I used to have a library of lyrics in my head, and would always be up to date with new songs, and share them with my friends. I wouldn’t leave my house without headphones. It was something I was dependent on to study, relax, while in my car… it was just a significant part of
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[Surat Al-A’raf Series- Part 2]: How to make your scales heavy
In the first part of this series, we decided to journey into Surat Al A’raf to explore the precious gems and productivity lessons this beautiful surah contains and went through the first two lessons. In this part, we aim to discover 5 more productivity lessons from this surah, in sha Allah. While going further into Surat
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[Finding Peace and Contentment – Part 1]: What Does it Mean to be Blessed?
If you’re in a state of difficulty, tribulation or restriction that is affecting your inner peace and making you think you’re not blessed, then you should read this. We all want to be ‘blessed’, right? When we’re pleased with someone, we say “God bless you.” When people ask us to make dua for them, we say
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[SISTERS] How Introspecting Makes Life More Meaningful
The Book of Allah repeatedly encourages man to reflect; in fact, the verb yatafakkaru (they reflect) is mentioned 17 times. In his book, The Book of Assistance, Imam Al-Haddad remarks that reflection is the lamp of the heart, if it departs, the heart will have no light. Therefore, without reflection, the heart is darkened and life is lived with a sense of
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[Surat Al-Kahf Series – Part 4]: What Are You Doing With Your Dreams?
Ladies and gentlemen, we are approaching the end of this series. Please fasten your seat belts and make sure your seats are in the upright position. On behalf of the cabin crew, I would like to thank you for taking this journey with us and hope to see you here again soon. Okay fine, I
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[Parenting Lessons from Surah Luqman – Part 3]: Being Grateful and Caring towards Parents
In previous parts of this series on parenting lessons from surah Luqman, we talked about the essential prerequisites of parenting (Part 1), and the importance of instilling tawheed and iman in our children, so they can avoid committing shirk (Part 2). This part focuses on the next piece of advice in surah Luqman : taking
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