Inspirational
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How Istikhara Guided My Life: Personal Reflections and Misconceptions
Have you ever read the beautiful poem The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost? I still remember the first time I read it in my Literature class in High School. I had read hundreds of books before then and considered… Continue reading
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How to Build an Impressive Akhira CV
The other day I was crouched over my desk at home in the early hours of the morning, updating my professional cv when all of sudden I was hit with a profound insight. It was 6am and there I was… Continue reading
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Conquering Your Fears
Something profound happened to me the other day and I don’t think I’ll ever see or experience the feeling of fear the same way ever again. You see, for the most part of my life I lived in fear. The… Continue reading
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Ali’s Story
Here is the story of a wealthy young man that’s been diagnosed with stage four cancer. You can find his story on youtube and I shall leave the link down to his story below, for those that would like to… Continue reading
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Finding the balance
There’s this problem I have, it’s either I say very little or too much. I take very hot showers or freezing cold ones. I eat very little or too much. Like me a lot of people struggle with finding the right balance in their life.… Continue reading
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Unanswered prayers
Two months ago I promised to answer a question my brother asked (which I mentioned in the root of all evil post) that is; why is God not answering my prayers? I’ll be frank by saying you can never know the true… Continue reading
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The Pursuit
If you enjoyed the ibadurrahman post then you are going to enjoy this. I was initially going to entitle this ‘levels’ but as you read on, I think you’ll agree with me that the pursuit is more appropriate. Like the Ibadurrahman… Continue reading
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Baby Steps
The nearing of my return to London this coming weekend is a daunting reminder of how quick time flies, it doesn’t feel like I’ve been away for 4 months. To think the next time I post something In Sha Allah,… Continue reading
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Shukr (Gratefulness)
You know when you’re grateful? When you get something you didn’t deserve. Please remember that. In order for you and I to be grateful, we have to internalize something always (every day, every moment) that whatever it is we have:… Continue reading
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Abu bakr’s Story
Here is an amazing story about an Australian man called abu-bakr. It’s one of those stories I’ve never really been able to forget. You can find his story on YouTube and I’ll put a link down to the video below;… Continue reading
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