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Dearest Friend…

Alima — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 17:40:24 +0000

Dearest Friend… I’ve let you down. You were given to me pure full of sincerity and I loved you so much. I cherished you with all my might and everyone around me cared about you. Loved you. Feared losing you. But my dear friend as time went on, I wanted to play and taste the sour sweetness around ...

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I burnt my final straw

Alima — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 07:00:00 +0000

It’s natural to want to embark upon adventure. It’s exciting to know that you’ve found the one. To go to university. To travel to a place where you’re unknown to the world. Start anew. But what happens when you stall halfway there? When you shatter your own dreams by the decisions which lead to your own defeat? What happens when you ...

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Will you not ponder over the Quran?

Alia — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 07:00:35 +0000

“Will they not then ponder upon the Quran or are there locks upon their hearts?” Surah Muhammed: 24 Stop and just think!! What kind of image is created in your mind when you read this verse…? Can you imagine a heart which has a lock upon it? How will this heart function? What will it do? How will it behave? ...

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I have a dream

Umm Abdur Rahman — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 16:41:09 +0000

Growing up and being educated in London, there was one speech that I had studied, which really moved me. It was a speech full of passion, hope and desire for equality at a time when few men dared to speak out. In August 1963, Martin Luther King made his famous ‘I have a dream’ speech in Washington in front of ...

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Being a seeker of knowledge and its importance

Sabine — Fri, 31 May 2013 11:46:24 +0000

The teachings of the religion of Islam came to us well over 1400 years ago. From the very beginning of revelation, there was an emphasis on seeking and acquiring knowledge. The first words of revelation which the Angel Jibril came with to our Beloved Rasulullah was ‘Read’! and the ayah is as follows: “Recite in the name of your Lord ...

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Hardships – a winner’s perspective

Faria — Wed, 29 May 2013 18:13:00 +0000

Slowly, I lifted up my head from the ground. Trying to gather the broken pieces and regain strength. But, was not the matter too overwhelming? How would I battle such a rough sea? The test seemed so new and different. I felt so disturbed. I was not new to Islam. I had been given tests earlier. This was not the ...

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The Heroines of Islam

Sabine — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:34:45 +0000

I’m going to take you to a journey back through the history of Islam; the time where the world had known some great women crusaders in Islamic history who were the contemporaries of our beloved Rasulullah . They were the Mothers of the Believers, the Sahabiyat . The Heroines If we were to praise these Heroines, words wouldn’t be ample enough and ...

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How to make your reading productive

Faria — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:10:03 +0000

If I am correct, then I recall reading that millionaires read 2 books a week! If that is the case for people who chase the dunya, what about those who chase the hereafter? Many a times, we develop the habit of reading. However, the change that we would want to see within us through the reading is often minimal. Where ...

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Parents: treat your children with equity and justice

Sabine — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:43:15 +0000

An-Nu’man bin Bashir said: My father took me to the Messenger of Allah and said to him, “I have gifted one of my slaves to this son of mine.” The Messenger of Allah said, “have you given such gift to every son of yours?” He replied “no.” Thereupon he said, “take this gift back.” [Al Bukhari and Muslim] Another narration is: ...

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Conqueror of hearts

Umm Abdur Rahman — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:00:15 +0000

“Indeed, Pharaoh exalted himself in the land and made its people into factions, oppressing a sector among them, slaughtering their [newborn] sons and keeping their females alive. Indeed, he was of the corrupters” 1 Ghenghis Khan responsible for 40 million deaths 2 million killed in the holocaust 8372 massacred in Srebrenica 1995 From the time of Pharaoh to the modern ...

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