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The Final Exam

June 15, 2011

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The students trudge slowly into the exam room. Some faces are weary from sleepless nights, while others are full of dread. They take out their pens and brace for the papers to be handed out. Some make silent prayers while others bargain with God, “Please let it be easy. If You make me do well […]

How does your life flow?

March 21, 2011

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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 […]