Category: New Year

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

A Call for ‘Revolutionary Change’

Ayesha Naseem, Blackburn In an address on Friday 1st January 2021, the head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, his Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad discussed the impact of the previous year meanwhile urging us all to strive in the upcoming months and year to bring about a revolutionary change in the state of the world.[1] Every New Year brings a sense of hope. Following the … Read More A Call for ‘Revolutionary Change’

Looking Forward with Love

Khoula Saeed, Tilford In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Ever Merciful. As the clock struck midnight on January 1st 2020, cities erupted in fireworks and celebrations. Food was shared, best wishes were spread. In my local mosque Prayers were led. The world extended its welcome to the upcoming year. New Year’s Day brings not only the coming together of people but also the … Read More Looking Forward with Love

The New Year: Reflecting through Self-evaluation

Wadiah Mirza, Hayes As we step into the New Year, we are forced to reflect upon the momentous year we just went through. Indeed, 2020 will go down in the record books as the year in which we witnessed a whirlwind of unexpected and unimaginable events. Whilst reflecting we may ponder over all that we have gained and lost. Undoubtedly, we set ourselves a … Read More The New Year: Reflecting through Self-evaluation

Reflections

Dr Fariha Khan, London The end of the year is always about reflection on the year gone and about making resolutions, promises and plans for the coming year. This is a time honoured tradition and pretty much universal. As we are drawing to the end of 2020 we can pretty much say that this year has been the most significant year of our lifetime. … Read More Reflections

2020:A Didactic Year of Self-Reflection

Fateha Khawaja, Tilford I remember the countdown to the last New Year. It was the first in my new house and I was excited about offering Tahajjud, pre-dawn Prayers – voluntary Prayers that Muslims particularly try and offer when welcoming the New Year, to set a precedent of being much more mindful of their Prayers. Waking up early, offering your Prayers, seeing your friends … Read More 2020:A Didactic Year of Self-Reflection

The New Year—an Opportunity to Mould a New and Reformed Self

Basira Ajmal, Bournemouth Once again, a New Year is just around the corner—a time when words like resolution, goals, change, plan etc. echo the planet Earth. A new year marks the time when our beloved home planet has travelled one whole orbit around the Sun. But what’s so special and ‘NEW’ in it for us—the ones inhabiting the Earth? Does something new per se … Read More The New Year—an Opportunity to Mould a New and Reformed Self