#light of the Qur'an

[muslim-world]

[crescentmp3]

hiii! 'tis me.

[johnbrand]

Zamzam's Blessing

With @next-pharaoh

Thomas could not believe he had made it. After toiling through what seemed to be all of Saudi Arabia, he had finally found himself in front of the Zamzam Well. According to the Islamic narratives, the well was a miraculously generated source of water which had opened up thousands of years ago for the son of Ibrahim, Ismaʿil. The legends and lore went on and on, and Thomas could see why. What stood before him was incredible.

Stepping a bit closer to the fount, Thomas could only imagine how silly he must have looked. Some scrawny white tourist, already sunburned after two days barely spent in the desert. Atheist nonetheless; he was certainly not the well’s typical affair. But he had had a passion for worldly monuments ever since he was little, including religiously-affiliated ones. When he had decided to take this journey, he had known it would be difficult, but now Thomas could finally find it worth it.

Smiling, Thomas peered a little farther forward, not noticing his foot catch on the edge of the gate protecting the holy well. With a small yelp, he felt himself lose his footing and tumble directly into the hole. Thomas immediately descended into the hole, each second flying by before splashing into the water. 

Thomas took a quick gulp of air as his panic began to rise. Questions began flying around as if they were bouncing off the well’s walls. How could he have been so careless? Was he going to be able to survive this? Did someone see him fall? Would he be deported? And last but not least: why was he not drowning?

With an awkward blink, Thomas considered that last question again. Timidly, he just barely opened his mouth to relieve some pressure. He was not prepared for his breath to be restored. Hesitantly accepting this realization, Thomas tested a bit more, until eventually he realized he could breathe while underneath the well’s water. It was strange, unsettling, and frankly exhilarating to the non-believer. It was as if he was trapped in a womb.

And like a womb, the water was getting warmer. The panic began to resettle as Thomas realized just how quickly the pool was heating up. The hot water was cooking him, streaming through every hole and crevice it could into his body. Thanks to the smallest amount of light from above, Thomas was able to witness his miraculous transformation.

It started first with Thomas’s skin. The low boil of the water burned him, but instead of leaving reddish scars, it darkened his exterior. Thomas’s skin crisped into a warmer brown, his hair darkened to a rich black, and his facial features subtly shifted to reflect a new masculine, Middle Eastern heritage. As his nose grew wider and eyes inhabited a deep, rich brown, Thomas could not help but emit heartfelt moan underneath the water’s surface.

The masculinization came next, for the well gifted Thomas with the prime body to carry out its will. Broadened shoulders now led to massive arms meant to carry the Qur'an's wisdom. A sturdy chest then traveled down to impenetrable legs to carry the new man across the world to aid in reversion. Larger feet to stomp out the dissension, a virile pouch to spread the Arabian seed. Thomas’s body was built to be an unstoppable Islamic machine.

And finally, his mind would become one with his new mission. In ecstasy, Thomas cried out as his past was rewritten for a new destiny. His old beliefs and ideals dissolved, replaced by a new understanding and acceptance. The atheist wonder that had once fueled his rhetoric was rewritten by Islamic empathy and peace. The passion Thomas once derived from multiculturalism was extinguished, replaced with an appreciation for full reversion.

As his transformation settled in, the well’s water level began to rise. Thomas’s metaphorical womb was ready to give birth to its newest disciple. The warm embrace rushed around him as he was pushed up and up, his magnificent body adapting to the masterful current. As his final change was instituted, the water exalted its creation to the top, leaving the Arab man dry beside the well.

“Ah, I thought I heard the well’s waters again,” a gravelly voice chuckled. “It had been a while since anyone was blessed.”

From the other side of the well stood an old janitor. The rest of the exhibit was empty, suggesting that the historic site had been closed for a while now. The janitor came around the fount and helped the sturdy Arab man up, leading him to a small room off to the side of the exhibit.

“What’s your name, brother?” the janitor asked.

“Tariq,” the Islamic disciple answered with the utmost clarity. “What just happened?"

“The well blessed you” the janitor replied, now searching through a drawer. "I thought it was fairly obvious."

Looking upon himself, Tariq was surprised to have not noticed earlier that he was bare besides a pair of underwear. By its branding, he knew the janitor's words were true.

“You can have these.” The janitor tossed a pearly white thobe to Tariq. “Now go out, you know your mission.”

[ramadan90s]

وَجَعَلَ الْقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورًا

" And He made the moon therein a light "

- Qur'an

[umtxqwa]

القرآن نور يهدي القلوب ويضيء الدروب

The Qur'an is a light that guides the hearts and illuminates the paths

الأرواح العطشى تروى من معين القرآن الصافي

The thirsty souls quench their thirst from the pure spring of the Qur'an.

اللهم اجعلنا من أهل القرآن واجعله ربيع قلوبنا ♡

[lughatul-qurania]

Only in living by the Qur'an can one find joy 🤍✨

Only by leading a way of life in light of the Qur'an can one decipher the secret of being created 'in the best form' and realise the quality of being the 'most honourable of all creation'.

[communist-ojou-sama]

truly whenever the moral panic fandom on tumblr expects me to really care and devote my time to reading about another trans woman's personal life I can't help but think "If you spent the time you usually spend vividly imagining sordid details of every transfem's personal life instead reading the Holy Qur'an then perhaps you'd have found the light of Islam and be leading a much happier life by now"

[stardust-swan]

Moroccan Spells for Beauty and Love ❤️🌹💋

Some of these are still practiced today, while others were practiced 100+ years ago. This post is for entertainment and educational purposes only. Although some spells are suitable for home use, most should not be attempted for both legal and health and safety reasons and are only included for historical interest. Post compiled mainly from Pratiques des Harems Marocains and Essai de Folklore Marocain.

Beauty

🌹Leave an agate stone in rosewater overnight and then pass it through incense smoke. Wear it as jewellery. This increases your natural charm and protects you from envy. To keep it charged, soak it in rosewater under the moonlight on the night of a full moon.

🌹To make your skin beautiful, light a white candle and mix 1 cup rosewater and 1 cup milk in a bowl, slowly stirring together. Add in a handful of rose petals if desired. Stand in the bath and pour over your body starting at the head and working downwards. As you pour, recite an incantation for however you want your skin to look (e.g brighter, smoother, more even, etc). Let it sit on your skin for a few minutes while visualising the skin you want, and then rinse off with warm water. You must let your skin air-dry. Repeat once a week.

🌹Soak 2-3 strands of saffron in warm water for 30 mins, letting it turn golden. Apply to your face and hands and say, "Ya Rab, bless me with beauty like the saffron's gold, radiant and glowing." Leave it to absorb and recite the Qur'an or say Bismallah. Do once a week.

🌹 To have a beautiful voice: eat a nightingale's heart

🌹 To always be beautiful in the eyes of the man you love, repeat the following incantation every morning while washing your face:

I greet you, oh washed face, Favour, charm comes to you Sent by Lalla Fatima, daughter of the Prophet May charm fall on you Like dewdrops fall on broad beans.

🌹 For your child to be born with beautiful eyes, pregnant women should look at a gazelle. Drink a glass of water above the head of the gazelle for your child to be born loveable and kind.

🌹For your child to have thick eyebrows and long eyelashes, put kohl on their eyelashes and eyebrows from their seventh day until their fortieth day. This also helps them see very clearly and never have sore eyes.

🌹To stop hair falling out and make it grow as long as branches, make offerings of candles to the carob tree of Lalla Quadfa and hang your fallen hairs in its branches (to cure headaches and neuralgia, hang amulets and charms written on paper from the tree).

🌹To prevent aging: Pound ginger, cloves, nutmeg from the Sahara, and galangal root. Add oil or honey. Take two spoonfuls every morning and every evening.

🌹 To reduce the size of the breasts (1): Get up early in the morning; rub the breasts with salt, which you then throw into the well. As the salt melts, the breasts will shrink.

🌹To reduce the size of the breasts (2): Strike your chest seven times with the slippers of a young unmarried man.

🌹To increase the size of the breasts: Rub the breasts with beans, which are then thrown into a well, saying:

O beans, when you swell,

They too will swell...

🌹 Invoke the jnun Lalla Malika and Lalla Mira to increase your beauty and charm

Singlehood

🌹A young woman, widow or divorcee who nobody wants to marry should wash her face and hands with the first water that comes out of a newly dug well. She will immediately find someone to marry.

🌹In Rabat, to help find a husband, women visit the hidden marriage well on the beach near the Udayas casbah. Mixing water from the well with rosewater helps to change a woman's luck in finding a husband. You should then light a candle for the djinn, as they can prevent people from getting married. Afterwards, leave old underwear behind for a symbolic change in sexual fortune. There is also a shrine to the local saint Sidi Abouri there, which you may also use as an intermediary through which to ask God to change your luck.

🌹In Marrakech, young girls who do not marry are taken to the tomb of Lalla Oum Biied Saad: Madam the mother of white luck. It is a small wall surrounding a square of land in the district of Assouel, near the zaouia of Sidi Bel Abbès. The young girls comb and wash themselves next to the tomb and throw into this small enclosure their comb, their fallen hair and a piece of cloth torn from their clothes; in addition, they make an offering of light to the saint on Friday. They also go on pilgrimage for the same purpose to Moulay Ibrahim, near Tahannaout. They spend three nights near his tomb and on the third night, the saint makes them see in a dream the face of their future husband.

🌹Remedy against singleness: The girl or woman who wishes to marry will cut, in her chemise, a strip of cloth to her height, from head to toe. She will cut it into seven pieces and will enclose in each a little of the powder of the seven "male spices" pounded together. At night, when no one else passes in the street, she will place the seven strands of cloth in a night light lit on the threshold of her door, and, seven times in a row, she will repeat:

O my husband! Come to my house.

So that she will not be long in being asked to marry.

🌹 Take an old mill rope and burn it on a Friday. At the hour when the muezzin sings, the single woman, in a hurry to get married, passes a little of the ashes of the rope, in the middle of her chin and forehead, saying:

Allah is the greatest!

Celibacy falls...

Someone came to the door. (The husband.)

She repeats this three times, on her terrace, remains standing there until a man of her house, - father or brother, - returns from the mosque, Then she asks him:

Have you prayed?

According to custom, he answers:

We have prayed. Allah will complete.

But, in her soul, she says quietly: It is he who comes who will complete... And she goes to wash her face.

🌹 Write a talisman wishing for a soulmate, and hide it in the foliage of an olive or argan tree.

🌹 Special ink for written love spells: Gently warm rosewater and pour it over a few saffron threads. Strain and add the liquid to existing ink or mix up your own with alcohol and gum arabica.

🌹Light a candle, mixing henna and rosewater in a bowl. Think of your lover or the person you want to attract. Using a thin stick, brush or other applicator, write their name on your body with the henna, and other symbols of love like their initials, hearts or roses. As you apply it, recite incantations for their love and loyalty to be bound to you. As it dries, think about your desires and the special someone. When it dries and begins to crack, gently wash it off, visualising your intentions being released into the universe. Do this ritual on a new moon for the effect to be strongest.

🌹 Write the name of the person who you want to attract on a piece of paper. Alongside it, write either the Surah Al-Fatiha or Surah Ya-sin. Fold it and place it in a glass of water, reciting the chosen Qur'anic verse seven times, thinking about your intention to draw love or strengthen your relationship. Leave the glass in a quiet, safe place overnight, and drink the water in the glass in the morning. Repeat every Thursday.

🌹To get married: take a dead white dove fledgling, wheat grains, barley and flour. Recite prayers over the ingredients and meditate. Wrap the ingredients in a small white cloth or white towel and bury the next day. You will begin to get proposals.

Brides, weddings and marriage

🌹 To split a couple: take a black powder such as charcoal dust, burned incense ashes, or sulfur, a root, and turquoise or green tourmaline broken into pieces. Place the powder and root into a fireproof bowl and light the ingredients. Read the Surah Al Fatifa in reverse. As the smoke carries through the air, imagine the couple breaking apart. After you finish burning them, bury them near their home or in a location significant to the couple or scatter them somewhere they're sure to pass, like their front door. Bury the turquoise too, crushing into powder if you want, or else put them in a small pouch and hide in their home. Repeat twice, "I am [your name]... Within this spell lies the power of [the name of the one you desire]." Do this on a Tuesday or when the moon is waning. Invoke Aisha Qandisha if you are a follower of her. Burn incense to cleanse negative energy afterwards, and perform a protective spell before. Use salt or burn rue to ward off negative energy.

🌹 To give the appearance of virginity to a bride deflorated before her wedding: Pound gallnuts, alum and the "mouth of a pomegranate". The matron sprinkles it on the bride, where appropriate. This remedy only works if she is still very young. For those who are nubile, there is no remedy.

🌹In order that the husband may always be in love, an amulet is made with seven dates, seven leaves of seven fruit trees and basil and sewn into a mattress. This will also bring abundance into the house. It is for the same reason that dates are thrown on the bride as she crosses the threshold of the wedding house. She is offered milk and her right heel is washed with it so that she may enter with wealth and abundance. Honey is put in her mouth so that she may be sweet to her husband. Yeast is put in her hand so that the good of her husband may prosper and increase.

🌹If on the first night of marriage, a taïmouma or black stone used for prayer and replacing the water of ritual ablutions is placed under the mattress of the bride and groom, their fate is linked to that of this stone, so that union will reign in the household, as long as the stone is whole.

🌹 Marriages must be consummated with the lights on, as the lights are a symbol of love and a happy life. The candles must not be extinguished; they are left to burn until the end so that the bride is always before her husband like a dazzling light.

🌹The visit of a sex worker to a young bride is a good omen; it means she will be loved. She must have her makeup, perfume and henna applied by the sex worker, for she has between her eyebrows seven magic flowers that affect love.

🌹 Autumn is the best time to get married, as due to her baraka (blessings), the bride will participate in the prosperity of the country by increasing the abundance of the harvest. The best day for consummating a marriage is Thursday; Sunday is also auspicious. The other days are all harmful and one only gets married on Thursdays and Sundays.

🌹 For the husband to remain faithful to his wife: When her husband is asleep, the wife places a lock of green silk on his lips. The next day, she has this lock buried in an old tomb of an unknown person.

🌹 Fidelity potion: Add a few drops of your urine to your lover's tea. Moroccan tea is typically made with large quantities of sugar and mint, easily disguising the few drops of urine that will ensure loyalty and docility. Just double check who gets which cup...

🌹To brink love back into a marriage, take pure musk, frankincense, mastic, sandarac, dragon's blood, myrrh of Abraham, incense, a dead hedgehog, a few bundles of feathers from a magpie or small bird of prey tied together with ribbon, and fenugreek seeds. Grind the resins and mix them together. Mix some of the fenugreek seeds into the mixture, saving some. Light the incense and wave the feathers through the smoke. Then wave the feathers over the other ingredients. Bury the hedgehog in front of the house or in the garden, as this defends the home from negative forces. Use the feathers to sprinkle the resin mixture around the home, in key areas like the doorway, near the bed, and on personal items belonging to your lover or that relate to your marriage (like wedding rings and photos). Anoint yourself with the musk (if desired you can also save some of the resin mixture to anoint yourself with too), and cook the fenugreek seeds in a meal you and your husband will eat. While you do this ritual, state your intention to remove blockages causing problems in the marriage, heal the relationship and bring love back to it. If you are a devotee of Lalla Mira you may invoke her.

🌹Moonfoam is highly prized in Moroccan witchcraft. As well as ensuring the fidelity of a husband or lover, it instills mad passion for whoever uses it, cures and prevents impotence, and repairs both male and female fertility. To make it, you must approach the cemetery gates on a new moon, strip naked, fill a basin or pitcher with water and place it under the moonlight, and mount an oleander branch, "galloping" around the cemetery seven times while chanting a special incantation (this incantation is a well kept secret, so you must either find an old wise witch to apprentice yourself to, or improvise). If you do this correctly, you will have attracted the attention of the moon's lunar guardians, and as you make your seventh circle around the cemetery, a lunar spirit will manifest and ask you to reveal your desire. You must tell her you want moonfoam. You will have to negotiate with her and make various offers, as she will be reluctant to give it to you. If you are successful, the moon will literally drop down into your water. Eventually the water will contain visible silver foam. Strain it off carefully, like oil from water or scum from soup. Take it home and reserve for future use.

🌹 To find or maintain true love, fill a small bag with earth from a three-way crossroads and wear it around your neck. This also wards off the evil eye.

🌹Love refreshing recipe, for a troubled relationship: take 6 red candles, rosemary, anise seeds, rosewater, black twine, a lump of rock salt and a nail. Place the candles in a circle in pairs in the bedroom, near the bed or a photo of the couple, with the rock salt in a bowl in the middle. Light the candles and state your intention for your love to be rekindled. Let the candles burn down as you sprinkle the herbs under the bed and near the doorway of the house. Sprinkle some rosewater on the bed linens. Use the twine to tie a knot around something that represents the couple like a photo, or to bind some objects belonging to each person together, and keep it somewhere safe like a bedside drawer. Drive the nail into the ground outside the doorway. Dissolve the rock salt in water and sprinkle it around the house to purify it.

🌹To bring back a cheating spouse, collect some of his clothes or semen and give them to a witch doctor (unfortunately there was no more information than this in my source, I would have liked to have found out what steps the witch doctor would take after receiving the artifacts)

🌹 Khamsa for love protection: Light frankincense incense and let the smell fill up the room, as this clears negative energy and wards off the evil eye. Take a small piece of paper, writing down the name of your partner or desired partner, along with a simple wish to protected, such as "bound by love, protected from harm." Fold the paper and wrap with a red ribbon. Take a khamsa charm (hand of Fatima) and pass it through the incense smoke three times, reciting an intention for love and protection. Place the paper in a hidden place somewhere close to you and your partner. Wear the khamsa or keep it in your home attached to the paper to protect your relationship. If you feel your relationship is in danger in the future, light the incense again and pass the khamsa through the smoke while reciting an incantation.

🌹To make your husband docile: Go to the cemetery at night, dig up a recently buried corpse, sit it on your knees and, taking its hands, make it knead a loaf of bread. As soon as the husband has eaten this bread, he will become, in his wife's arms, as docile as the dead.

Getting over heartbreak

🌹To forget an ex-boyfriend, wear trinkets and wear a skirt that allows smoke to flow up it (awakening sexual energy), then tap your ex on the shoulder. After you run away from him, wash with water that has been blessed or collected from a sacred site, and anoint yourself with copal resin. You will find a new man soon, which will help you forget the old one fast.

🌹Mix soil with saffron and rub it over your heart or third eye to unclog them from bad relationships.

🌹 Take wheat dust from the grinding of wheat, mix it with water and divide into two parts. Take care not to spill any; if you do you must find new wheat dust. Use one half to clean your house and dispose of it; take a bath with the other half. After the bath, bring a bouquet of fresh herbs and place in the middle of the house as an offering. This breaks curses, enchantments, and toxic relationships.

[dualdeixis]

[Image description: A photo of a protest sign made with a piece of white cardboard, which has flaps on all four sides and two rectangular holes cut in the center. Sheets of paper are glued onto the inner side of the holes. As the sign is held up to the light, the sheets seem to glow bright white. On the left sheet is drawn an angel, dressed in black with a veiled face and a fiery halo. In one hand they hold an olive branch; the other hand wears a broken shackle. On the right sheet is another angel, who holds a key in one hand and a sword in the other. Written in black on the top and bottom: "HOLINESS DWELLS ONLY WHERE JUSTICE DOES." The rest of the space is ornamented with Palestinian embroidery motifs drawn in yellow.

On the top flap, a line in Aramaic is written in red. On the bottom flap, a line in Arabic is written in green. The left flap translates the Aramaic: "'Whoever destroys a single life, it is counted as if they destroyed an entire world.' - Jerusalem Talmud, Sanhedrin 4:9." The right flap translates the Arabic: "'And whoever saves it, it is as if they have saved all of humankind.' - Qur'an 5:32." End image description.]

ways to help palestine:

decolonize palestine (patreon)

samidoun (calendar of worldwide protests)

palestine action (evict elbit from cambridge, MA)

bds movement

ways to help congo:

list of donations

ways to help sudan:

list of donations

ways to help armenia:

all for armenia

[notetaeker]

December 3rd, 2023 - Sunday

Gloominess that requires indoor lighting at 10 AM and misty purple skies that are more terrifying than pretty. But I had a productive day. Today I woke up and decided to be a different person and ✨do things✨

Read qur'an

journaled/made a habit tracker

Prayed prayers as early as possible

Tutored

Progressed with job searching

lead/facilitated a meeting for 1hr+

listened to a lecture + took quiz + attended class

drawing

peeled a bunch of potatoes

[bintturaab]

Ramadan Mubarak everyone!

May Allah عز وجل grant us good health and imaan to get closer to Him in this blessed month, ameen.

As we all know, fasting is obligatory in Ramadan, but in essence Ramadan isn't just a month of refraining from food and drinks, but it's a month that's supposed to instill in us taqwa - being conscious of Allah - through our fasting. So, bi idhnillah (by the permission of Allah) this is the perfect time to build and get back into habits you want to incorporate into your life.

If you've slacked off in prayer, then let this month be the incentive to get back into it. If the Qur'an has become a forgotten book or a neglected app, let this month in which the Qur'an was revealed in, be the time where you reinvent your relationship with it, even if it is 1 verse a day. Develop the habit of charity no matter how small the amount. Cut down on vain talks, distance yourself from sins and bad habits a bit. And don't treat your fast as something optional, inconvenient, that can be ignored or broken at the slightest reasons. It is what distances you from Jahannam.

Let this Ramadan not be a temporary fix, but a slow and silent dedication to take 1 step towards reforming our lives and ourselves permanently, for the sake of Allah. Because Ramadan truly shows us what we're capable of, and brings to light our potential. May Allah make us sincere, ameen ♡

On that note, remember the ummah in your duas this month; the oppressed, the imprisoned, the ones giving their wealth and their lives in defence of this deen. May Allah عز وجل ease all of theirs, and our, affairs. Ameen.

[bintadnan]

Reflection from the Qur'an

وَمَن يَتَّقِ ٱللَّهَ يَجْعَل لَّهُۥ مَخْرَجًا

وَيَرْزُقْهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَحْتَسِبُۚ وَمَن يَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ فَهُوَ حَسْبُهُۥٓۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بَٰلِغُ أَمْرِهِۦۚ قَدْ جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ لِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدْرًا

“And whoever fears Allah, He will make a way out for Him. And will provide for him from where he does not expect. And whoever relies upon Allāh - then He is sufficient for him. Indeed, Allāh will accomplish His purpose. Allāh has already set for everything a [decreed] extent.”

Surat at-Talaaq, ayāt 2-3

Oftentimes when we're going through the most difficult hardships and trials in our lives, when we fail to see the light at the end of the tunnel; when we fail to see any silver lining in that situation and we feel like we've reached a dead end with no solution in sight to be able to help us resolve this matter at hand, we become susceptible to feelings of powerlessness, hopelessness and helplessness. However, it is during these agonising moments when the ayat from the Qur'an in the words of Allah subhaanahu wa ta'ala supplies our hearts with comfort and solace. In this particular set of ayāt, He tells us that as long as we continue to remain fearful of Him, we're conscious of Him and as long as our actions align with whatever He has decreed for us in a way that helps us to attain His pleasure, He is Al-Fattah - someone who constantly and repetitively keeps opening up doors for us. It's a Mubalaghah word in Arabic. It grants us immense relief because regardless of the situation we're stuck in, there's always a door waiting for us to be opened by Allah. It might take some time, it might not occur in a blink of an eye, but at the end of the day, it's positioned in the best way even if we cannot see it. In addition to that He provides for us from places that we can't even surmise; places that surpass our imagination. There's a lesson I recently learned in one of my courses and it enriched my understanding of how we actually perceive Allah's help. My Ustadha said that whenever we're going through a seemingly insurmountable challenge, we're looking for Allah's help in a very specific way. We want His help to reach us in a way that we expect. But quite often, His help reaches us in ways that we're not looking for or we're not expecting. His help traverses through sources that would seem impossible. He To supplement this reflection with an anecdote from my life -

I'm someone who has grappled with severe episodes of anxiety for almost all my life. For someone who has struggled or is struggling with mental health issues they know how difficult it could be to function normally in your daily life when these emotions keep shackling you and people around you usually neglect that and they take it as an indicator of lack of emaan. It's very hard to explain this to others and it also hinders your ability to practice your faith in a better way or to fulfill your potential and continues to hold you back from doing what you're capable of. And so I've been making constant and countless du'as to Allah subhaanahu wa ta'ala to relieve me from my anxieties. I've been seeking refuge in Him from all kind of mental health issues that persist and requesting Him to put an end to them. Personally, I wanted Him to uproot these emotions completely at a single instance and replace them with peace and serenity in my heart. He is the Controller of the Hearts, everything is within His control and ability, had He wanted He could've just removed those feelings at a kun. And it would have been. All He needed was to say a word to change the state of my heart to something I desired and hoped for. That is how I perceived His help to take shape but He knew what was within my best interest and how I could become a source of His help to others. His help descended in the form of this online course on Mental Health through the lens Islam that I instantly signed up for without giving it a second thought. It was only when I reached halfway through this course that the help of Allah starting taking shape before my eyes. Allah is truly al-Latif and He opened up this opportunity for me. He brought me across it as I was pleading for His help day and night with tears in my eyes; when I felt my heart constricted under the weight of all my anxieties and fears. He wanted me to make the effort to go through the course, take lessons and apply the knowledge gained all along, similar to how He asked Maryam سلام عليها to shake the branch of that palm tree when He could've just relieved her of the pain of labour in the blink of an eye. Choosing to follow along the lessons during this course has not only proven to be incredibly beneficial to help me manage my own emotions but it has been equipping me with the tools to assist others if and when I find them in a similar spot. In addition to that, I've been receiving training to help my kids in the future, InshāAllah, to tackle their emotions and weather them by coming out strong, bi'idnillah. Had Allah not opened this opportunity for me and replaced my anxieties without any effort on my part, then I wouldn't have been able to learn how to regulate other emotions like grief that I'm yet to fully experience as a part of this dunya. Or His help would have remained confined to me without its benefit reaching miles. It brings tears to my eyes as I reflect over my situation and how Allah's attribute Al-Hakeem has played a role in this. He truly knew what was the best way to send His help upon me. This course was that door that was waiting to be opened. Although His help reached me in a way that I wasn't expecting it was the better than what I could have asked for. And it was the best choice made by someone who I know to love me more than myself and is more merciful to me than my own self. As I contemplate over this incident, it seems to have shifted my perspective on how I choose to view these emotions. Instead of perceiving them as one of my weaknesses, I look at them as a great source of strength that I was oblivious to; that I didn't know I possessed. SubhānAllah!

May Allah subhaanahu wa ta'ala grant us the wisdom to look for His help in places we don't expect and may He protect us from falling into despair and hopelessness, Allahumma Aameen.

[ask-roqia-elahi]

only us three... or not? | Roqia's Backstory + facts

Gore + Blood + Death warning :D

Roqia Elahi, the only child of a baker and a tailor from Iran. Their family had a peaceful life, with the father, Abbas, running the local bakery, and the mother, Zeynab, helping her husband in paying rent and buying the necessities with tailoring clothes for various family and friends.

Everything was fine, until when Roqia was 4, her mother was diagnosed with a severe case of ITP— a blood disorder characterized by a decrease in the number of platelets— and she was unable to help Abbas as much and, more importantly, was forbidden to give birth to any other child since it could cause grave consequences. Roqia felt forever lonely and the family would probably cease to exist.

Turned out that a few doctors in Japan are investigating on a cure for ITP; therefore, Roqia's father sold his house, and the mother's jewelry, to travel there in order to cure mother. Roqia was 6 here.

Yet, after a few months, a demon attacked father's workplace and killed everyone. They had little savings, and soon, there would be no money left to afford the expensive and experimental medicine for mother— who also died of heart failure caused by the shock and depression she received. The last bits of money was spent to ship the two corpses back to Iran, but Roqia couldn't go back.

Now she was all alone, in a foreign country, without no one to go back to.

She spent two years begging in the streets, against her wishes, since no one accepted an Iranian, young girl to work for them. She knew tailoring and had big talent in art, but seemed like no one liked a tailor or an artist with a hijab.

She could go to the red light district and work as a maid, but again her hijab and religion forbid both her and the owners from taking her in a house. So she kept on begging, as her only option left to live with.

Until one night, another demon attacked the village she lived in. As she was sleeping outside, she was its first target. Roqia woke up and, seeing the demon, screamed for help, and luckily, a demon slayer quickly arrived, beheading the demon and saving Roqia.

The demon slayer seemed to not care about her religion. When He realized she was homeless, he took her in where he lived and treated her with kindness. Roqia describes him and the other people who helped her back on her feet as "saviors sent from god".

Said demon slayer was in fact, the tsuguko and son of the Ethereal hashira, Amaya Mizuki, who was soon to retire. A year afterwards and after her retiring, Amaya asked Roqia if she wants to become a demon slayer and learn ethereal breathing from her as her second apprentice. The nine-year-old Roqia gladly accepted.

She trained for two years under Amaya's guidance, and did her final selection at eleven years old.

Amaya's son, Ichiro, was killed by lower moon one (Enmu) while being on a mission in the mugen train. Roqia's now trying her best in quickly becoming the ethereal hashira to replace Amaya as soon as possible.

at first, Roqia kept thinking of going back to Iran, but becoming a demon slayer made her realize she had to continue living in Japan to take revenge for her parents and save people who might experience the same death as her father.

Despite living in Japan, Roqia never abandoned Islam and fasts each Ramadan.

^ this doesn't bother her on missions though, as demons only appear after sunset and when she's opened her fast!

The lil bag she has with her in the lowest panel on the mini comic is the last things she picked from her parents' belongings before leaving the house behind.

^ they'd rented the house and she was thrown out the house after her mother's death.

^ inside the bag is a Qur'an, a small prayer book, her dad's blue prayer beads (not like Gyomei's– small ones that you can hold in your hand and count your prayers with, called Tasbih), food, a family drawing from her childhood, a sketchbook, and some bandage.

She enjoys drawing nature and people in her sketchbook.

She loves reading (that's why she has two books in her bag lol)

Her Hijab is actually for her mother and her ring is one that her father would wear when he was young.

She's thinking of making herself a haori, but pitch black like a chador. This way she won't be seen easily in the night either.

Tagging the amaizngs @larz-barz @love-stvrs @iincogneeto

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Learning Surah Yusuf can literally change your life!

Surah Yusuf is one of the most heartwarming and wisdom-packed stories in the Qur'an.

Here are 23 BEAUTIFUL and LIFE CHANGING lessons that you can learn from it.--->

1) Patience is Gold:

Yusuf (Peace be upon him) faced so many trials, but he stayed patient. Sometimes, life throws curveballs, but patience always shines through. 🌟

2) Jealousy Ruins the Heart:

The jealousy of Yusuf’s brothers led them to do some pretty awful things. Let’s remember to cleanse our hearts and be happy for others.

3) Trust Allah’s Plan:

Even when things seem tough, trust that Allah has a greater plan for you, just like He did for Yusuf (Peace be upon him).

4) Forgiveness is Strength:

Yusuf (Peace be upon him) forgave his brothers despite everything they did. Holding onto grudges? Let them go. Forgiveness is the real strength.

5) Stand Firm in Your Faith:

Even when tempted, Yusuf (Peace be upon him)stood firm. Remember, your faith is your anchor in every storm.

6) Honor and Dignity Above All:

Yusuf (Peace be upon him) was thrown into prison because he chose dignity over sin. Let’s keep our heads high and honor intact, no matter what.

7) Allah is Always Watching:

Whether in the well, the palace, or the prison, Allah was always with Yusuf (Peace be upon him). And He’s always with you too. 💖

8) Hope in Allah:

Yusuf never lost hope, even when things seemed impossible. Keep your hope alive—better days are coming!

9) Respect and Love Your Parents:

Yusuf’s reunion with his father, Yaqub (Peace be upon him), is a reminder of the deep bond between parents and children. Show them love and respect every single day. 🌸

10) Be Grateful in Every Situation:

Yusuf ( Peace be upon him)was grateful even in prison. Gratitude turns what we have into enough.

11) Knowledge is a Blessing:

Yusuf ( Peace be upon him)was gifted with the ability to interpret dreams. Let’s seek knowledge in all its forms—it’s truly a blessing.

12) Humility in Success:

Even when Yusuf ( Peace be upon him) became powerful, he remained humble. Success should never change our character.

13) Truth Will Always Prevail:

The lies against Yusuf eventually came to light. Remember, the truth always finds its way.

14) Kindness to All, Even Enemies:

Yusuf (Peace be upon him) was kind to his brothers, despite their betrayal. Let’s show kindness, even to those who’ve wronged us.

15) Endurance Leads to Victory:

Yusuf ( Peace be upon him) endured years of hardship, but in the end, he was victorious. Keep pushing through—your victory is on its way.

16) Modesty is a Treasure:

Yusuf’s modesty protected him from sin. In a world full of temptations, modesty is your treasure.

17) Sincerity in Worship: Yusuf ( Peace be upon him) remained sincere in his worship, no matter where he was. Let’s keep our intentions pure and our worship sincere.

18) Divine Wisdom in Delay:

Yusuf’s release from prison was delayed, but it was for a greater good. Sometimes, delays in life are just divine wisdom at play.

19) Every Hardship Has an End:

Yusuf’s hardships eventually ended, leading to peace and prosperity. Hang in there—every storm runs out of rain. 🌦️

20) Turn to Allah in Times of Distress:

Yaqub (AS) turned to Allah when he was heartbroken. When you’re in distress, pour your heart out to Allah. He’s always listening.

21) Good Manners Win Hearts:

Yusuf’s good manners won the hearts of everyone, even in prison. Manners truly make the person.

22) Faith in the Unseen:

Yusuf believed in his dreams even when he couldn’t see the outcome. Faith in the unseen is the core of our belief.

23) Everything is in Allah’s Control:

From the well to the throne, everything Yusuf went through was part of Allah’s perfect plan. Trust that He’s in control of your life too.

Try to read and learn Surah Yusuf.

Surah Yusuf is one of the most heartwarming and wisdom-packed stories in the Qur'an.

Let’s strive to implement these lessons in our daily lives.

And Allah knows best.

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[everydaydua]

Dua for anxiety and sorrow #1

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي عَبْدُكَ ابْنُ عَبْدِكَ ابْنُ أَمَتِكَ نَاصِيَتِي بِيَدِكَ ، مَاضٍ فِيَّ حُكْمُكَ ، عَدْلٌ فِيَّ قَضَاءُكَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِكُلِّ اسْمٍ هُوَ لَكَ سَمَّيْتَ بِهِ نَفْسَكَ أَوْ أَنْزَلْتَهُ فِي كِتَابِكَ ، أَوْ عَلَّمْتَهُ أَحَدًا مِنْ خَلْقِكَ أَوِ اسْتَأْثَرْتَ بِهِ فِي عِلْمِ الْغَيْبِ عِنْدَكَ ، أَنْ تَجْعَلَ الْقُرْآنَ رَبِيعَ قَلْبِي ، وَنُورَ صَدْرِي ، وَجَلاءَ حُزْنِي ، وذَهَابَ هَمِّي

Translation

"O Allah, I am Your slave, son of Your slave, son of Your handmaid, my forelock is in Your hand (i.e. You have total mastery over me), Your command over me is forever executed and Your decree over me is just." I ask You by every name belonging to You which You named Yourself with, or revealed in Your Book, or You taught to any of Your creation, or You have preserved in the knowledge of the unseen with You, that You make the Qur'an the life of my heart and the light of my bosom, and a departure for my sorrow and a release for my anxiety. Note: Allah will take away the anxiety and sorrow out of the heart of him who recites this supplication, as mentioned in this hadith by our prophet (may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).

Transliteration

allaahumma innee ‛abduk-abnu-‛abdik-abnu-amatik, naaṣiyatee biyadik, maaḍin fiyya ḥukmuk, ‛adlun fiyya qaḍaa’uk, as’aluka bi kull-ismin huwa lak, sammayta bihi nafsak, aw anzaltahu fee kitaabik, aw ‛allamtahu aḥadan min khalqik, awis-ta’tharta bihi fee ‛ilmil-ghaybi ‛indak, an taj‛al-al-quraana rabee‛a qalbee, wa noora ṣadree, wa jalaa’a ḥuznee, wa dhahaaba hammee

Sources: Ahmad No# 3712, Ibn Hibban in his Sahih # 972

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Ibn 'Abbas رضي الله عنه said: "Whoever listens to a verse of the Qur'an, it is a light for him."

‎● [التبيان في آداب حملة القرآن]