Turning to God
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Bareera Ghaffar, Birmingham I find something so calming about the sky. The cotton candy clouds, and its shapeshifting engulfs me into a daze of tranquillity, yet simultaneously a great curiosity for the sky and its limitlessness. Staring at the motions above me, reignites that there is something much greater than me, than us, in that
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Iffat Mirza, Raynes Park Over the last couple of years of my life I’ve come to two personal realisations. Firstly, that metaphors, I think, make life worth living. The second is that the existence of the sea is incredibly cathartic for me. Metaphors allow our inability to explain certain emotions, thoughts, or ideas to become
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Kaafiya Bhatti, London Khilafat is not a new concept, it has existed from the time Allah, the Creator of everything, first sent His Prophets to guide humankind to the right path. The truth of Khilafat is clearly mentioned in the Holy Quran. In Ayat-ul-Istikhlaf, a verse of Surah Al Nur, it is stated: “Allah has
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Saba Raja, Greenford The Khalifa is the spiritual figurehead of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community around the world and we are taught to remain attached and obedient to him at all times. But why is this the case? To begin answering this question I would like to relate a personal anecdote of mine. Before having children,
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Amtul Hayyi Sossan Ahmad, London Whenever someone has said to me that there is no God and I have responded that there is, although surprised by my conviction, what has always had a real impact on them are the words that ‘we have seen Him and found every beauty in Him’[1] and you can see
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Rafena Ahmed, Cheam In the current scientific era with all the intellectual advancement, humankind seems to have an answer for everything happening to it and around it whether it be for its self-sustenance or optimal physical and mental growth and comfort. Being in the higher order of creation, human race thinks it has got itself
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*Huzoor is the term Ahmadi Muslims use to refer to His Holiness, the fifth Caliph/Khalifa of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community* Rabah Nasir, Worcester Park No number of words can grasp the depth of love and gratitude that we are fortunate enough to feel towards our Khalifa of the time. However, the most fruitful aspect of
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Petra Shmaila Ahmad, London In the name of Allah the Gracious the Merciful I was given the gift of finding God over 40 years ago. I am always grateful about the fact that Allah granted me guidance towards Him in a place and at a time when huge human efforts were made to discredit and
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Cemal Inam, Thornton Heath Khilafat for me has been a source of peace in times of stress. The COVID-19 pandemic left many school exams, like my A-level exams last year, onto the brink of uncertainty. I remember the tireless nights I would spend studying and revising in order to get into university, a goal of
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