The Muslimah I Am Today: Finding Meaning and Being Meaningful By Zaynab Dawood Nervous anxiety, shy excitement and a feeling of being overwhelmed are some common sensations a person may feel when they leave their old life behind and embark on a new ...
How My Autistic Child Changed Me By Sadeemka "Perhaps you dislike something which is good for you" - Qur'an 2:216 We quote the above many times in our lives. But what if we had to relate it to our motherhood? A hard but beautiful journey for man...
The Muslimah I am today – Seeing the Bigger Picture By Fatima-Minna When we talk about the concept of unity in Islam, we often talk about it in relation to the oneness of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, and our understanding of Him as entirely self-sub...
By Aliya Vaughan "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'The strong believer is better and more beloved to Allah than the weak believer, although both are good. Strive for that which will benefit you, seek the help of Allah, and do not feel hel...
By Calisha Bennet "You are as close to Truth right this second as you ever will be. Why don’t you just learn to relax and appreciate what you have in life? When you do, I guarantee that you’ll stand a far greater chance of finding what you a...
By Fatima-Minna I am sat in a little hire car next to my new husband, and we appear to be driving through a field. It’s dark, and we left the city hours ago. We’ve passed through towns and villages, which have been getting smaller and smaller. I...
By Traci Wells Our brains are amazing. Mind bogglingly (is that a word??!) amazing. It is the central organ of our nervous system controlling everything our mind and body thinks, feels, sees and does. It grows continuously with knowledge, yet shrink...
By Sadeemka Dhikr, my love When I first embraced Islam, the idea of dhikr wasn’t really clear to me. Remembering Allah – ok. Having a list of words, a certain amount, that should ideally be said daily, like a tick-off list, I thought, because...
By Abby Galazkowska, M.D. The word tazkiyah carries the meaning of purification, chastening, or facilitation of growth. In Islam, it refers to self-development. Tazkiyah lies at the heart of our beautiful faith. I love it for its uniqueness and trem...
By Aya Zaki Munaajah - It's this open magical door where you feel all the layers peeling off of your heart and you stand there, conversing with your Lord; where all faces and all things disappear, and it's just you and Him having the deepest conve...