The Qur'an is primarily a book of Dhikr; i.e. it keeps those who recite it with contemplation in constant connection with the kay elements of their faith. So, as you recite, certain themes keep coming by, in the most intertwined, integrated and beautiful fashion. Shaikh Mohamed...
Back in February 2021 Shaykh Muhammad Al Shareef (nationbuilder) shared a beautiful reflection and some excellent tips on the power of journaling. This is what he said; Journaling is all about putting what’s inside your head on the paper. It lets you process and make sense of what...
Assalamu alaykum, This post by the late Shaykh Muhammad Al Shareef can be uplifting for one who has memorized Al Quran and motivating to those contemplating doing so: How memorizing The Quran benefits us ...
An excellent piece by Ustadha Fatima Barkatulla on Tajweed. Have a read here: https://www.islam21c.com/islamic-thought/6853-are-we-neglecting-the-importance-of-tajweed/?fbclid=IwAR2Dj3jfOKbI0EviIkejyeVRCEiN8z7StDcd_1ggY4naorw6ANQ83bsuHuM...
Practice Paying Attention: for many people, a wandering mind is really an undisciplined mind. With practice, you can teach your mind a little discipline. One thing you should try to determine is what is really distracting you. This exercise can help you determine why your...
This hifdh technique was taught by the Algerian Shaykh Zakariya al-Siddiqi who teaches at the Institute of Human Sciences in France and is one of the foremost scholars of Quran today. He memorized it by the age of 9 and dedicated his life to studying and...
The ayah speaks of the unlettered, the ummiyoon, who make up the common folk of the population. It speaks of people who can read and write but are described as unlettered because they did not know what their Book contained. They only knew of speculation...
Allah loves the soft heart. From such a heart stems kindness and gentleness, characteristics which are beloved to Allah. We can soften our hearts by realising there is nothing more beneficial for it than reflecting upon the ayat of Allah. Engage in thinking about and...
There are 24 precious hours in a day, but how many of us squander most of them? Multiply these wasted hours by days, weeks, months, and years and subtract the time we spend asleep and you realize just how little time is left for actual...
Reflecting on some of the verses from the Qur’an & Hadith about the virtue of patience, I realized that we are being reminded to be patient through our individual trials in this life but also in a general sense with making it through this life...