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Parenting Our Friends

One of the most beautiful things about the cycle of life is that we start life innocent and vulnerable but compensated by receiving guidance and support from our wise and experienced parents. As the cycle of life moves forward, we grow to be the wise and experienced and once again fulfil our role in life to guide and share with the vulnerable beings to give them comfort and confidence in facing life. Through this cycle, we all go through a phase of receiving and another of giving which makes us think, that life is about sharing and exchanging knowledge, experiences,

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The way to light

I’m 35 years old, originally from Latvia. I reverted to Islam in 2010. My generation was raised to a certain extent in the Soviet Union. It was a system with its own ideology, in which religion was marginalized. People were discouraged from taking part in any kind of religious services. We were raised in a very rational environment with emphasis on scientific knowledge and materialistic approach to the world. After school I went to University and studied molecular biology. This science provides great insight in how life works, how amazing and complicated every single cell is. In that time I

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Ramadhan and Eid

With dry throats, parched lips, swoons of drowsiness, short tempers, and long hot afternoons, Ramadan days went by for most of us. Akin to a long arduous journey imparting to us as Muslims a yearly training in patience and resilience, we never thought we would make it to the peak. Reaching the Peak of Fasting Nevertheless, that peak is now here and is called `Eid! Linguistically, `eid means “that which keeps returning.” It is a time to proclaim Allah’s greatness with takbir (saying, “Allah is the Greatest”), rejoice, eat, drink, meet other Muslims, and rekindle stagnant ties of love and

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The Art Of Giving

As human beings living and coexisting on this planet , it is on us to prove our competence in taking the responsibility of being the custodians on Earth . This indeed is a huge burden on our shoulders ,never the less it’s a type of burden that develops a sense of satisfaction within our souls .There is no doubt that we all seek happiness in this life and the life to come in the hereafter ,the attempt to enlighten our lives with joy has led us to explore different methods to achieve this goal. Religion and modern science go hand

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Azzra Is Telling Her Story From Darkness To Light

It have been fruitful 3years since I accepted Islam. I arrived in Oman way back October 25, 2012 carrying in the back of my mind that I will never become a Muslim because in the Philippines we believed that Islam is a religion of terror and no peace at all. When I was still in the Philippines my husband told me that he himself accepted Islam I got confused and puzzled how he accepted the religion that most Filipinos thought of  all the negative images. So when I arrived Oman I got the chance to study Islam since my husband

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TAZKIYAH: Spiritual Self-Development and Self-Improvement

Allah did confer a great favour on the Believers when He sent among them a Messenger from among themselves, rehearsing unto them the Signs of Allah, purifying them. And instructing them in Scripture and Wisdom, while before that, they had been in manifest error. (Quran 3:164) It is the human nature to desire improvement, to make progress, to aim at achieving goals and succeeding in life. Even other people around us, family and friends, wish us to excel, to win, and to succeed in all our endeavours. Today, those who are involved in organisations and business management, understand very well

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TAWBAH: Return to Piety

 “And seek forgiveness of your Lord, and turn unto Him in repentance, for my Lord is indeed full of mercy and loving-kindness.” (Quran 11:90) “He accepts repentance from His servants and pardons their sins. He knows everything you do.” (Quran 42:25) All mankind desire to be successful in life and for Muslims (those who surrender to the Will of the Creator) success in this life and the Hereafter should be and must be their goal in life. But mankind is weak to resolve, heedless, and fluctuating between the evil of the devils and the pure characteristics of the angels. Sometimes

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“By The Morning Brightness And By The Night When It Grows Still..

  Today’s thought comes from the Qur’an, Surah 93 (ad-Dhuha) Ayah 1-5: “By the morning brightness and by the night when it grows still, your Lord has not forsaken you, nor does He hate you, and the future will be better for you than the past; your Lord is sure to give that you will be well pleased.” [Qur’an 93:1-5] This surah was revealed in the context that, after the initial revelation, a pause of several months followed in which the Prophet (saw) received no more communication from Allah (swt). The Prophet began to feel depressed, thinking that he had

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Parenting Our Friends

One of the most beautiful things about the cycle of life is that we start life innocent and vulnerable but compensated by receiving guidance and support from our wise and experienced parents. As the cycle of life moves forward, we grow to be the wise and experienced and once again fulfil our role in life to guide and share with the vulnerable beings to give them comfort and confidence in facing life. Through this cycle, we all go through a phase of receiving and another of giving which makes us think, that life is about sharing and exchanging knowledge, experiences,

Read More »

The way to light

I’m 35 years old, originally from Latvia. I reverted to Islam in 2010. My generation was raised to a certain extent in the Soviet Union. It was a system with its own ideology, in which religion was marginalized. People were discouraged from taking part in any kind of religious services. We were raised in a very rational environment with emphasis on scientific knowledge and materialistic approach to the world. After school I went to University and studied molecular biology. This science provides great insight in how life works, how amazing and complicated every single cell is. In that time I

Read More »

Ramadhan and Eid

With dry throats, parched lips, swoons of drowsiness, short tempers, and long hot afternoons, Ramadan days went by for most of us. Akin to a long arduous journey imparting to us as Muslims a yearly training in patience and resilience, we never thought we would make it to the peak. Reaching the Peak of Fasting Nevertheless, that peak is now here and is called `Eid! Linguistically, `eid means “that which keeps returning.” It is a time to proclaim Allah’s greatness with takbir (saying, “Allah is the Greatest”), rejoice, eat, drink, meet other Muslims, and rekindle stagnant ties of love and

Read More »

The Art Of Giving

As human beings living and coexisting on this planet , it is on us to prove our competence in taking the responsibility of being the custodians on Earth . This indeed is a huge burden on our shoulders ,never the less it’s a type of burden that develops a sense of satisfaction within our souls .There is no doubt that we all seek happiness in this life and the life to come in the hereafter ,the attempt to enlighten our lives with joy has led us to explore different methods to achieve this goal. Religion and modern science go hand

Read More »

Azzra Is Telling Her Story From Darkness To Light

It have been fruitful 3years since I accepted Islam. I arrived in Oman way back October 25, 2012 carrying in the back of my mind that I will never become a Muslim because in the Philippines we believed that Islam is a religion of terror and no peace at all. When I was still in the Philippines my husband told me that he himself accepted Islam I got confused and puzzled how he accepted the religion that most Filipinos thought of  all the negative images. So when I arrived Oman I got the chance to study Islam since my husband

Read More »

TAZKIYAH: Spiritual Self-Development and Self-Improvement

Allah did confer a great favour on the Believers when He sent among them a Messenger from among themselves, rehearsing unto them the Signs of Allah, purifying them. And instructing them in Scripture and Wisdom, while before that, they had been in manifest error. (Quran 3:164) It is the human nature to desire improvement, to make progress, to aim at achieving goals and succeeding in life. Even other people around us, family and friends, wish us to excel, to win, and to succeed in all our endeavours. Today, those who are involved in organisations and business management, understand very well

Read More »

TAWBAH: Return to Piety

 “And seek forgiveness of your Lord, and turn unto Him in repentance, for my Lord is indeed full of mercy and loving-kindness.” (Quran 11:90) “He accepts repentance from His servants and pardons their sins. He knows everything you do.” (Quran 42:25) All mankind desire to be successful in life and for Muslims (those who surrender to the Will of the Creator) success in this life and the Hereafter should be and must be their goal in life. But mankind is weak to resolve, heedless, and fluctuating between the evil of the devils and the pure characteristics of the angels. Sometimes

Read More »

“By The Morning Brightness And By The Night When It Grows Still..

  Today’s thought comes from the Qur’an, Surah 93 (ad-Dhuha) Ayah 1-5: “By the morning brightness and by the night when it grows still, your Lord has not forsaken you, nor does He hate you, and the future will be better for you than the past; your Lord is sure to give that you will be well pleased.” [Qur’an 93:1-5] This surah was revealed in the context that, after the initial revelation, a pause of several months followed in which the Prophet (saw) received no more communication from Allah (swt). The Prophet began to feel depressed, thinking that he had

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