QURʾĀNIC REFLECTIONS

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Qurʾānic Reflections

Empathy

October 11, 2014

Sometimes remembering other people’s afflictions eases your own ordeals. In the Qurʾān, Allāh consoles Rasūl Allāh ﷺ by reminding him that if he is being challenged and refuted, a prophet before him had to go through worse:…

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What Hope Looks Like

September 11, 2014

Do you know what hope in Allāh looks like? Do you know what hope that Allāh will give you the very best of His bounties which your heart pines for, even though realistically and rationally speaking the mere thought, let alone an actual possibility, is too far-fetched, looks like? This:…

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What makes a strong woman?

August 17, 2014

What makes a strong woman? The kind of woman who lives by principle, who is unfazed by weak morals of those around her. One who does not succumb and give in and thereby give up what the Almighty expects of her (and what does the Almighty expect of her? This, I’ll discuss later.) The kind of woman who does not need validation of her worth from anyone, least of all strangers, least of all creepy, strange men lurking on the…

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Qurʾānic Reflections

August 15, 2014

Every difficulty is made easy with the Help of Allāh, we only need to be true to an oft-repeated vow, “وإياك نستعين” ﴾and You, we ask for help﴿…

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Blessed Establishments

August 13, 2014

Then is the one who laid the foundation of his building on taqwa of Allāh and [seeking] His Pleasure better or the one who laid the foundation of his building on the edge of a bank about to collapse, so it collapsed with him into the fire of Hell? And Allāh does not guide the wrongdoing people. – at-Tawbah:109 The context of this āyah is a mosque which the hypocrites during the time of our Prophet ﷺ adopted in order…

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