Subtle Mistakes

someone else wrote this…beautiful, masha’Allah
“praying for His and your forgiveness for:
every lie told
every promise broken
every trust misplaced
every time I put on airs
every time I did not listen
every phoney laugh
every greedy glance
every minute waisted
every truth hidden
every secret revealed 
every hard earned dollar misused
every penny of debt unpaid
every request forgotten
every bit of worry
every bit of regret
every bit of [...]

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Palestine

To my brothers and sisters that I do not know,
I pray that the sun rising on your faces this morning brings hope. I am here in peace and comfort in the dead of night in Massachusetts, but you are in my thoughts. I cannot imagine what you have gone through, what you are going through, [...]

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inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un

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Yes!!!

Religious people often comment on the differences between humans and animals. You’ll hear people saying things like, “We are more than just animals…we were not meant to just eat and sleep,” and other similar phrases. But, to a certain extent, we are like animals. We do need to eat and sleep. But even more than [...]

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A Great Book

I haven’t given a recommendation in awhile, because I haven’t felt inspired to do so. The other night, though, I started re-reading “Remembrance and Prayer – The Way of Prophet Muhammad” by Shaykh Muhammad al-Ghazali, the great 20th century Egyptian scholar. What a beautiful book, masha’Allah! I recommended it to some students this summer at [...]

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Ramadan Mubarak!!!

Ramadan Mubarak everyone!!!
May Allah make the coming days and nights a means of drawing closer to Him, for us and for all of our loved ones, ameen.

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