Faith
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Arfa Niswan Yassir, Swindon Since the past one month this verse (or should I say part of a Quranic verse) remains somewhere at the back of my mind somehow, and every mention of light or Nur makes me think about it. The verse is as given below: اَللہُ نُوْرُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ الْاَرْضِ Surah Al-Nur verse…
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Arfa Yassir, Swindon Allah, the Supreme Being, is fully aware of the weaknesses and short comings of His creation. Though we may, as humans, over-estimate or under-estimate our powers at times, Allah knows how helpless human beings are, how weak at heart or mind we may become. Also only He knows our true potential. We…
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Nadia Shamas, Manchester In this century we have seen and are more aware of acts of extremism than ever before. Extremism by definition, is the idea of ‘holding extreme political and religious values.’ In this year alone, the world has experienced 506 extremist attacks perpetrated by people who called themselves Muslim. However, my question is…
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Aneela Mahmood, London Freedom is the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants. Then why today do I receive sympathetic stares or judgmental glares when…
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Rabia Salim, Manchester In Islam the topic of asking for daily forgiveness is a vast one. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the Promised Messiah, (peace be upon him) stated the purpose of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community as a revival of Islam, and said: “Rather, a community is worthy of being called a true community when it puts…
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Zujaja Khan, London On Friday 8 December 2017, His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih V, threw light on the impact of materialism on one’s relationship with Allah the Almighty. His Holiness spoke in detail about the meaning of Arabic term shahwat, an intense desire or yearning for something and a constant worry regarding…
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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…
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Sameen R Chaudhary, London The month of December, cold and dark as it is, for many is a celebration of light over darkness. For them it is a time to be with family and friends, worship, giving, joy and singing, embracing and focusing on the good. For Christians in many parts of the world, December…
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Basira Ajmal, Bournemouth Unfortunately we are living in a world full of fake personalities, fake standards, fake reputations, fake accounts and even fake calls—that’s a lot of fakes, and oh! I nearly missed fake news. No wonder we find it hard to trust people, organizations and even governments. We have all heard of the boy…
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