Submission. A term rarely used but holds a rather powerful meaning when applied to real life. To leave everything you are and everything you own in someone else’s hands is extremely difficult. But what if this someone promised you the heavens? Promised you all that is good for your soul? And in return only asked […]
Zahra, Zahra… no-one like her Zahra, Zahra… Heaven’s flower * * * The Lord created the foundations of Heaven With it he gave a gift to all of creation An angel wrapped in the scent of the Lord’s wisdom This gift was called Fatima, leader of women The world, the world… owes all to her […]
March 21st 2015 marked the fifteenth anniversary of the death of Mulla Asgharali Jaffer. What better way to mark the anniversary of his death than to visit the site where he is buried. On a quiet Saturday afternoon in late March, I, along with a small group of others, visited a cemetery in North London […]
The third verse of surah Al-Fatiha reiterates and emphasises the Mercy and Compassion of Allah (swt). Again, amongst all the names and attributes He has, this specific one has been chosen, as the verse says: ‘The Beneficent, The Merciful’. From one perspective, this verse is re-emphasising the extent of Allah’s Mercy, and from another perspective […]
To the jurist, the scholar, to the man of law, To the Knight who guards his master still Love; that timeless emotion which connects people takes many shapes and forms. One such form is the enduring love that exists among true and loyal friends. Picture the scene; a young prince is walking in the streets […]
Sounds familiar? Many kids often plead with their parents about what they want; in the past it was toys and now it’s usually more expensive gadgets such as the latest phone etc. As adults, we also sometimes give in to impulses and buy things well beyond our means, perhaps a very expensive car or items […]
One of the common expectations, if not the most common, of newly married couples is that they will have a child early on in their marriage. Of course for some couples this does happen, I know of a couple who were married for only a few months before announcing they were expecting a child. But […]
Bio Fatima Al-Zahra (sa) belongs to the noblest family to have existed throughout the history of mankind. Her distinguished father, Prophet Muhammad (saw), was the very last messenger of Allah (SWT), a personality that the Noble Qur’an introduce as the Best Paradigm. The mother of Fatima Al-Zahra (sa) was a pure noble lady named Khadijah […]
For many the Hijab is a thing of beauty; an item of clothing many women wear on a daily basis. February 1st 2015 marked World Hijab Day, and in a small leafy suburb of London one woman embarked on a journey to try the Hijab for just the day. Ella Sibley, an Assistant Chaplain at […]
After starting this chapter in the Name of Allah (swt) the Beneficent The Merciful, it is vital to recognise who it is that has gifted us with all that we have. Therefore the next verse in this chapter is “All Praise be to Allah (swt)”. In order to understand the meaning of Hamd (Praise), it […]
