By Romina Afghan I want so badly for you to choose me, Yaa Rabbee- I want to be special to You. I want to stand out amongst the billions of Your worshippers and millions of Your beloved. I want to be the shining star, the glowing light, the h...
By Traci Wells Being a Muslim for nearly two years has been a life altering, spiritual, soul searching experience. I have felt an awakening in so many ways. I have learnt so much about the world and myself at a time of my life when I ...
By Romina Afghan To my teenage daughters, you are on the cusp of momentous occasions in your life, and as you step forward with all the promise and hope of a bird about to fly for the first time, know that without Allaah to carry the air benea...
By Zaynab Dawood As a child I perched beside the window and gazed at the sky. Strips of orange stretched far beyond what my little eyes could see; streaks of azure clustered around the vanishing clouds. Whispers of a hidden silver moon floated abo...
By Romina Afghan Sometimes I want so badly to just be there already. That place where the Quraan is embedded in my heart, where it is shrouded in the love of Allaah and nurtured upon the magnificent and unmatchable words of The Creator....
By Calisha Bennet Amr Bin Kays رحمه الله has said: “Blessed is he; how excellent is he, the one who rectifies himself before the (blessed) month of Ramadan"[Lat'ta-if al-Ma'arif, p. 138] What could we have done better last Ramadan? W...
3 Top Tips To Jump Start Your Ramadan By Shalisha Smith Ramadan, the best month of the year! Every year this blessed month arrives, some of us enter it in a panic, followed by the overwhelm at the long hours of fasting and short hours of sleeping...
By Fatima-Minna I’ll start with an apology and a disclaimer. This is not a spiritual guide to Ramadan in any way, but there is a reason for that. A couple of experiences I’ve had during Ramadan as a busy working mother have changed my perspect...
By Aliya Vaughan "...But perhaps you hate a thing and it is good for you; and perhaps you love a thing and it is bad for you. And Allah Knows, while you know not" Quran 2:216 "The quality of your thinking determines the quality of your life" A....
By Crystal Daulton In the name of Allah, the most gracious and most merciful...Before I begin, I ask Allah for guidance and to continue to bless the mission of Solace in giving our revert sisters much needed support. May the donors and team memb...