Category: Reflections
When Religion Becomes a Fetish
How easy it is for us to make a fetish of our religious beliefs and practices, so much so that we are sometimes willing to completely dehumanize other [...]
Prayer, Not Just Pills
Not once in all those many trauma-filled years when I struggled with the obsessive thoughts, did I ever consider turning to God, praying to Him to cur [...]
Life Isn’t for ‘Time Pass’
Various religions tell us, in their different ways, that God has created us and sent us here, to the earth, for a definite purpose-certainly not for ' [...]
Illness as an Occasion for Spiritual Growth
We commonly think of illness as dreadful, something to complain about, but there's a very different way of understanding it, as reflected in a saying [...]
Sa’eed’s Hajj
Sometimes Allah will give you exactly what you want after he tests your devotion and sincerity. Allah works in the most mysterious ways and we need to [...]
Old Age: Burden or Blessing?
Caliph Umar said, Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh) sought refuge from five things: cowardice, miserliness, old age, narrow-mindedness, and punishment in the g [...]
The Beauty of Difference
Imagine if the only people we knew and interacted with were people who thought, behaved or looked just like us. How boring it would be.
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Life is”¦a Life-Long School
Responding meaningfully to every situation we are faced with in life can help us grow in wisdom and character. In this way, we can evolve spiritually. [...]
Too Embarrassed To Take His Name?
A God-centric life is a life based on God-remembrance. God-remembrance is reflected in frequent invocation of God, in private as well as when in the c [...]
Minna’s Torch of Faith
Home-help are truly a blessing for those who have them. Yet, how many of us who are fortunate in this regard know anything much about those who work f [...]