I want to propose seven dimensions through which we can measure and increase the weight of our time. Think of these as seven scales nested within each other, from the smallest unit of time to the largest: the moment, the hour, the day, the week, the month, the year, and the lifetime.
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How Getting a Chicken Roll Can Be an Act of Worship
I asked our Barakah Effect course students to practice a simple exercise. Before every action, they needed to pause and ask themselves, “How can I please Allah SWT through this?”
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When You Just Don’t Feel Like It (Overcoming Laziness)
I wrote about ‘ajz, that feeling when you want to do good but feel powerless to act. Today, I want to explore its close cousin: kasal (laziness).
While ‘ajz is “I want to, but I can’t,” kasal is “I want to, but I just don’t feel like it.”
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The Guilt You’re Feeling? It’s Sacred
We’re all feeling it. That knot in our stomach whenever we see pictures of the unfolding genocide in Gaza and witness the hunger, starvation, and death.
It’s a heavy weight that presses down on us whenever we go through our daily routines. Unimaginable images flash through our phones between meetings, meals, and our comfortable beds.
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🔊 The Global “Allahu Akbar” Reprogramming
The genius of Islam is that it gives us spiritual seasons to remind us of our purpose in life: Ramadan forces us to slow down. The five daily prayers create mandatory pauses. And these ten days of Dhul-Hijjah? They’re asking us to step off the hamster wheel and witness the sacredness of these days and the year’s greatest event: The Hajj.
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The Sacred Art of Writing Books (& How AI Might Change It)
As I held my pen, I wondered: in an age where AI can write entire books in hours, what makes human writing uniquely valuable? And how do we honor the sacred act of writing while engaging with these powerful new tools?
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