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Is the reward for good [anything] but good? (Sura Rahman:60)
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Inspiration
I will be cross posting inshallah from my IhsaanArt blog because the line between my writing and my art tends to blur after a while… Inspiration surrounds us everywhere but we choose not to see it. Under the guise of shelter and comfort we have placed ourselves in little boxes that we call homes and […]
Just a Day
May 21, 2013
Each day is but a sheet of lined paper Clean and crisp, Unruffled by worry, Not worn, or tired and dirty, But crisp like the morning, When it is given to me. … The seconds, minutes and hours, Are lines upon the sheet of my life, Waiting for my words, For my actions, And my […]
Taraweeh (Night Prayer of Ramadan)
July 12, 2012
I have been summoned, To stand witness, To my faith. I have an appointment with the Book of Allah. … As the time draws near, I wait, With breathless anticipation. I have an appointment with the Book of Allah. … If I am allowed to meet, I must have been forgiven, For always being late, […]
Walled
April 8, 2012
Confined behind walls, Sealed in by stress. We become narrow-minded, Petty- And full of regret. … A conceited sense of control… The roof is within our reach, But the sky is not. You can switch on a light, But not a sunset. … Foolishly we attempt to please, Everyone in our walled world. Disdaining the […]
Grudges, Graffiti and Grief
May 23, 2011
Our lives are spent in various boxes. We live in boxes that are insulated from the outside. We feel neither the heat of the blazing sun till it penetrates our being nor do we experience the cold blasts of winter till our bones shiver. We venture out from these boxes in other boxes that simulate […]
Why?
April 16, 2011
We have often heard from our parents stories from their childhood that seem completely fantastic to us. The endless number of miles that they had to walk to get to school or the fact that they were given one pencil to use for the entire year and the unbelievable trouble that they would get into […]
How does your life flow?
March 21, 2011
The Japanese are caught in the horrific aftermath of the Tsunami. Their despair and sense of loss at this sudden catastrophe is enough to jolt anyone from their heedlessness. How fragile is our existence in the face of the commands of Allah? Yet the dictators still cling onto their thrones. It is as if they […]
ihsaanlife 
September 5, 2013
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