Recently I heard a talk about the four women promised Paradise – “The best of women among the people of Paradise are Khadija bint Khuwaylid, Fatimah bint Muhammad, Maryam bint ‘Imran, and ‘Asiyah bint Muzahim, the wife of Pharaoh” (Source: Musnad Aḥmad 2896). The teacher spoke about how each of these women represented something different […]
Recently, I have been trying to intentionally begin my mornings with the three Quls (Surahs Al Ikhlas, Al Falaq, and An Nas), and in the spirit of embedding this practice more deeply into my daily life, I felt it was only fitting to understand their meanings with greater intentionality, especially as a beautiful pattern emerges
I want to first acknowledge the traditional owners of this land, the Indigenous Australian peoples, to whose land we live on. Sovereignty was never ceded, and Australia was and always will be Aboriginal land. I mention our Aboriginal population first because Australia too has a history of genocide and human rights violation against its Indigenous
“You will not see any disparity in what the Lord of Mercy creates. Look again! Can you see any cracks? Look again!” (Quran 67: 3-4) How do we forgive ourselves for all the things we did not become? Muscles clenched, legs tensed, I ran. The pain seared, with each step forward I longed for a
Preface: I would like to first acknowledge and pay respects to the traditional owners of this land on which we reside, by whom sovereignty was never ceded. During a trip up the coast with friends, we saw an ad for scabies medication in between the movie we were watching. We watched, horrified, as the cartoon
my brain is foggy and cloudy i stumble out of bed, the water rinses out my mind. the mist parts, the cold-water drips, i fumble for my scarf. Allahu Akbar, the dawn has broken, a single bird-cry is heard, and the world remains still. clear skies ahead. She settles in at the desk, computer charging,