Tawheed
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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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“I was given all this. Therefore, I am smarter, better, and more civilised. This wealth and this power are proofs of my legitimacy. So do as I say— or else.” As complex as it feels, it is quite simple, too. Iron rails snaked through their world; factories devoured the lives of their own people, choking…
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وَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذِينَ قُتِلُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَمْوَاتًا ۚ بَلْ أَحْيَاءٌ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ يُرْزَقُونَ فَرِحِينَ بِمَا آتَاهُمُ اللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِ وَيَسْتَبْشِرُونَ بِالَّذِينَ لَمْ يَلْحَقُوا بِهِم مِّنْ خَلْفِهِمْ أَلَّا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ بِنِعْمَةٍ مِّنَ اللَّهِ وَفَضْلٍ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُضِيعُ أَجْرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ Think not of those who are killed in the Way of…
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Tawheed; the belief in Allah’s Oneness and His Unity in Lordship soon became common knowledge amongst the Companions of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم after his mission had set off. The details of this concept blended into their everyday lives. They were quick to follow the Prophet’s صلى الله عليه وسلم line of thought…