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Is the reward for good [anything] but good? (Sura Rahman:60)
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Happily Ever After – Part 1
Originally published at http://www.habibihalaqas.org/2013/08/happily-ever-after-part-1.html She stood very still and watched her daughter’s tear stained face melt into the crowd. The pain of her departure would tear at her heart and soul. The daughter on the other side willed her feet to step in leaden uniformity towards the door, and away from the beloved figure that gazed […]
My Beloved Ramadan – Mini Ramadan Guide
July 7, 2013
Originally published at http://www.theidealmuslimah.com/my-beloved-ramadan-mini-ramadan-guide/ Bismillah It is summer and Mashallah many of us have guests visiting from overseas or from out of state. If it is somebody we are fond of, we wait impatiently for their arrival. We count down the days and then the hours and, if they are late we stand by the window […]
The Fall
October 8, 2012
I fell because I did not listen to my Mom. She said don’t go ice skating and I did. It doesn’t matter that she is 36,000 miles away. An order is an order. And it doesn’t matter how old I get, respect and obedience are still due. The result was a nasty slip, a fractured […]
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, […]
Faithful Friends
September 1, 2011
A cursory reading of a Quranic translation leaves one wondering why Allah (swt) repeats the stories of the Prophets so many times. It is related that Prophet Musa (as) is throwing the staff and it swallows up the snakes of the magicians and a few chapters later the same episode is related again. Similarly, we […]
Islam the Sibghah (Color) of Allah
May 9, 2011
The oceans dried up Not one but two, But the words of my Lord written were few, … Each drop of divine ink Each letter, each word Their unchartered depths few have explored … “Sibghtullah” The Colors of Allah Dye yourself in them and attain falah. … The hues of humility The perfect tints […]
ihsaanlife 
August 15, 2013
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