Reflections of a traveller

Let time pass by, and do as it wishes; Be strong when the decreed is delivered to you. Wail not for your afflictions in the night For, worldly miseries are not everlasting When calamity strikes, face up like a man And let your traits be that of forgiveness and fidelity If your flaws are plenty and are manifest And your wish is that they be concealed Know, that Forgiveness hides every fault And how  many flaws are veiled by generosity! Neither does agony abide, nor happiness And neither bad-times nor times of joy and comfort Never should you seek to humiliate your enemies Because the desire to disgrace them is in itself a malady Do not expect forgiveness from a miser, The parched do not quench their thirst from fire Your sustenance will not diminish by neglect, And it will not increase by exertion or by more toil When you have a heart that is satisfied, content - You will be like the one who owns the whole world And those who have entered the ...

Alhamdulillah this Friday I went to Regents Park masjid to meet my friend Aisha. We talked about my Arabic study. I am really glad to know that I am actually doing good alhamdulillah. Her remarks made my day, alhamdulillah! I think learning a language is difficult but with determination and the support of friends and family, the path to learning gets easier. InshAllah from next week, we will study the Qur'an with the tafseer (explanations). I really don't want to master Arabic grammar for the sake of grammar itself. I find grammar quite dry. I do feel that now a days, when I read Qur'an, it's more about finding out what sort of sentence a sentence is, finding subjects, objects, predicates, participles etc. I really want to concentrate on the spiritual aspects of the Qur'an. At the end of the day, I want to understand the Qur'an to boost my imaan and connect to my Creator, Allah subhana wa ta'ala. I also want to teach my children the Qur'an myself. I am ...

Bismillah, In the Name of Allah Subhana Wa ta'ala Assalamu alaikum my dear readers,  Jumuah Mubarak! Hope we all will be able to have a very productive Friday today. InshAllah I am going to Regents Park mosque with my youngest one to meet up with my very special friend Aisha. As you may know, I have started learning Quranic Arabic last year (November) through Arabicgems. Alhamdulillah I believe, I know more about Arabic grammar. Learnt some new words too, alhamdulillah. But I am still struggling with the exams. I am actually really bad when it comes to exams, I must admit. I love learning but I hate exams. Alhamdulillah our wonderful teacher/ ustadha has been very kind to me. She told me I should keep on learning and don't stress too much over the horrible marks :-( Alhamdulillah my friend Aisha has offered her help to teach me Arabic inshAllah. She studied Arabic in Syria. Some of my friends who have learnt Arabic through Arabic in Middle eastern countries have t...

Two months to go till Ramadan inshAllah!  Allahumma barik lana fi Rajab wa Sha’ban wa ballighna Ramadan. “O Allah! Make the months of Rajab and Sha’ban blessed for us, and let us reach the month of Ramadan.” [Narrated by at-Tabarani and Ahmad]