Assalamu Alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatu. I'm very new at this and may not present my thoughts effectively.

Surah Al-Mulk 67:1 After many attempts, I decided to speak from my heart. A very short reflection on the first ayah of Surak Al-Mulk.

Subhan-Allah, I find the opening so Powerful. “Blessed is He in whose Hand is the dominion…”

This Ayah is truly one of my favorite ayahs. I open almost all my duaas with this ayah.

Immediately, it places my heart in a state of humility and awareness that everything belongs to Allah and I must hand my complaints to Al-Khabir, The Acquainted, The Knower of Hidden Realities. How comforting?

When we retire at night, how blessed are we to have t

Our relationship with Allah should never be TRANSACTIONAL.

It is true that hardship has a way of drawing us closer to Him. When I couldn't get into university during my first gap year, I would cry through the entire four rak'ahs of Dhuhr sunnah — in ruku', in sujood, and while standing — in the mosque. My duas were raw, intense, and sincere. But when that worry lifted, so did the intensity. The tears dried. And I found myself returning to a more comfortable relationship with Allah—one that only heats up again when something goes wrong. That is the transactional trap. We come to Allah with our needs, and when they are met, we quietly step back. Yet Allah deserves to be remembered in ease jus

In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Especially Merciful, The discomfort we find is for a purpose, The blessings we have is also for a purpose. Yet, neither one is everlasting except for the One who created everything, you and I for a purpose.

Loss, should teach us that one day we will become someone else’s loss, Gain should be appreciated that this is all a provision from Allah and He is the bestower of every blessing.

Life is very short, do not let the blessings nor the sadness contained in life divert your attention away from your purpose. Each day is a gift to send something ahead that will truly aid you, to remove what might cause you dread (tomorrow) through sincere repe

Last night, a burglary occurred in our neighborhood. The sudden commotion and cries of "thief, thief" echoed through the streets, alerting everyone to the danger. The neighbors gathered, the police were called, and surveillance continued for a while. The echoes of those cries lingered in my mind, filling me with a sense of shame as a verse came to my mind.

We, as a community, do not hesitate to expose a criminal's wrongdoing, for it is a matter of our collective security. We alert others so they remain vigilant. Yet, our Lord, who knows our innermost thoughts and outward actions, who witnesses every sin and transgression, chooses to conceal our faults. He does not proclaim to others, "Bewar

Ramadan Reflection

As a carer, my time in Ramadan has always been limited. For a long time, I struggled with that. I would think about what I should be doing—longer prayers, more Quran—and when things didn’t go to plan because I had to attend to my family, it left me feeling like I wasn’t doing enough. Perhaps many carers and even mothers can relate to this feeling.

But Alhamdulillah, Allah, in His gentleness shifted my perspective.

I started trying to see my caring responsibilities as ibadah too. So when I had to cut my prayer short, or when the time I set aside for Quran was taken up by something unexpected, I reminded myself that this is what Allah has placed in front of me in that mo

Ramadan has a way of making everything feel clearer to me. For a while, effort feels lighter. Giving feels natural. I find it easier to pause, to reflect, to choose what is right.

But once the month passes, something changes. The structure fades, the environment shifts, and the same actions that once felt easy begin to feel heavier. That is when these verses from Surah Al-Balad start to feel more personal to me.

“But he has not attempted the steep path. And what can make you know what the steep path is?” (90:11–12)

It feels like a gentle but direct question to me. Not about what I achieved during Ramadan, but about what I choose to do after it.

Because if I am honest, the issue is not th

From Ali ‘Imran 3:159–160 today, and I felt like a quiet reset.

Allah reminds the Prophet ﷺ that his gentleness with people was from Allah’s mercy. It made me realize that even our patience and ability to hold back harshness are not purely “us”. It’s something Allah allows.

And without it, people would simply turn away.

I was also reminded of something I once heard in a lecture by Ustadz Nuzul Dzikri, that any of our good deeds carry Allah’s right within them. They’re not fully ours to claim. Ibn al-Qayyim mentions that when Allah enables a servant to do good, that itself is a favor from Him, not something we claim from us fully (Madarij as-Salikin). Maybe that’s what protects the heart f

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ

A good word is charity - [Bukhari & Muslim]

It struck me deeply in Surah Al-Isrāʾ, how Allah ﷻ gives a way out for the one who wants to help—but simply does not have the means.

But if you must turn them down ˹because you lack the means to give˺—while hoping to receive your Lord’s bounty—then ˹at least˺ give them a kind word. - (Qur’an 17:28)

SubḥānAllāh… even when your hands are empty, your tongue is not.

Words go a long way. Money is given and spent. Food is bought and eaten. Clothing wears thin. Entertainment fades into memory.

But words… remain.

They settle quietly in the heart. Every time a similar moment passes, you remember them. You remember the person’s face. Yo

We are affected by waswas more than we actually realize; the constant negative voice in our head every single day that starts small but keeps getting bigger and bigger as time goes by captures our minds and turns into feelings of being unsafe, low self-esteem, and shaky tawakul. The simplest and most powerful protection is given to us in the form of this beautiful surah. Alhamdulillah.

There is something deeply comforting in knowing that every time you follow the Sunnah, every prayer on time, every honest dealing, every act of patience, you are not just following Prophet ﷺ but directly obeying Allah. These ayat also expose a pattern we should all check ourselves against: saying "we hear and we obey" in public, then quietly living by our own preferences in private. Allah records what is plotted in the night just as He witnesses what is declared in the day, and nothing escapes Him. May Allah make our private obedience even stronger than our public declarations, and make our love for the Prophet ﷺ real enough to show in how we actually live.