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You must have had those moments when you felt so strong, thinking: whatever needs to happen will happen. That sweet feeling of trusting in Allaah subhanahu wa ta’alaa is priceless, granting an amazing peace of mind. Then there are the times you get tense. You worry. You feel a knot in your stomach. What if … Read more

Want to Learn Better? Don’t Be an Octopus. Multitasking isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Researchers have discovered that those who switch back and forth between different tasks aren’t learning as well as those who focus on one thing for a fixed period of time. They also make more mistakes and take a lot … Read more

I really don’t know when I’ll be handing you this letter.  As long as I’ve held onto it and prayed over it I still get the sense: Wait—not yet. My Only Fear I’m not afraid of your rejection, or of your anger. The only thing I fear is hurting you, making you feel like I’ve … Read more

Turn the tap on and watch the water fall in one sheet of infinite glamour.  Do you see the sparkling light woven into its flow? Do you feel its peaceful coolness and hear the flow of its unified motion? Remember that science lesson at school, when you learned about the structure of atoms? Together atoms … Read more

Allah calls Himself Al-Ghaffaar— The All-and-Oft-Forgiving— on five occasions in the Quran. He is the One who forgives and covers us time and time again. Al-Ghaffaar is the One Who forgives our sins, veils our shortcomings, and protects us from the effects of our mistakes in this life and the next so we can go … Read more

Allah ‘azza wajal made it so easy for your tongue to move— it moves more than your limbs! If your words are good, you can earn rewards. But you can also utter words that make you lose the reward of your previous good deeds. Imam al-Ghazali said: The tongue is a great endowment from Allah; … Read more

Marathon Studying Won’t Help You Remember Marathon studying, binge studying, pulling all-nighters, burning the midnight oil until dawn— whatever you want to call it, putting off regular study and then cramming your head with the material just before an exam just doesn’t work. Studies have shown that those who study at regular times remember the … Read more