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Day 17: Family

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Day 5 of #allthebooksof2015: Books with beautiful covers. I haven’t read these books but look how awesome the covers are.😄

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Wondering what you should read this summer? Here are some  awesome books you should check out!

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Watch: Poet Ashley Lumpkin nails the double standard in how we treat white terrorists versus people of color.

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Don’t you love it when you’re like in the opposite of a reading slump? Like, a reading spurt. Every book you pick up is great and your eyes just fly over the words.

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It’s another rainy, gloomy day here today. ☔️ It’s to be expected, I suppose… April showers bring May flowers!! 🌷 Thank goodness for book rainbows to bright up these rainy days!! 🌈 . ✨Day 12 of #LILBookishApril: Bookish Rainbow ❤️💛💚💙💜 . #bookrainbow

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Put Allah SWT between yourself and every one of your relationships. Make it a triangle even. For every action or word, refer it to Allah first. It’ll make our relationships that much more beautiful. We tend to forget about the barakah that comes from that. And if Allah isn’t between ourselves and all of our loved ones, speaking and acting for His sake, then what’ll happen when we run into unexpected emotions? How cheap and how easy is it to discard a relationship then? And the other extreme, how vain and abusive could things turn? Putting Allah before our loved ones will make us selfless and not only will it increase the love, it increases the care and the concern and makes things real.

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The beauty of Sujood is, you whisper down on Earth and its Heard up in the Heavens.

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Prince George is planning something. I can just tell.

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Things about prayer that I should have learnt a long time ago: 

1. God doesn’t need your prayers. The prayers are for you. Why? Because praying five times a day isn’t merely a pointless ritual; it establishes a routine, a sort of rhythm to your life. It is the one part of your to-do list that you get to check off, even if the rest of your work is unfinished. 

2. Don’t expect some sort of enlightening experience when you pray after a long time. I think that’s what I found most disheartening about prayer, that I didn’t feel a ray of light enter my heart, that I didn’t feel cleansed when I prayed after a long time. Prayer does feel nice, but the “cleansing” the “enlightening” comes after a while and it comes from within. It comes with the stuff you do along with prayer. It comes from the effort you put in to becoming a good person and into becoming conscious of God. 

3. Beating yourself up about missing prayer disheartens you more. Beating yourself up in general is disheartening. Take it easy on yourself. 

4. You’ll never expect it, but one day you’ll be crying in sujood and it isn’t because you’re weak it’s because you’re taking a step towards being stronger. Don’t be afraid to cry in prayer. It’s nice to feel yourself humbled towards God. You don’t have to cry in front of anyone else, but you can sob your heart out in front of God and that’s perfectly okay. 

5. That discomfort you feel about having missed a prayer, is something that you should address. Don’t brush it off. If you brush it off once, you’ll do it again. Go pray. It really is good for you. 

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Do you know that moment when you’re midway a du'a and you suddenly feel ashamed of how petty and insignificant your supplication sounds, when there are millions of people who actually need more help than you? That stabbing feeling of being an ungrateful brat for having all this and still complaining?

Alhamdulillah, I quickly remember how lucky I am to believe in such a religion that encourages me to ask even though Allah knows what’s in my heart.

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Islamic sayings and translation

Assalamu ‘Alaikum when you meet a muslim Translation: Peace be upon you

Wa’alaikum Assalam a Muslim greets you Translation: And peace be upon you

Assalamu ‘alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh  formal and great greeting to a Muslim Translation: May the peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah be upon you

Wa’alaikum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh  a Muslim greets you Translation: And peace and mercy and blessings of Allah be upon you

Hiyyak Allah  When greeting someone after Salaams Translation: May Allah greet you (lit. May Allah preserve your life)

Bismillah arRahman arRahim  before making a beginning Translation: In the name of Allah, most Gracious most Merciful

Jazak Allah Khairan for expression of thanks Translation: May Allah reward you with blessings (Reply: Wa iyak(i), wa iyakum; Trans. And you)

BarakAllahu feekum or Allah baraka feek(i)  responding to someone’s thanks/ a way of expressing thanks Translation: May Allah bless you (Reply: Wa feek(i), Wa feekum; Trans.: And you)

Fi Amanillah  by way of saying good-bye Translation: May Allah protect you

Subhanallah  for praising something Translation: Glory be to Allah

Insha Allah  for expressing a desire to do something Translation: If Allah wills/Through Allah’s will

Astaghfirullah  Repenting for sins before Allah I beg Allah for forgiveness

Masha Allah  for expressing appreciation of something good Translation: As Allah has willed/Praise be to Allah

Alhamdulillah  for showing gratitude to Allah after success or even after completing anything Translation: Thanks be to Allah

Ameen  the end of a Dua or prayer Translation: May it be so

Sallahu ‘alayhi wa salaam whenever say the name of Prophet Muhammad Translation: Peace be upon him (S.A.W.)

‘Alayhi salaam whenever say the name of a prophet Translation: Peace be upon him (A.S.)

Radi Allah ‘Anhu  whenever say name of male companion of the Prophet (Sahabi) Translation: May Allah be pleased with him (R.A.)

Radi Allah ‘Anha  whenever say name of female companion of the Prophet Translation: May Allah be pleased with her (R.A.)

Radi Allah ‘Anhum Plural form of saying companions of the Prophet Translation: May Allah be pleased with them (R.A.)

Innaa lillaahi wa innaa ilayhi raaji’oon  this is uttered as an expression upon hearing the news of some loss or some one’s death Translation: To Allah we belong and to Him is our return

aathama allahu ajrakom  uttered to family of deceased Translation: may Allah make your ajer (reward) great

Shakar Allahu Sa’yikum  uttered to people who attend aaza – when friends go to send condolences upon death of a person Translation: May Allah accept that your effort

La hawla wala quwata illah billah  during the time of troubles Translation: There is no strength nor power except Allah

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Today I came home for spring break and while staring at my literal wall of books I wondered what the hell I was going to do when I eventually move out

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