Best Friend
Sometimes I feel hurt, like I cannot get back up. Everyday feels harder to deal with, No one seems to understand. I can’t find a cure; will I feel like this forever? Trying to cure this emptiness inside It feels like a void inside my heart What’s the next step? Tongue is twisted and can’t […]
Who Do You Depend On?
If one’s sins blocked him from having hope in God’s mercy, and if one’s good deeds relaxed him from seeking God’s forgiveness, then both are only focusing on themselves and their deeds, not on God’s attributes. Allah (SW) created us, and He knows we are sinful, weak, and vulnerable by nature, and in no time […]
أدب الدعاء
للشيخ الشعراوي رحمه الله دعاء مشهور يقول فيه: “اللهم يا مصوِّب خطأ الدعاء بألا تجيب؛ وبهذا تحمي من الضر من يدعوك بالشر دعائه بالخير”، ويشير في دعائه هذا إلى أمر يغفل عنه أصحاب الحاجات حين الدعاء والطلب من الله؛ إذا أن البعض يطلب من الله أمراً يجانب الصواب أو الخير أحياناً، أو أمراً يجانب فيه […]
The Environment and I
In the Islamic context, the environment is everything that surrounds you, be it humans, animals, trees, mountains and everything else. The relativity of the environment is that it represents the platform for stewardship, a term that was used in the Holy Quran as the responsibility for living in truth for God, as an overseer and […]
إني مهاجر الى ربي
لعلّ.. لعلّ معاني الخير في روحك تشحذُ القربَ من الله.. و ترجوك الكفّ عن الهجران و الوحشة .. الوحشة المبهمة تصيب كل مسافر إلى ربه و كأنها نفض النفس من علائقها ..تتخلى فتستوحش ثم تغمس في الحلاوة و الحضور ..و الروعة و السكن ..و الفرح.. و لا أغلى و لا أوثق من عُرى أيام الله […]
Everything I Want
My whole life I’ve been judged Talked down to for expressing my opinions Always told what to do So I stopped speaking my mind I stopped doing For the fear of being judged And all I’ve ever wanted Was for someone to want to make me a Better person Without judging me And I’ve searched […]
TODAY
We live in fear of the unknown But we chose not to fear what we know And what we know has been written for us Yet some still don’t want to trust What was written. I don’t say this to be smitten, yet I am afraid that one day we will no longer have time […]
BATMAN
any Superman could save lives but could a batman save mine i follow shadows through dark nights smile masks me; Joker, no Dark Knight if they ask me i’m “alright” Caped Crusader, Salahdin in the fight but i’m flying so low never took flight can’t see the sun, can’t see the light can’t see God, […]
Islam is My Dowry
Since I came to the US in the late eighties, I have heard young Muslim men who were trying to get married complaining about the availability of Muslim women and the high costs and expenses that come with weddings, especially the dowry. That might have been the reason for some men to marry outside the […]
Build Your Legacy
You wake up to your alarm, make wudu, and pray Fajr. You barely have your eyes open as you finish, say your salams and head back to bed. After you’ve hit your snooze button a couple of times, your school alarm goes off. You get dressed, pack your bag and zoom out the door! As […]