Ifra'ahMar 1312 minDon't React but Do Respond: the believer's stance facing the Covid-19 pandemicبسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والصلاة والسلام على رسول لله I pray you are all well, and with hearts firmly in the awareness of Allah ﷻ , i.e., in a state of taqwa. ...
Ifra'ahJul 9, 20191 minThoughts that comeWhen beauty becomes a priority over efficiency, that is an indication of a trace of the Divine essence. Fortunate is the one whose work bears this mark.
Ifra'ahJun 26, 20194 minArt in Islam – the first art of reciting the QuranDear Readers, Assalamu alaikum, peace be with you all! May you all be and enjoying peaceful days wherever you are, and may peaceful days continue for you or ...
Ifra'ahMar 23, 20197 minSayyidah Maryam Al Siddiqah (Our leader, The lady Mary The pure truthful one) The lady Mary (Maryam in the Arabic) is honored in three profound ways in the Quran. First, the 19th chapter of the Quran is named after her, it is the most ...
Ifra'ahMar 23, 20194 minSayyida Fathima Al Zahra (Our leader, the lady Fathima the Resplendent)Fathima the daughter of Muhammed (pbuh) is revered all across the Muslim world. She is the last child of Muhammed (pbuh) and Khadija al Kubra. She was a youn...
Ifra'ahMar 22, 20193 minSayyida A'siya, the wife of the pharoah (Our leader our lady, A'siya)Each of the four foremost ladies of Paradise has a unique life story. The second among them, our lady A'siya is one of the least well known out of the Muslim...
Ifra'ahMar 21, 20194 minAl Sayyida Khadija Al Kubra (Our leader and lady, Khadija the Great)Khadija bint Kuwailid (Khadija the daughter of Kuwailid) is the foremost of the four ladies of Paradise. She was the first to believe in the message of Islam...
Ifra'ahFeb 5, 20191 minThoughts that come XV.The beginningless begining and the endless end, That is Divinity. What is before the first and after the last and all in between, That is the Divine. Who tas...
Ifra'ahJan 16, 20191 minThoughts that come XIVMy Beloved, while I am busy working for You, don’t let me forget You.
Ifra'ahApr 1, 20186 minThe Imams of ‘Ihsan’ – introducing Sh. Rabia (God’s mercy upon her)Dear Readers, peace be with you, Hope this beautiful spring day finds you well and your families in good health. It has long been on my mind to introduce yo...
Ifra'ahSep 2, 20176 minMaryam Al-Siddiqah (=Mary, the truthful/sincere)Dear Readers, Assalaamu alaikum (=peace be with you all), I hope you are all very well. In today’s world, it is something indeed to be thankful for if you ar...
Ifra'ahMay 26, 20177 minImam Haddad, the mujaddad (renewer) of his time, and ‘Ramadan Mubarak!’Dear Readers, Assalamu alaikum, peace be with you, Hope you are all well. On this last day before the start of the blessed month of Ramadan (crescentwatch es...
Ifra'ahFeb 25, 20176 minAsma Allah, Du’a jameelah, Imam Ghazali, and music in IslamDear Readers, Assalamu alaikum! (peace be with you all) Continuing on the musical tradition in Islam, a topic I posted before on here where the Quran is reci...
Ifra'ahJul 26, 20163 minThe ‘maqamaat’Assalamu alaikum dear readers, peace be with you Continuing from the last post, where I talk about the tajweed method of recitation, here is more about the ‘...
Ifra'ahJul 21, 20165 minIslamic ‘music’ – tajweed of recitationDear readers, Assalamu alaikum (peace be with you)! What a long time it has been since I last posted, my apologies. The past few months have been a period of...
Ifra'ahJan 3, 20161 minGlimpses of the early Muslim WomenAssalamu alaikum, peace be with you, I am just after an amazing week of immersion in illumined knowledge from some of the greatest scholars of the modern age...
Ifra'ahDec 7, 20155 minHajj chronicles – 3 beginning the HajjAssalamu alaikum dear readers, peace be with you, My apologies for the delay in continuing the series. The difficult world events (our prayers for those trag...
Ifra'ahOct 17, 201510 minTawaf and Sa’ii – the Umrah of Hajj Qiraan – Hajj chronicles 2Dear readers, Assalamu alaikum warahmatullah (peace be with you and the blessing of God), To continue from the previous post, we reached Makkah after a day’s...
Ifra'ahOct 11, 20157 minIhram – Hajj chronicles 1Dear readers, Assalamu alaikum warahmatullah (peace be with you and God’s blessing) Alhamdulillah (=thanks and praise to God), I am safely returned to Vancou...
