Lost and Found lost and found know, they do not Know, only He does patience and hope. pain and torment outside and inside racing and ruminating comfort and ease. thanklessness and dissatisfaction ingratitude and nafs al lawwamah (the self-reproaching soul) defiance and struggle i know, i feel, but, Know, He…

“Abbu, tell me what Bangladesh was like when you were a child?” “Tell me about our country’s politics.” “Who were your grandparents?” “What was your mother like? What was your earliest childhood memory?” “How did you meet Ammu?” “Abbu, who were you before you came here?” “Tell me every detail…

Allah will say on the Day of Resurrection: O son of Adam, I fell ill and you visited Me not. He will say: O Lord, and how should I visit You when You are the Lord of the worlds? He will say: Did you not know that My servant So-and-so…

Tiptoeing on Earth’s seam I am to nearby ships but a beacon of distress Unsoothed by recomposing waves I am afraid the returning tide will bite my toes And swallow me whole So I left Abandoning beautiful shells Ignoring the whispers of the wind Yet I am followed by an everlasting trail of…

وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ أَنْ خَلَقَ لَكُم مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا لِّتَسْكُنُوا إِلَيْهَا وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَكُم مَّوَدَّةً وَرَحْمَةً إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ ﴿٢١ And among His signs is that He created spouses for you from yourselves for you to gain rest from them, and kept love and mercy between yourselves; indeed in…

​​As well as being quite practical, this blog piece is both sentimental and special due to the story behind its creation and the multitude of contributors involved in its writing process. After a long phone call with a close friend of mine where we discussed the concept of emotional intelligence…

A Reflection on the Struggles of Said Nursi (1877–1960) — Bismillah. A good piece of text begins with a story. A person dear to me has a principle in life — he calls it ‘go with the flow’. He uses an analogy of entering the waters at a beach. When the current begins to take you away, there’s no point in panicking. You will eventually end up at another point…

Contents Seek Help Only From Allah, a short story by Atilla.O Oh Dunya, a poem by Amira.R 1. Seek Help Only From Allah “Do not call onto any beings other than Allah. These are capable of neither benefit nor harm. To do so is therefore guilty of wrongdoing. When Allah inverts you with an affliction, none…

The Cartographer You will not enter Paradise until you believe, and you cannot believe until you love one another (Sahih Muslim) — Strangers build cities in the deserts of my heart They set sails in its seas and traverse its fickle terrain Upon the fringe of continents lies my temperament …