religion
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Fridays Are Great for the Grateful Type
﷽ ☺︎ Allah swt blessed me. The stores of His unbounded rizq affects my life in many ways more than I could ever could imagine. I thank Him for all that He bestowed upon me and upon His believers. I thank Him for the blessings that I know of, and also for the ones I…
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Harsh Reality Strikes Again on a Cool April Night
﷽ ☺︎ One day, I’ll leave this house. I want that day to be peaceful. I want to leave this place in peace. I don’t want to hold a grudge against my father for taking the wifi out every time I disagreed with him or didn’t do what he wanted me to do. I can’t…
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A Muslim Woman Expresses Her Pernicious Feelings of Lassitude
﷽ ☺︎ The exhaustion finally caught up to me, alhamdulilah. These days, I have this nasty habit of checking my phone as soon as I open my eyes. I think this newfound habit has something to do with a madman threatening to end an entire civilization. May Allah swt protect the ummah from the disbelievers.…
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On Progress, My Paid Newsletter, and People Who Are Always Negative & Embroiled in Drama
﷽ ☺︎ Progress is slow, but it is inevitable. Today, I feel very behind in life. I’m not where I want to be. I’m not comparing myself to anyone, alhamdulilah, but the younger version of myself had so many expectations for how my life was supposed to be. Alhamdulilah, I’m not the same the person…
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On Third-Culture Kids & the Shame of Growing up Poor in North America
﷽ I apologize for the abrupt frankness, but, tears are falling down my face as I write this. Today, my body has decided that it’s time I properly grieved the pain of losing the life I charted out for myself. I started university when I made a plan detailing how my life should’ve went, and…
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I Love Being a Stay-At-Home Daughter
﷽ ☺︎ It’s hard to enjoy the life Allah swt blessed you with if you constantly have your family breathing down your neck over you being unemployed. That is why I turned away from them when it comes to how I choose to run my life. My strategy for living my life is up to…
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On Celebrating Important Milestones, Alhamdulilah!
﷽ ☺︎ Not very long ago, I received an update indicating that I’ve reached a very important milestone. Alhamdulilah. Without Allah, it never would have been possible. All thanks and appreciation belong to Him. I won’t say what happened, dear reader, but I nevertheless would like to share how I experienced this event. Most of…
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This Message Is for Muslims: Please, Do Better
﷽ ☺︎ Can humans fairly compensate other humans for the work they do? No. Absolutely not. God knows that the answer to that question is a hard no. So… why do we pretend like the world has to offer only a certain amount to certain people, and to others, apparently the world’s weight in gold…
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On the Usefulness of Consistent Output, the Perceptible Metrics of Success, and Living with Ihsan & Sincerity for Allah
﷽ ☺︎ Here we go again. I’m getting the stare-at-your-blank-document scaries again. I don’t know if I have anything useful to share today. Which makes me wonder: how do people consistently put out new work online? I don’t just mean essays, but videos, and podcasts, and other stuff as well. I know some creators who…
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Eid Mubarak! On Idle Talk, Being a Consumer, & the Qur’an as an Instructions Manual for the Believer
﷽ ☺︎ Recently, I’ve been thinking about the first few ayahs of surah Al-Mu’minun in relation to this blog. Particularly: وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَنِ ٱللَّغْوِ مُعْرِضُونَ One of my biggest fears is that this blog turns into one of idle talk. I’m deathly afraid of turning into one of those people who say and write a lot…