Allah
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Nadia Ghauri, Bournemouth My recent attempt to take another one of those ‘sunset shots’ ended in that all too familiar sense of dissatisfaction. No phone camera, no filter, no level of photoshop could do justice to the resplendent spectacle before me. The luminous skies which swathed the landscape in a soft apricot glow, flecked with…
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Tooba Ali “Allah” means “God”, “Haq” means “Truth”—these two words most often used to speak of the Divine in Islam encapsulate the very heart of this faith. That God is all that is true, the centre and orb of the universe. The Holy Qur’an enumerates many of the Divine Attributes, the “Asmaa al Husna” (lit.…
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Dur-e-Shewar Anwar, Manchester On January 30th 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of Covid-19 to be a public health emergency of international concern and life as we knew it began to change. The effects of this pandemic have been globally overwhelming with rolling lockdowns across the world, economic collapse in some of the…
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Tahira Chaudhry, London In the comfort of our homes we have sought refuge from Covid-19 and it is in this relative comfort that we have watched as thousands have struggled, been hurt, grieved and tens of thousands have sadly passed away. Difficulties often serve to reawaken our humility, ever present in us but sometimes silenced…
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Today we, in the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, mark the 112th Khilafat Day. Let us remind ourselves of the blessed words in which our five Khulafa have explained the great unifying force of the institution of Khilafat and its spiritual dimension. His Holiness Khalifatul Masih I رضی اللہ عنہ (may Allah be pleased with…
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Iffat Mirza, Raynes Park, London Humankind has sought to commodify everything that has been in his reach. Whether it is our land, our produce, our labour, or our knowledge, humankind has been driven by an inane need to place a price tag on anything and everything. Surely, when everything can be bought, we have…
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Aroosa Akram, Slough There is no doubt that there is a serious pandemic still running rampant in the U.K. and the world, however this is not the first pandemic and unfortunately it’s unlikely it will be the last. There are ways to prevent a recurrence through measures like better personal hygiene and containing the first…
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