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A Reminder to Myself First

"So make peace with your brethren" - Right, we accomplished that with excellence.  It's interesting to know that an animal...
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A Reminder to Myself First

Secularists vs People of God

The secular world prides itself on knowledge and the people of God pride themselves on how little they know in...
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Secularists vs People of God

Expressions of Divine Love

Expressions of Divine Love through the language of poetry is a familiar concept in the religion of Islam. Stories of...
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Expressions of Divine Love

Silence

Silence. The Orchestration of the universe is heard in your silence: in your contemplation of the meaning of life and...
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Silence

A Poem

No one gets to choose the way in which the wind blows. We can say our branch is strongest that...
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A Poem

The Culture of Mystical Islam

The culture of mystical Islam flourished in the Persian speaking lands, from Turkey to the northwest Iran, Afghanistan, and Central...
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The Culture of Mystical Islam

Free-thought and Religion

"You shall not accept information, unless you verify it for yourself. I have given you the hearing, the eyesight, and...
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Free-thought and Religion

God is Not the Universe. God is Lord of The Worlds.

That felt so good! Saying it, designing it, sharing it. I know the concept of God may be difficult to...
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God is Not the Universe. God is Lord of The Worlds.

Appearance vs Reality

What we perceive around us in this sensory realm versus all that exists, independently of anyone's perception. Are we in...
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Appearance vs Reality

On Self-Worth: By Charles Upton

When a given society loses its belief in God, or at least it's concrete sense that God is actually watching,...
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On Self-Worth: By Charles Upton

Islam and The Media

The media is doing excellent PR work promoting biased stories on radical Islam/ Muslims, Islamophobia and the Muslim community at...
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Islam and The Media

Be Humble

We are part of a historical continuum. Petra (Al-Batra'), a world wonder of human genius was once a wealthy trade...
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Be Humble

Adapt Stillness

On June 15, 2017June 15, 2017

Adapt Stillness

On June 15, 2017June 15, 2017

Just like nature, we need to learn to adapt stillness in our lives. We need to learn how to get out of our minds and into our hearts, the mind that constantly: thinks, worries, anticipates, remembers, plans and doesn’t stop. It is easy to allow the mind to take charge […]

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Spiritual Development

On June 8, 2017November 22, 2017

Spiritual Development

On June 8, 2017November 22, 2017

Know that self-knowledge is not related to the physical senses, rather it deals with another aspect of our being, that is, the spiritual dimension of our lives. At the heart of Islam we have Knowledge of Spiritual Development, i.e Tassawuf, and it is the process of one’s inner transformation through: […]

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I Am a Traveller

On June 1, 2017June 1, 2017

I Am a Traveller

On June 1, 2017June 1, 2017

The Holy month has come to re-align the believer’s heart to the Heavenly Realm. Ramadan, with it’s strict fasting regime and extra focused worship is God’s gift to us if one only reflected. The practicing believers unplug from the world to deepen their Taqwa or God consciousness, reminding themselves that: “I […]

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Welcome to dopaland

On May 26, 2017May 26, 2017

Welcome to dopaland

On May 26, 2017May 26, 2017

How can one define their potential when one is unfamiliar with his or her Self ? I discovered my potentiality when I came across an instant heart change – it was one morning when I woke up to prayers preceding my yoga and silent meditation practice. Prayers handed down to a man of […]

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Confront Yourself

On May 23, 2017May 24, 2017

Confront Yourself

On May 23, 2017May 24, 2017

How would you like your story to be and how would you like it to end? A common practice is to write your obituary. * Allah Most High tells us about the creation of human, which just a few years back was scientifically proven and in complete accuracy with the Quranic description of […]

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Food as Healing

On May 22, 2017May 23, 2017

Food as Healing

On May 22, 2017May 23, 2017

The Prophet Muhammad once said: “Allah did not create a disease for which He did not also create a cure.” Therefore we are highly encouraged to explore the many ways food, plants, herbs, seeds … act as a prevention and healing agent. Islamic traditions and teachings explore many of the healing […]

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Islamic Teachings

On May 19, 2017

Islamic Teachings

On May 19, 2017

Greed is the destruction of civilizations. Every civilization but this present one has been haunted by the consciousness of a great loss, that is the concept of the fall of man is universal. It is expressed in different ways but it is always a question of the soul losing contact […]

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Quranic Wisdom

On May 1, 2017December 16, 2017

Quranic Wisdom

On May 1, 2017December 16, 2017

“If you see cruelty know that it is not Islam, because Islam is about mercy.” – Shaykh Hamza Yusuf It is also about justice, and not living on the expense of others. Allah has commanded that mercy be applied to every thing and in every action. An entire chapter in the […]

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We All Wear Masks

On March 30, 2017April 7, 2017

We All Wear Masks

On March 30, 2017April 7, 2017

The human genius is extraordinary. Yet we shy from knowing our true selves – we are told there is only one way to be; it has been inculcating into our minds from our first scream into this earth. We speak the same and dress the same, we dance the same and curse the same… A few […]

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Reflections on The System

On March 26, 2017February 1, 2018

Reflections on The System

On March 26, 2017February 1, 2018

Is the suggested secular society serving the humans or is it serving the world powers greedy agenda? George Orwell asks in 1943. A system of equality with a core reality of subtle manipulation; a regime that controls the economy, the media, the beliefs and values of its people. Emotional manipulations […]

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