Blessings

A few days ago, I wrote a post about struggling with some challenges, and how I let them consume me so they became me. I touched upon how I was sidelining my blessings until I got some perspective, and then life regained some balance and became whole again. The thought about blessings stuck in my …

Reunited

Reunited, after too long Invited into His presence again Normally so casual and for-granted-taking - The constancy of the invitation speaks to my ego before my soul - But this time, I am the parched wanderer who is invited to drink At the fountain In the Palace My soul desires to meet with Him I …

Survive or Thrive – a sibling’s wisdom

I owe the inspiration for this post to my wonderful brother, with whom I had a remarkable conversation last week over afternoon tea (what better way, I ask?). I started thinking about some of the things he said, and what they meant in wider application. The words gained more momentum and power until I felt …

Choosing the whole: explaining the delay

I apologise for the longer-than-expected delay in writing: I have had some issues come up which have absorbed my time, attention and peace of mind, and I have allowed myself to be consumed by them. I have been praying every which way - and again I am in awe of how grace-full prayer is, and …

Bringing heaven home

I have been out joy-seeking for the past couple of weeks. Pleasure hunting in the sunshine - and London in the summer is an enticing place to do it. The blazing heat has beckoned to me, called me out to find something I told myself I have been missing at home: delicious treats to eat, …

A reminder I was meant to get

I have a sticky on my laptop home page - a very visible, blue, digital 'Post It' in the middle of my screen. It has a couple of my favourite Hadiths and a couple of sayings about God that I love. I see it every time I switch on my laptop, but I rarely read …

Nowhere to be…

...except where I am now. I have mentioned before that I listen to Qur'an daily: in the car, while I'm doing chores at home, while I'm out, sometimes before I am about to go to sleep. There a few Surahs (chapters) I listen to daily, a few I recite as well. It's a form of …

The Three Ms – A Common Heritage

This is a perspective on common roots which I had never considered before... I saw this lovely piece of calligraphy art by Lord Richard-Fouad MacLeod at an Eid event today. It simply has three 'م' or 'meems' - letters in the Arabic alphabet which correspond to the English 'M' - which represent the initials of …