of Lovers.…

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