Allah
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Iffat Mirza, Raynes Park There are many ways to love and to be loved. They’re not all easy. In fact, few of them are. To love is natural, and yet we are still figuring out, very much so, how to express our love, how to balance our love for others and the love one should…
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Kholood Tahir Munir, London (Editor’s note: His Holiness Khalifatul Masih V has delivered two inspirational addresses to Ahmadi Muslim women in the last few months. We reflect over these through a series of blogs as we learn from the guidance contained within.) The physical presence of His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad (may Allah be his…
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Mahrukh Arif-Tayyeb, Newcastle (Editor’s note: His Holiness Khalifatul Masih V has delivered two inspirational addresses to Ahmadi Muslim women in the last few months. We reflect over these through a series of blogs as we learn from the guidance contained within.) As women, sadly, we have all heard or seen some men talking about women…
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Fezia Haq, London A flock of birds. A forest of trees. A galaxy of stars. There’s something about the natural world that is inclined towards sticking together. Nature not being separate from religion, it is understandable why faith has laid so much emphasis on remaining united. Ijtema is one of those events that gives…
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This year the Jalsa Salana of our Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the annual convention, held in Hadeeqatul Mahdi – the Garden of the Mahdi – in the rolling hills of Hampshire was a unique event to say the least. After 18 months of a pandemic, the likelihood of an event which usually hosts nearly 40,000 attendees…
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Attiya Shaukat, Leamington Spa Let the sunlight cover you. Say to your Lord, ‘My Allah, let me converse wholly with You’ Flower of mine, of gentle frame. Your name conjures a fragrance I retain. I watched you from a sapling grow, Protected you from thunder and snow. No matter how strong the Earth’s winds blow.…