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It was the sacred month of Ramadan and like everybody I was trying to gather it's blessing as much as I could.I was not a very religious person but I pray five times a day aside Ramadan too.So in Ramadan routine there was addition of Reading of Quran too.I had just finished praying the salah and when I lift my hands for dua, all the complains I had in my heart come at the edge of my tongue. Not making it to my favorite institute, having lost my father at my teens, can't have enough money to buy the dresses I liked , Comparing myself with my friends and cousins and always finding myself inferior besides I pray all the salahs, and the most recent that I was trying to get appointed as a teacher at some institute but couldn't make it besides trying for a long time,and frustrating over all this kind of stuff was the part of my dua at the end of Salahs. After I was done with my complains with Allah Mian.I got up and opened Quran. While I was doing the recitation I came across ...

I am cold and passive. Like a stagnant blue lake sleeping in the arms of green mountains.  And you burn in an awfully beautiful fire. Like those mad sea waves dance to grapple moonlight.  Every morning, I see you touch your T-shirts and caress your red-dyed hair, with an endless emptiness in your eyes; in front of the mirror.  Whenever any song of yours goes popular, you don't sleep for many nights.  I remember when you removed away that purple piece of cloth from your head, you burnt in fever for several days.  Whenever you stay up partying and return late, I know that you check into my room and stand here for minutes.  Whenever you test your sound system before performing, you always reckon the times when we used to go with Mom. When your innocent beautiful recitation of the Quranic verses used to numb people. Then Mom left us. Things changed.  I chose to rush to Him. And hid under His haven.  And you, you chose a...

فَاتَّقُوا اللّٰہَ  مَا  اسۡتَطَعۡتُمۡ وَ اسۡمَعُوۡا وَ اَطِیۡعُوۡا وَ اَنۡفِقُوۡا خَیۡرًا لِّاَنۡفُسِکُمۡ ؕ وَ مَنۡ یُّوۡقَ شُحَّ نَفۡسِہٖ  فَاُولٰٓئِکَ ہُمُ الۡمُفۡلِحُوۡنَ ۱ Surah Taghabun :16 The sun rises everyday like a lantern in the huge blue sky, lighting up everything and warming every corner of the earth without discrimination. The moon, the stars and everything in the sky lights up Allah's creation without holding back anything. It's their job and they perform it without restraining anyone's right. However man doesn't act the same way. Greed is what beholds the mindset of a human being. It isn't in his nature. His nature is as pure as that of the sun and the moon. It's the first breech in its pure nature which evokes him to do further crimes. Greed is just a rough translation of the word used in this ayah شح نفس . Let's dig deeper into it. Imagine a caravan of people traveling in the middle of a desert in harsh summer. The temperatur...

They say a sinner's tears Eradicate his sins and fears But what about a sinner like me? One who repents and repeats The one who can no longer cry Whose tear ducts are forever dry Whose heart is now merely a lump of coal Whose soul is the blackest of all souls Who does not qualify to enter paradise Around whom only hellfire can rise He says, Who can forgive sins except Him But what do I do when my hope grows dim Maheen Mansoor, 3rd Year Fatima Jinnah Medical University

"Sinner" is my name. I wish for success, money, and fame. I know the hard truth that life is a game. If I win, I get Jannah. If I lose, I get the blame. I saw myself in the mirror. I said to the mirror, "ABDULLAH is my name." The mirror replied, "No! 'Sinner' is your name." "Sinner" is my name. I wish for success, money & fame. Allah told me, "Obey me, I will give you all that you Name." Prophet (PBUH) told me "this life is a journey, and Jannah is the final aim." Shaitan told me "he is my friend, he will help me win this game." I saw myself in the mirror. I said to the mirror, "ABDULLAH is my name." The mirror replied, "No! 'Sinner' is your name." "Sinner" is my name. I wish for success, money and fame. Now, I only did what my friend told me and I got all the success, money and fame. I thought I'd won the game, but it was a fake trophy with a ...

﷽ وَإِن يُرِيدُواْ أَن يَخْدَعُوكَ فَإِنَّ حَسْبَكَ اللَّهُ هُوَ الَّذِى أَيَّدَكَ بِنَصْرِهِ وَبِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ Verse number 62 from the Surah Al-Anfal. Surah number 8 written in the 10th part of the Holy Quran. Surah Al-Anfal is a Madni, pairing with the very next Surah to it Surah -Al Tawbaa, completed after the battle of Badr (The first battle of Muslims against disbelievers). This Ayat brings peace and gladdening the deeply grimed and grayed walls of my heart. According to this, in its first part, it was told that, "And if they intend to deceive you, Then verily, Allah is All-Sufficient for you" In it, actually, Almighty Allah mentioned His favor on the Prophet, in that He aided him with believers, the Muhajirin and the Ansar. When combined to previous Ayat 61 which says, "And if they incline to peace, then incline to it [also] and rely upon Allah. Indeed, it is He who is the Hearing, the Knowing." If we practically apply it to our lives, it ...

"I wonder how you survived that situation?" "I can't explain how everything happened but it passed somehow. Now I feel like I am so strong," she said while talking to her school friend who met her today in university after such a long time. They then had tea with snacks and left for their respective Classes. "Musfira! Musfira! I am so sorry! I just lost the pen I borrowed from you yesterday. I am very sorry. Please don't mind.I will buy you a new one," Lubaba her classmate said. "Oh no!that's absolutely okay. You don't need to be so sorry. I have seen so many troubles and trials in my life,that pen does not matter at all. And also I don't need a new one. I have," Musfira replied.  Lubaba nodded as she was listening this reply for the 1376th time. Musfira used to say it oftenly.After exchanging a few words they went their way. They were studying in a medical university, destined to become Doctors. Musfira,a strong...