The life principle puts healing at the heart of agency. It is, in a way, self evident: life itself presupposes the ability to continue to live, which presupposes the ability to survive, and that in turn presupposes the ability to heal. …

On what became the commemoration of Eid ul Adha, God asked Ibrahim ‘Alayhi al-salām to sacrifice his son for His sake. But God did not want to sacrifice Ismail, for human life has been endowed with dignity and shall not be sacrificed. What God had asked Ibrahim was to sacrifice…

If you have thrown all you are and have into pursuing the means you may not have much success reaching the goal. The knowledge we acquire in formal education isn’t truly the key to enlightenment, not intellectually, not otherwise. It is information, perspectives, skills, and tools. Some of it is even only contemporary, and would be of no use in a 100 years as it was of no use last century. What…

We doubt our worth; our abilities; our opinions; our feelings; our beliefs; the truth at times. Doubt is to conviction what darkness is to light. It breeds confusion and kills our confidence. Doubt removes clarity and without clarity we don’t really know where to step next. Anxiety takes over. To…

Ladies, do not succumb to the social pressure of “finding a husband”. A husband is not found, he is gifted to you by the One in whose hands all things lie. Marriage is not a material contract. Although it has multiple dimensions in this dunya, it is in essence a…

Socrates said “ the unexamined life is not worth living” We ought not derive our optimism from the dunya — the safety and security of the material world, (such as a successful economy, good finances, good health,etc) but from Truth, our connection with God, and the afterworld. What we need…

A ‘relationship’ denotes the condition and character of the relation we have with others. Every time we ‘relate’ to something or someone, it is the attachment we have with them that is becoming manifest. …

Sometimes Allah wants you to make time for “other” ‘ibadat. The Beloved ﷺ taught that the value of a deed rests on the intention behind it. Every breath, thought, action done with the intention to cross over to Allah ‎ﷻ‬ is ‘ibadah. Knowing yourself is ‘ibadah.. …

How often are we told things like “you are just too sensitive”… or like “have some fun, you don’t have to be serious all the time”… How do we usually take those remarks? There are three ways we can react: 1- Ignore 2- Get defensive 3- Give it a thought …