Prayer

  • 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…

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  • Wajeeha Rana, Slough The year 2020 has been an eventful one, and the effects of the pandemic have been felt at all levels of society. This was one experience that the most privileged found no money could buy them a way out of. We may have found that our health and that of our loved…

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  • Munazzah Chou, Farnham 20/20 vision is a way of saying a person can see perfectly. The events of this year have certainly allowed me to see some things more clearly. The average person is said to think over 6000 thoughts a day, but through much of 2020, I imagine that many of us may have…

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  • A Sense of Déjà vu

    Aqeela Shanzay Zaffar, Glasgow 2020 has been a very shocking year for us all. Out of the blue, the Coronavirus pandemic gripped the world, millions of people got infected and sadly thousands passed away. This brought a drastic change in people’s lives, filled with financial losses, serious health complications and loss of loved ones. To…

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  • Maleeha Mansur, Hayes If I were to describe 2020 with the words, ‘unity, success and hope’, one would think I was writing this in 2019, for I cannot have lived through 2020 with such descriptors in mind. 2020 has become synonymous with Covid-19. It has certainly changed humanity in ways one could never have imagined.…

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  • 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.…

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  • Grief in Covid Times

    Manaal Rehman, London By the grace of Allah, I have been amongst a blessed few to have all of my childhood, teenage age years and early adulthood, surrounded by all four of my grandparents. I had the opportunity to be spoilt by them, loved by them, to know them in their health, be imparted with…

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  • Leaving Lockdown

    Sarah Ward, London Control.  That elusive, enigmatic feeling which helps us to feel secure and confident in the world we build around us.  Many people spend a large amount of time, money and energy searching for the feeling of control. You can see this human trait even from a child’s earliest experiences when they exercise…

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  • Nadia Nauman, Bolton In today’s world, when life is full of all sorts of distractions, the struggles of an Ahmadi Muslim woman are challenging. These struggles are the battles fought on a daily basis. Not the battles on the ground. Rather, the battles with one’s own self. Today is the time for jihad (striving) against…

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  • Kholood Tahir, Morden In the past few months, we have lived through  unprecedented times which will indeed make it to the history books . Covid-19 has rattled the world in such a way that people from all walks of life – the elderly, the young, the rich, the poor – are left fearing for their…

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