O bird of heavenly origin, Castaway the doubts you harbour within. Anchor your eyes upon the heavens above, And connect your spirit to the Divine Being most worthy of love. Come forth dear friend, do not be afraid, Your longing and loneliness will soon fade. Come, even if your wings are clipped, With love and devotion, they […]
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O bird of heavenly origin, Come forth… Anchor your eyes upon the heavens, Connect your spirit to the Divine Throne. Come forth, do not be afraid… Come, even if your wings are clipped. Tend to them with loving devotion, they’ll grow back soon. Regain your strength, We will wait… Preen those feathers of praise and glorification. […]
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سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي أَسْرَىٰ بِعَبْدِهِ لَيْلًا مِّنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ الْأَقْصَى الَّذِي بَارَكْنَا حَوْلَهُ لِنُرِيَهُ مِنْ آيَاتِنَا إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ “Glory be to Him, Who took His servant during the night from the Sacred House to the farthest mosque of which We have blessed the precincts, so that We may show to him some […]
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سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي أَسْرَىٰ بِعَبْدِهِ لَيْلًا مِّنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ الْأَقْصَى الَّذِي بَارَكْنَا حَوْلَهُ لِنُرِيَهُ مِنْ آيَاتِنَا إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ “Glory be to Him, Who took His servant during the night from the Sacred House to the farthest mosque of which We have blessed the precincts, so that We may show to him some […]
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The arrival of a guest Imagine if you were informed that an unexpected guest was going to visit your home. This will no doubt create urgency in you to ensure your home is clean and tidy, and that you are ready to receive and host your guest. You will do more cleaning and tidying in […]
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سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَذَا، وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ، وَإِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا لَمُنْقَلِبُون “Glory be to the One Who has subjected this [transport], for we could never have accomplished this (by ourselves)], and indeed to Our Lord we will surely return” [Al-Zukhruf: 43:13-14]. This is a Du’a from the blessed Qur’an we say when we […]
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Blue sky thinking says: ‘The sky is the limit’. As great and wonderful this saying is, it is still limiting. The Qur’an is a book which has been sent to free the mind and soul from our limiting constructs and conceptions to the expanse of the realm of the Infinite. ‘The sky is the limit’, they […]
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There is a time in a person’s life when the void of separation, the emptiness of lack of belonging and the longing for completeness awakens him to the reality of the Covenant he made with God. The realisation of the secret that lies within him and the unique relationship he has with God dawns upon […]
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In this moment of stillness, right this very second, you and the ground beneath your feet hurtled through space by a distance of 19 miles (as the Earth orbited around the sun at 67,000 mph). From the sub-atomic world of atoms to the macroscopic world of the living creatures, everything is in a state of […]
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