وَلَنَبْلُوَنَّكُم بِشَيْءٍ مِّنَ الْخَوْفِ وَالْجُوعِ وَنَقْصٍ مِّنَ الْأَمْوَالِ وَالْأَنفُسِ وَالثَّمَرَاتِ ۗ وَبَشِّرِ الصَّابِرِينَ (البقرة: ١٥٥) [Translation: And We will most certainly test you with something of fear and hunger, some loss of wealth, lives and fruits; but give good news to those who patiently persevere.] (Al-Baqarah: 155) I love reading people’s stories. With the year […]

“Then I will come to them from before them and from behind them and on their right and on their left, and You will not find most of them grateful [to You]” – Surat Al Araf “ثُمَّ لَآتِيَنَّهُمْ مِنْ بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ وَعَنْ أَيْمَانِهِمْ وَعَنْ شَمَائِلِهِمْ وَلَا تَجِدُ أَكْثَرَهُمْ شَاكِرِينَ” – سورة الأعراف How […]

“He whom Allah guides is the [rightly] guided” – Surat Al Kahf “مَنْ يَهْدِ اللَّهُ فَهُوَ الْمُهْتَدِ” -سورة الكهف I recently came to learn about an interesting observation on this part of the verse that draws a smile on my face every time I come across it. And that makes me fall even more in […]

فَأَجَاءَهَا الْمَخَاضُ إِلَى جِذْعِ النَّخْلَةِ قَالَتْ يَا لَيْتَنِي مِتُّ قَبْلَ هَذَا وَكُنْتُ نَس مَنْسِيًّا (23) فَنَادَاهَا مِنْ تَحْتِهَا أَلَّا تَحْزَنِي قَدْ جَعَلَ رَبُّكِ تَحْتَكِ سَرِيًّا (24) وَهُزِّي إِلَيْكِ بِجِذْعِ النَّخْلَةِ تُسَاقِطْ عَلَيْكِ رُطَبًا جَنِيًّا (25) فَكُلِي وَاشْرَبِي وَقَرِّي عَيْنًا فَإِمَّا تَرَيِنَّ مِنَ الْبَشَرِ أَحَدًا فَقُولِي إِنِّي نَذَرْتُ لِلرَّحْمَنِ صَوْمًا فَلَنْ أُكَلِّمَ الْيَوْمَ إِنْسِيًّا (26) [Translation: […]

I’ve always heard about Sayedna Yusuf’s brothers in contexts that involve envy, jealousy and hatred. Everyone who ever spoke about them would always mention them within a negative theme, and would mostly just take away from them the importance of purifying our hearts, etc. I’ve always even personally despised them and wondered how a normal […]

So it turns out you never really know how much you can take, unless you’re literally forced into staying strong through certain days. Sometimes it comes as a surprise, even to your own self, and you watch in awe as a new version of yourself starts emerging along with what you’re unexpectedly enduring. It surprises […]