The very young and restless

 
Today as I was coming back from a full day of work the only thing I could look forward to was seeing my child’s precious little face looking back at me with adoration. My tiredness was gone as I opened the door and he immediately ran to show his affection with a hug around my waist. [...]

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A Narrative

 
My favorite story. This is a great educational video on our prophet Jesus.
 Abu Hurairah reported Allah’s Messenger (PBUH) as saying, “I am the nearest of kin to Jesus, son of Mary, in this world and the next. The prophets are brothers, sons of one father by co-wives. Their mothers are different but their religion is [...]

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Is the grass always greener on the other side?

There are moments in our lives where we’d want to be in another person’s shoes as long as it isn’t ours. We would want to go in search of greener pastures. Well, I would say that what we may or may not have could be a blessing. Enjoy it and learn through life’s experiences. The [...]

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A Name…

What is in a name?
A name is an identity; a word that describes who we are. A name must do more than just sound good it should at least have a beautiful meaning as well. With the ever growing interest in Islam comes a need for understanding Muslim names. American Muslims also need ideas for [...]

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Looking Forward

 
 
 
The Blessed Month
 
Ramadan is here,
Here is Ramadan.
Ramadan is coming,
The time that is blessed.
Ramadan is coming,
The time we love best.
 
The month in which the Qur’an was sent;
A time of great blessing in which to repent.
Fasting for Allah is a great Muslim deed;
Controlling desires and Suppressing greed.

 

Ramadan is coming,
Increase your Iman.
Ramadan is coming,
Recite the Qur’an.

 

Taking “Suhur” in [...]

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All or Some of the Above

  
  
10 great goals to set for this Ramadan
by Sound Vision Staff writer

Eat, drink and be moderate

Almost all of us do it – once Iftar time hits, we just keep plowing food and drink into our mouths till it’s hard to move afterwards. And those of us who do it know this is totally contrary to [...]

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Keeping it Real

I found this sign above to be an intersting expression. I am just wondering if you could translate it into what our American culture knows as “Keeping it Real.”
An American expression that means to be honest and truthful, to have integrity, without a hidden agenda, in another words no shortcuts “dude.”
Our language consists of so [...]

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How long is the road?

I saw this picture and what came to my mind were many things. First, a road that is unmarked by traffic or pot holes, it is visible, yet isolated but must connect to somewhere at some point in time, solid yet expected to change ahead of the journey but most importantly not knowing where it will lead the traveler. There [...]

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H two O

 We send down pure water from the sky. That with it We may give life to a dead land, and slake the thirst of things We have created,- cattle and men in great numbers.
(Surat al-Furqan, 48- 49)
A liquid droplet falls from the sky and the meteorologist has predicted rain through the study of air [...]

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Amazing and Admirable

  
We did not create the heavens and the earth and everything between them as a game. We did not create them except with truth, but most of them do not know it.
(Surat ad-Dukhan: 38-39)
The web above looks pretty unimportant, meaningless, and useless. However, the tiny creature that so carefully crafted it  was so unaware [...]

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