Category: Determination

Embracing Spiritual Resolutions in the New Year

Dr Qurratul-Ain Rehman, London It is in our nature to look forward to the future and to wish and hope for something better for ourselves, our families and the world at the start of the New Year. There is also an element of self-reflection on our failings and achievements over the past year and we may make New Year’s resolutions. The most popular resolutions … Read More Embracing Spiritual Resolutions in the New Year

The Letter Home

Yusra Dahri, Tilford It’s cold and I want to go home.I’m writing this letter because I’m desperate.Everyone on this street calls me crazy. They say there’s no home to go back to,That I came from nowhere.If my house really existedI should remember the address.I should know where to sendThis thin letter– and I don’t. I don’t. But the feeling of home never left me.I … Read More The Letter Home

The Journey Onwards and Upwards

Arfa Yassir, Swindon There is a constant chant for rights of women and their empowerment on various platforms. For some the chant is just for the sake of it, and some genuinely believe empowerment can improve health, reduce poverty and inequality. Islam claims to empower women in the true sense, but the popular perception is otherwise. Many think Islam limits progress and opportunities for … Read More The Journey Onwards and Upwards

Lajna Ima’illah Has Determination and Fortitude

Rabah Nasir, Worcester Park Objective 12: ‘Since every new project is ridiculed by people at the outset, it is necessary, therefore, that you should disregard their mockery and the lesson to bear taunts and insults with fortitude and bravery (whether given privately or in public), should be learnt beforehand so that by seeing your example other sisters should also come forward to perform their … Read More Lajna Ima’illah Has Determination and Fortitude