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Reaching freedom and a free heart and mind are not linear paths. They are more of navigation using your best judgement and knowledge rather than a simple, straight walking path. When we look at our colonial past and the hard reality of our present, one truth becomes clear: total dissociation is a fantasy. Instead, we…
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Targets and goals. But none her own. A stranger to her own labour. In a race that never seems to stop, because the finishing line keeps moving. Childhood and youth are times of skill-building, then identity building too. Where fitrah comes out to be refined, polished, and directed and when it begins to take various…
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The whys in your heart will be answered Just not in your time But in His.
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Twenty-three years. That is what it took for the Prophet ﷺ to accomplish his duty of messengership. Had it been more, he would have persevered further, for a life defined by a clear vision does not deem time an obstacle; it deems time a refiner. A life defined by a clear vision will also face…
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In trying to build a safe world for a child, you may gently repair the world that once broke you. It’s amazing how it works. But Allah works in wondrous ways. We were taught that to love is to endure. But what happens when we realize that to love is, in fact, to protect? To…
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If you’ve rarely been handed things on a golden plate, then you may have subconsciously, over the years, developed a precious skill: resourcefulness. Solid and strong. Perhaps you are yet to grasp how valuable and transferable that skill is. And yet to even label it as strength. Resourcefulness; to make do with what you have.…
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How easy it is to appreciate a child’s ideas, make space for them, and acknowledge their feelings. What a privilege it is to be in their pure presence, be a recipient of their love, and be their go-to for assistance. It is easy indeed to love a child. What then makes a little being, eager…
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