Reflections of a traveller

Bismillah... In the name of the Most Merciful Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Aalameen. All praise to Allah subhana wa ta’ala, this week I am going to start an online course to learn Qur’anic Arabic inshAllah. I am really looking forward to the course. I have always wanted to learn Arabic so that I can really appreciate the Qur'an but the courses were not really suitable for me. Being a busy mother of three children ranging from 20 months to 5 years,  also makes it quite hard to attend any course. But Alhamdulillah when we intend something good, Allah subhana wa ta’ala makes it easy for us to fulfil our dreams.  I hope I can really learn a lot inshAllah from the course.  I hope this Ramadan I will be able to understand at least some bits of the Qur’an without the English translation.  MashAllah the teacher seems really good. May Allah subhana wa ta’ala reward her for starting the course. You can find more about course at Arabic Gems . InshAllah we will be follo...

I have already written the first part so this is the final part. I hope we all can benefit from the notes, bi'idnillah. Apologies for the delay. Please do keep me and my family in your precious duas. For this part, I have used Mohsin Khan's translation of the Qur'an.   Musa (AS) realised that he made a mistake (hitting the man) and immediately asked Allah subhana wa ta'ala to forgive him. And he moved on which teaches us that we should never let our past rule our present and future. Brother Nouman mentioned one of the names of Allah Subhana ta'ala 'Rakib' which roughly means that He is looking after us, taking care of us. We are like dumb sheep, almost jumping out of the cliff and He is holding all of us with the back of our necks! Subhanallah! Now the 'juicy part' of the story :-) One of the generals of Pharaoh was a Muslim and a very close friend of Musa (AS). When the news of Musa (AS) killing the man, reached the generals, they had ...

Alhamdulillah today I had plenty of time to listen to some good talks. May Allah subhana wa ta'ala give me the ability to follow the guidance, ameen! IlmFest 2012 Toronto. Raising the Game  by Shaykh Abu Eesa Shaykh Reda Bedeir talks about Tawbah (Repentance). A must-watch inshAllah. RISTalks: Professor Tariq Ramadan - "Changing the Present, Dreaming the Future" Also came across some beautiful reminders from FaceBook :-) " God does not look at your figures, nor at your outward appearance, but He looks at your hearts and deeds." Prophet Muhammad (Peace and Blessings be upon him) "The intelligent person is not one who merely knows what is good and what is bad. The intelligent person is one who, when he sees what is good, follows it, and when he sees evil, shuns it." Sufyan b. Uyaynah (rh) "Do not worry over the schemes of others, for the most others can do to you is carry out what God has already written for you." Sheikh El-Shaar...