Holy Qur’an
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Iffat Mirza Rashid, Alton Without growth or decay we’d have no concept of time. The seasons of the year, for many millennia are a cycle of growth – flowers, vegetation, animal young, and a few months later, we see their decay as the weather cycle turns frostier and the nights get longer. Most of the…
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Maria Sadaf, Islamabad To me hospitality has never just been about the food on the table. It’s about the warmth in the room. It’s the feeling a guest carries home with them – of having been truly welcomed. In Islam, hospitality is far more than good manners; it’s an act of worship, a means of…
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Saira Bhatti, Slough I cannot remember the last summer solstice I consciously noticed. That feels strange to admit. I can vividly remember standing outside last year with countless others, eyes fixed on the sky, hoping to catch a glimpse of the Aurora Borealis as it danced across British skies.[1] People stayed up late, cameras ready.…
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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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Iffat Mirza Rashid, Alton It’s shocking, really, the amount of resources, money, and attention humans put into developing tools to kill fellow humans. I think what enables this drive for destruction comes partly from the fact that we cannot, or rather do not, humanise each and every victim of war. In fact, we do not…
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Arfa Yassir, Swindon Let’s rewind a few thousand years, to the time of Prophet Adam and Eve (peace be on them). Their story is mentioned in the Holy Qur’an quite a few times, which shows its significance, for among other things, with references to the times to come. Satan misled them to eat the fruit…
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