People often dream of taking time out to go and study abroad, but the hardest part is trying to keep up and implement the knowledge you gained whilst out there and trying to keep up the path once you return back home.
These posts are just some reflections of my personal journey back here in the UK and the struggles we face in our path to God. All comments are live and reflect my thoughts during that time and day.
May Allah grant acceptance and sincerity in our works and writings
If you have ever given a speech, taught a class or just had a conversation with someone, one of the most remarkable things to observe is which of your words stick with your listeners. Which bit did you say changed their heart?
Imagine a society where success was defined by morality, where a person’s wealth, colour and lineage were irrelevant compared to their piety.
As a doctor, saving lives becomes monotonous. You often forget just how magnificent a role you play in society. If you’ve ever had dinner with a group of doctors, expect vivid descriptions of gruesome surgeries casually described to you just as you begin chewing away on the next bite of meat…
This is a ‘morbid’ post, but bare with me. It gets better at the end…
Earlier this year, I was blessed to visit our Beloved Messenger ﷺ in the beautiful city of Madinah. Whilst there, I learnt a dear friend and teacher of mine had fallen ill and was admitted into hospital. As a small gesture, I recorded a short video making a dua’a for him before our Prophet ﷺ,…
As many of you know, the last 4.5 years I have spent working on an app called the Quran Club (www.quranclub.org). I have personally invested *everything* I have into making this work believing it to be something our community needs. Alhamdulillah, we have now reached *300,000* people reading over 700,000 pages in Ramadan alone!. …
Allah states in the Quran: “Your wealth and your children are but a trial, and Allah has with Him a great reward.” (64:15). The trial of blessings is to measure the gratitude we show Allah ﷻ, calling upon us to remember and thank Him for what we have been given. On hearing this, it’s easy to assume such a trial would be easy, yet interestingly Allah ﷻ states “few of My servants are grateful.” (34:13) – something not said about patience in difficulties. The indication from this is that many of us indeed fail in this trial, lacking gratitude for the gifts Allah has shown us; a worrying thought indeed! But how so?
“God does not burden any soul with more than it can bear” (2:286)
Tribulations drain us, overwhelm us, soak up every ounce of energy within us. In the eye of the storm, it is difficult to see anything other than the chaos and misery that fills our lives. In this time, we find words of comfort within the Quran to help us through.
In the year of sorrow, the year which our beloved Prophet ﷺ lost his uncle and wife within 3 days of each other, and was humiliated and stoned out of the city of Ta’if, Allah ordained the 5 daily prayers. Coincidence?
Here we learn a number of lessons
As another year passes alhamdulillah, I’m overcome with a deep feeling of gratitude to God for giving me so many gifts these past years, whilst supporting me through the most trying periods of my life.
On the Path of Knowledge 