God
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The theme of our December blogs and podcast is Divine attributes. While we are posting pieces by our writers on this theme, it would be good to also look back and be reminded of the spiritual insight His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad (may Allah be his Helper) imparted many years ago on the Divine attribute
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Our God, Kind In Subtle Ways We Perceive Not! Arfa Yassir, Swindon I recently raised a complaint about a disabled button in an app, only to realise the issue was due to my own lack of understanding—the button was meant to appear that way for a valid reason. The designers, of course, had far deeper insight into how the system worked,
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Rameen Masood, Leicester ‘…Say, ‘All bounty is in the hand of Allah. He gives it to whomsoever He pleases. And Allah is Bountiful, All-Knowing.’ [1] Al-Wasi, meaning ‘the Bountiful’ or ‘the All-Embracing’ is one of the magnificent attributes of Allah the Almighty. It signifies vastness, carrying meanings of plenitude and the ability to extend beyond limits. [2] It describes not only
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Yusra Dahri, Tilford لَا تُدۡرِکُہُ الۡاَبۡصَارُ ۫ وَہُوَ یُدۡرِکُ الۡاَبۡصَارَ ۚ وَہُوَ اللَّطِیۡفُ الۡخَبِیۡرُ ‘Eyes cannot reach Him but He reaches the eyes. And He is the Incomprehensible, the All-Aware.’ The Holy Qur’an, 6:104 We are in the maze of idols,Desperate to find the Centre.These hedges of tamarisk are so thickThat we cannot break them.And
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Tooba Khokhar, Cambridge There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. i Childhood is an age of wonder, a time when our eyes have not grown used to the sights of this
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What really holds us together in a world designed to pull us apart? Saira Bhatti, Slough We live in an era of infinite connection – notifications, followers, viral trends – and yet never before have so many of us felt so… untethered. The rope that binds isn’t likes or retweets. It’s not an algorithm. It’s a lifeline you can’t see. A rope of faith. The Quran gives the blueprint in one verse: “And hold
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Iffat Mirza Rashid, Alton There are two days of the year that bring me a small spark of joy. I never know exactly when they’ll be, and there’s no way of knowing where I’ll be when I realise today is that day. These are the days of the year when I see the first conker and when I see the first butterfly, because to me they signal the moment
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Rameen Masood, Leicester ‘It is He Who has made the earth for you a cradle, and has caused pathways for you to run through it; and Who sends down rain from the sky, and thereby We bring forth various kinds of vegetation.’ (20:54) [1] There is something profoundly humbling about the image of the earth
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Rameen Masood, Leicester There are stories that continue to speak to us, long after the final page is turned; they whisper something enduring and make us think. Helen Keller’s life is one of those, not merely because of her extraordinary achievements, but because of the questions her journey leaves echoing in our minds. Her journey
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