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December 22, 2025

The Best Azkaar for the 10 Days of Dhul Hajj

By Huda Ali Khan  Allah Almighty mentions in the Quran,  “ By the dawn and by the ten nights.”  (Surah Fajr 1-2)  The first ten days of the blessed month of Dhul-Hajj are of great value.  The pilgrims by the will of Allah, perform one of the five obligations, The Hajj. The Sunnah of Prophet Ibrahim AS is revived, when we sacrifice animals and spend our wealth in the way of Allah (SWT).  Many of us have been deprived of the opportunity to do Hajj due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But that doesn’t mean that we breeze through these precious days and just celebrate Eid-ul-Adha. These days leading up to Eid-ul-Adha are also important. Spending some time in the remembrance of Allah is one of the best things that we can do during the 10 days and nights of Dhul Hajj.   A few of the best Azkaar that can be easily recited are listed handily below. They are easy enough that you might know all of them already and if you don’t, they are super easy to learn and incorporate into your daily routine.  Reciting the Tasbeeh, Tahmeed, and Tahleel.  It is sunnah to recite the    1) Takbeer  (Allah u Akbar)    2) Tahmeed (Alhumdullilah)    3) Tahleel (La Ilaaha ill- Allah)   4) Tasbeeh (SubhanAllah)    2)  Takbeerat e Tashreeh The Takbeerat e Tashreeh are:  Allah u Akbar , Allah u Akbar , La Ilaaha Illallahu  Walhallu Akbar , Allah u Akbar, Wa lillahil Hamd. This is to be recited after every
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December 22, 2025

WHAT TO DO IN THE BEST TEN DAYS?

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December 22, 2025

Desires

By Rameen Arshad What kind of desires do we have in today’s world? Desire to have never ending wealth. Desire to own as many luxuries as a human on this planet can. Desire to be loved by the masses. To be famous. To live life in a way that people wish to be in our place.  Worldly desires… What is the center of all our desires? All our desires revolve around our own nafs.  Where do all our desires come from? All our desires come from inside our own nafs. What brings us to the situation where we are ready to do any sort of impermissible, immoral or illegal activity to get our desires fulfilled? It all comes from our own nafs.  What is this “nafs” which makes us do anything to get our desires fulfilled?  Nafs is a built-in feature which every human possesses, having 3 sub-elements. Nafs ul Ammara: This is the virus which affects all the functioning of our software. It gets the software involved in such activities that the software, after that, is not able to bring out any good. According to one of Imams, this nafs is like a wild horse. It will take you where you can’t imagine. Nafs ul Lawama: This feature (generally called Zameer) makes you feel ashamed when you commit a sin or see something evil. Like an antivirus, it notifies you when there is any questionable activity going on. It keeps the Haya activated so that you are not
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December 22, 2025

Reason & Revelation

By Talha Waqas Modernism in relation to real life is a double edged sword. On one edge, there are the benefits of greater scientific and technological developments that advance humanity. The other edge emphasises movements and concepts that deny firm long-held beliefs on morality, liberty, and religiosity. Modern movements such as liberalism, secularism, and radical feminism hve contributed to reducing the role of religion in governing the public sphere. Will Durant in his book ‘The Lessons of History’, and Ibn Taymiyyah in his book ‘Al Sarem al Masloul’ argue that religion is the only source of guiding humans on the moral path. Arnold Toynbee also asserted that religious belief has been the central organising element of almost all historical civilisations. However, modern Western theories emphasise reason as the guiding force for humanity over revelation and religious reasoning. Islam no doubt encourages reasoning. But human reasoning has its limits and its shortcomings. For example, we all use reasoning based on ethics that the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings were a gruesome, brutish and violent act which left thousands dead. But according to the reasoning of the Allies, it was a tactical success. “Former Prime Minister Winston Churchill estimated that by shortening the war the Atomic Bomb had saved the lives of 100,000,000 US Soldiers and 250,000 British soldiers” ( Encyclopedia Britannica vol.2, p.647, 1950 edition).  Confusion arises. Who is right? Condemning this brutal act or praising it for its tactical success? Reasoning favours both. The problem arises because ‘reason’ once free
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December 22, 2025

Tips for Successful and Happy Marriages

By Raza Ullah Islam guides us in every aspect of our life and about every event that takes place in it. Whether it’s about how to deal with the problems that we face in our social lives, private affairs or how to strengthen our truest kinship and relationships. However, the issue is that we seldom look into Islamic teachings to resolve our daily problems. We have separated religion from our worldly life.  The teachings of our Prophet (صَلَّى ٱللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ) guides a husband how to treat his wife and vice versa. My emphasis in this article is on the rights of the wives. In the Quran, Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala says;  هُنَّ لِبَاسٌ لَّكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ لِبَاسٌ لَّهُنَّ  “They are Leebas (i.e. body cover, or screen, or Sakan, for you and you are the same for them” [Al-Baqarah, 2:187] Regarding the rights of the wives, Prophet Muhammad’s (صَلَّى ٱللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ) said: خَيْرُكُمْ خَيْرُكُمْ لأَهْلِهِ وَأَنَا خَيْرُكُمْ لأَهْلِي “The best of you is the one who is best to his wife, and I am the best of you to my wives.”  Sunan Ibn Majah 1977.  In the last sermon خطبة الوداع, Prophet (صَلَّى ٱللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ) advised us regarding women;  فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ فِي النِّسَاءِ فَإِنَّكُمْ أَخَذْتُمُوهُنَّ بِأَمَانِ اللَّهِ “Fear Allah concerning women! Verily you have taken them on the security of Allah”  (Sahih Muslim, 1218) Firstly, show respect to your wife. The best tool to strengthen relationships is to respect each other as Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala mentioned in
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December 22, 2025

Love, Hope, Fear: The Ultimate Balance

By Hania Faheem A walk along the beach. Nothing new, nothing grand. Just an ordinary, mundane gesture. As water began to touch my feet, I turned around and saw the subtle trail my footsteps had made in the sand. And that’s when I noticed: the trail wasn’t exactly a horizontal line from the shore to the water. It actually fluctuated from the horizontal; a little to the right, a little to the left, bending a little here and a little there, before it brought me to my destination. It made me reflect: no matter what path we take in life, we are always seeking balance. It’s impossible to travel any road in a straight line. There will always be bends in the trail, slight deviations from the straight line but ultimately a bounce right back to it is what happens in the end.  And that just made me realize how we, as humans, constantly need to reconfigure, redirect, and renavigate our lives according to its changing tides. And how important it is to strike balance in everything we do. As I stood there gazing at the unending miles and miles of ocean ahead of me, a bird caught my eye stretching its white wings across the ocean. And that is when this great saying came into my mind which aligned my thoughts perfectly. Ibn al-Qayyim said: “The heart, in its journey to Allah, is like that of a bird: love is its head, and fear and hope are its two wings.” {Madarij al-Salikeen (1/513)} And in this
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December 22, 2025

The Recognition of the Creator

By Namra Asif When a child comes to the world, his process of learning begins. He observes his environment and makes sense of everything. His parents are supportive in the process. They are the ones who help a child to shape his ideas and a definite approach towards various concepts of the world, morals, character, faith, religion, etc. If we talk about a Muslim family, the child is taught from the beginning that Allah is one. He created this universe and only HE is worthy of worship. But suppose if a child was not taught all this, or consider for a moment that if he was born old, how he might know his creator? How could he know who created him and who is running the universe with such perfection? For creating a sensible answer to this question, Allah created the entire universe. This is not just a beautiful world, but it’s a verse, a sign of God’s presence. A sign which signifies the Lord; Allah SWT and His Majesty, His Authority, His Greatness, and His Creativity! First of all, if we look up at the sky, we can see the vastness of the universe. This vast blue sky covers the whole world like a roof. Night or day, every scene is astonishing. Clouds floating in the sky during the day, forming different shapes are very attractive. And at night, millions of stars centering the Moon offers a very beautiful sight. But this is just the outside of this
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December 22, 2025

Ramadan: A Bonanza for Muslims?

By Syeda Nyma Alam Allah in Qur’an says: “Ramadan is the month in which the Quran was revealed as a guide for humanity with clear proofs of guidance and the standard to distinguish between right and wrong”  (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:185) Ramadan during which the Quran was revealed, serves to be the best remedy to all our doubts being the only scripture that consists of knowledge through impartial means providing logical and definitive arguments, demonstrating integrity and reliability of its message, being the ultimate source of knowledge that guides its readers with utmost fidelity. If Qur’an is the sole solution to all the problems related to personal dilemmas and societal affairs, then why do we continually see its readers unguided, trapped in a state of perplexity and dubiousness? It’s an easily perceivable fact that to be worthy of performing a task and to yield satisfactory results, certain prerequisites are mandatory. Take for example a luxury sports car equipped with top-tier amenities owned by a person who lacks any prior training and experience for driving such a car. Would that person then be able to attain maximum benefit through that car? The answer is NO. The luxuries of that car are redundant even though they are the best an automobile can offer. Likewise, the current condition of Muslims is analogous to the person owning a supercar. We have been given the most purest and effective form of guidance (Qur’an),  yet we are unable to extract the treasures within, as we too
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December 22, 2025

Get the Ramadan High!

By Yousra Arif Ramadan is an opportunity for us to instill positive and productive habits in our lives that we would sustain even after this month is over. Because the real test for us to apply all the training we received during this month, starts when this month ends.   But this happens with all of us that we enter Ramadan with high enthusiasm, but as the days pass our enthusiasm level starts going down. Why does this happen? How can we prevent it? Many of us plan and list out so many goals for Ibadah and good deeds. But then we start comparing ourselves with others. My friend is doing so much Ibadah… I’m suffering from an illness due to which I’m unable to compete with her. My cousin has completed the recitation of the whole Quran in just the first week, but I’m finding it difficult to manage time as my exams are due next week. In these scenarios, we lose the sweetness of worshiping Allah, we forget that our competition should only be with our own self. Allah knows our condition and the situation we are in. Don’t get overwhelmed by comparing what others are doing and what you aren’t. You can definitely take inspiration and motivation from others, but compare yourself only to your own self of last Ramadan. If you are doing better than yesterday, then Alhamdulillah you are improving. But if you’re somehow not doing much as last Ramadan then ask Allah’s help and
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December 22, 2025

Ramadan and I: It’s complicated

By Juwayriyah Shabir I have a confession to make. Ramadan terrifies me. I shy away from acknowledging my guilty secret amid the tangible excitement in the lead up to the holy month. There is this peculiar nervous energy that matters the days before Ramadan. A palpable tension reverberates through the air. Is it the demons that are working overtime to squeeze fountains of sin from us, before they are shackled and bound? Is it the grating of the gates of hell, that try to contain the languishing pit of fire as it groans in rebellion to the embargo that is soon to be placed upon it? Or is it the fragrance of heaven that peeps through the gates of paradise as the latches are begun to be lifted? Maybe it is the bevy of angels incandescent with glee as they wait for the homes of the believers to be lit with the illumination of their Lord’s revelation. An atmosphere fulminating with pent-up hopes and eager hearts reaches a crescendo as we knock at the doors of Ramadan. Like humble beggars outside the gates of the King, with eyes rapt with an expectation that generosity will not be withheld. Some knock fervently, pounding with a rapaciousness akin to a bee that has found a flower with an exorbitant amount of nectar. The sweetness of the honey that their arduous labor will churn out from the nectar entices them and beckons them forward, raving to consume the days ahead with unrestrained
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December 22, 2025

Deen and Dunya Are More Connected Than We Think

By Mahnoor Siddiqui Nowadays, we see people functioning in extremes  whenever it comes to deen and dunya. Some people completely devote or invest themselves and their everything into this world and its affairs, forgetting completely about the Judgement Day (Akhirah) that we all must and have to face. While, we see others secluding themselves from the society to work on their religious and spiritual duties and while doing so, they completely neglect their families and worldly duties. Focusing on either extreme, people tend to forget a very crucial fact that Islam is not a religion of extremes but, is indeed a religion of balance and ease.  We think that the key to being considered a good Muslim in front of Allah (SWT) lies in running away from this dunya or showing intense hatred towards it, but we are surely mistaken because it lies in finding a balance between the religious obligations and worldly affairs as they both surely go hand in hand. “Rather, seek the ˹reward˺ of the Hereafter by means of what Allah has granted you, without forgetting your share of this world. And be good ˹to others˺ as Allah has been good to you. Do not seek to spread corruption in the land, for Allah certainly does not like the corruptors.” (Al-Qasas, 28:77)   Islam always encourages individuals to interact and engage with the world and society along with observing what it has to offer but, within the boundaries created by Allah (SWT). Religion proposes a guideline for
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December 22, 2025

A Believer’s Guide to Knowledge

By Zahra There are always some pre-decided manners to accomplish any task. This is true when it comes to gaining beneficial knowledge. Gaining knowledge is easy but if one truly wants to be benefited from the acquired knowledge, these guidelines and etiquette must be followed.   This means that you need to be sincere in your knowledge journey. Your intentions have to be purely for the sake of Allah. If you are learning tafseer, your intention should be understand the Quran better so you can implement its teaching and teach those around you about it. Your intention should not to show-off with your knowledge or impress other people. You should only aim to please Allah with the time and effort you are investing in gaining knowledge.  The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “…Then will be brought forward a man who acquired knowledge and imparted it (to others) and recited the Qur’an. He will be brought And Allah will make him recount His blessings and he will recount them (and admit having enjoyed them in his lifetime). Then will Allah ask: What did you do (to requite these blessings)? He will say: I acquired knowledge and disseminated it and recited the Qur’an seeking Thy pleasure. Allah will say: You have told a lie. You acquired knowledge so that you might be called “a scholar,” and you recited the Qur’an so that it might be said: “He is a Qari” and such has been said. Then orders will be passed against him
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