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The rabbit hole bored me; wonderland wasn’t as wonderful as it had appeared to be.

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...

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...

Expressions of Divine Love

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

Silence

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

A Poem

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

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...

Free-thought and Religion

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

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...

Appearance vs Reality

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

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,...

Islam and The Media

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

Be Humble

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

One of Allah’s Divine names and attributes is ‘The Light’ Who is God? He, all praises be to Him, tells us in this sign. In the name of God the most Merciful the most Compassionate “Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The example of His light […]

Outwardly wonderful * Inwardly futile

On January 26, 2017April 9, 2017

Outwardly wonderful * Inwardly futile

On January 26, 2017April 9, 2017

Reality and appearance, a common motif amongst intellectuals across the ages. Shaw’s focus in this script (referencing quote) was on the social identity one wears and changes in his/ her lifetime, and that often the appearance of things, people, situations, … is far from the reality. One can say that […]

“One Day When I Decided to Quit”

On January 24, 2017April 10, 2017

“One Day When I Decided to Quit”

On January 24, 2017April 10, 2017

One day when I decided to quit I quit my job, my relationship, my spirituality… I wanted to quit my life. I went to the woods to have one last talk with God “God” I asked, “Can you give me one good reason not to quit?” His answer surprised me. […]

Prophet Muhammad’s Wisdom

On January 20, 2017April 10, 2017

Prophet Muhammad’s Wisdom

On January 20, 2017April 10, 2017

A short story on the Prophet Muhammad’s (pbuh) high character and thoughtfulness. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “[It happens that] I start the prayer intending to prolong it, but on hearing the cries of a child, I shorten the prayer because I know that the cries of the […]

Words that flow in a stream of pure awareness

On January 16, 2017April 10, 2017

Words that flow in a stream of pure awareness

On January 16, 2017April 10, 2017

“Perhaps there is a perfection to each of our lives, a perfection that we miss if we look through the lenses of judgement and fear. Yes, our choices count. Yes, actions have consequences. Yes, we have much power to sculpt the way our destinies look. But there is a much […]

On The Youth

On January 14, 2017April 3, 2017

On The Youth

On January 14, 2017April 3, 2017

Now most people are sitting, standing and walking with their necks down. No interest to look up, and if they do, not capable to be fully present with you nor with themselves. And then me, and those like me, that walk the streets with no interest of looking down, nor […]

Existence

On January 12, 2017April 10, 2017

Existence

On January 12, 2017April 10, 2017

Is our existence dependent on our visible body? A corpse possesses the same, but it does not have life. In fact, it doesn’t take long for the body to give signs of it decomposing. Looking at a dead person, you see that their soul has departed, it is lifeless. If […]

Forty Rules of Love

On January 10, 2017April 10, 2017

Forty Rules of Love

On January 10, 2017April 10, 2017

‘Life is a temporary loan, and this world is nothing but a sketchy imitation of Reality. Only children would mistake a toy for the real thing. And yet human beings either become infatuated with the toy or disrespectfully break it and throw it aside. In this life stay away from […]

Live And Let Live

On January 10, 2017December 13, 2017

Live And Let Live

On January 10, 2017December 13, 2017

Live and leave it to God. And don’t expect anything from anyone. Life is easier that way, easier for you and your loved ones. * Blessed are those who have real friendships; during the bad times my life didn’t bless me with any however it did bless me with loving […]

Purification

On January 8, 2017April 10, 2017

Purification

On January 8, 2017April 10, 2017

As the body suffers the spirit suffers, we can use various methods to suppress the discomforts or we can self destruct or we can choose to face the inner pains. As the mind retains our life, so does the body, and if we don’t face the discomforts with the right […]