Articles filed under Spirituality
2- Hard Hearts
Alhamdulillah, all praise is due to Allah. When Jafar radhi Allahu anhu, the cousin of the Prophet sal Allahu alayhi wasalam, visited the Negus of Abyssinia he recited the verses of Surah Maryam, and the Negus without even understanding the words began to weep. His heart had been moved just by the sound of the words. In reflecting upon this I find that one cannot speak about the heart without linking it to or... Read More →
1 – Strength of Heart
Welcoming our newest author, Rahma Jama, who will be sharing a marvelous Qur’an reflection series with us! Rahma calls this series “Words of Love”. The reason this really comes to mind is that Allah really loves and out of His love He sent this guidance, this noble Book, this blessed Book, and any time throughout our lives we can open up this guidance and these words of love to help us and direct... Read More →
Chapter 27: After Hajj, For the Rest of Life (Hajj series)
Visit MuslimahSource.org every Monday and Thursday for a new chapter to this Hajj adventure. Only a few chapters remain in the series. Stay tuned… On my way back across the world I was a little dazed and confused. I was almost telling myself that this was it. I was going to spend the remainder of my life traveling. The truth is, our itinerary is incomplete. We do have a destination we are waiting to get to. Right... Read More →
Against the Current
By: Fatima A. Not too far away in Alaska, a scaled red salmon slithered and writhed upstream. The fish danced its way across rocks and its gleaming body charged up and up and up. What a strange sight it seemed. The salmon that tried and succeeded to swim against the currents. The Alaskan salmon is a fascinating creature that can offer us points of wisdom through its life. The salmon hatches into fresh water at the spawning... Read More →
Chapter 26: The Last Pit Stop Before the Start (Hajj series)
Visit MuslimahSource.org every Monday and Thursday for a new chapter to this Hajj adventure. Only a few chapters remain in the series. Stay tuned… Our Gulf Air flight landed in the Jinnah International Airport of Karachi and I stepped off the flight and walked through the quiet halls of the airport with all the other groggy passengers. It was just before sunrise and Abdullah and I were ready for a long nap. But... Read More →
Chapter 25: Flying Away (Hajj series)
Visit MuslimahSource.org every Monday and Thursday for a new chapter to this Hajj adventure. Only a few chapters remain in the series. Stay tuned… We were relaxed but I wasn’t going to remain that way because as the sun set and the plane took off from the Jeddah airport. I couldn’t stop coughing no matter what. My coughing just went on and on and I couldn’t get a break from it. I didn’t know... Read More →
Amongst a Sea of People
This past Ramadan, by the grace of Allah, I had the amazing opportunity to spend the last ten nights of the month in Madinah and Makkah as well as perform Umrah. This, being my first time in the holy land, is an experience that will remain etched in my heart and memory forever. The following piece is the first of a three-part series of short reflections. In a culture that is so immersed in the idea of individualism and... Read More →
Chapter 24: Leaving Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Visit MuslimahSource.org every Monday and Thursday for a new chapter to this Hajj adventure. Only a few chapters remain in the series. Stay tuned… Abdullah and I had no idea that the Jeddah airport was going to become home to us for the next several hours. We made it through the glass door behind our Asian friends who looked like they were in a rat race form the way they wanted to practically trample over one... Read More →
Chapter 23: Leaving Jeddah… Almost. Not Really… (Hajj series)
Visit MuslimahSource.org every Monday and Thursday for a new chapter to this Hajj adventure. Only a few chapters remain in the series. Stay tuned… We were pretty cozy in our spot on the cool airport tiles. That’s where we parked ourselves after checking in our bags at the Jeddah airport and now we were waiting to board our flight… except we weren’t at our gate yet. We were still in the baggage checking-in... Read More →
Chapter 22: There and Back Again (Hajj series)
Visit MuslimahSource.org every Monday and Thursday for a new chapter to this Hajj adventure. Only a few chapters remain in the series. Stay tuned… I woke up as the rocking bus came to a stop. I tried pushing out my sleep and absorbing my surroundings simultaneously. The sun’s light was breaking over the horizon and there were crowds of people hustling all around pushing carts or pulling suitcases. We were... Read More →
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