Kalemat

Messages from the Quran When You told Ibrahim, peace be upon him, to proclaim the pilgrimage among the people, he asked: "My Lord, how can I tell the people when...

Messages from the Prophet peace be upon him "When we love someone, we love their voice, their scent and even the letters of their name. If they are absent and...

Peace Be Upon You, My Friend My friend, Not everyone who comforts you is free from sorrow. Perhaps they know what it means to grieve and find no one to...

When I Met Umar ibn al-Khattab "He was twenty-six when the Prophet's prayer reached his heart: 'O Allah, strengthen Islam through whichever of these two men is dearer to You:...

"This faith did not reach us on a silver platter, but through hardship: through the bodies of the Companions pierced by spears and swords, through their blood and sacrifice, their...

"As long as things do not wound my dignity or break my pride, I hold on. But the moment I am humiliated, I let go and never take hold again....

In Truth We Sent It Down "Sometimes you read a verse of the Quran and it embraces you as no arms could; supports you as no walking stick could; comforts...

So That My Heart May Be Reassured The novel unfolds on a bus making a daily journey from the countryside to the city. Each passenger has a journey of their...

"How we see ourselves shapes our sense of worth. There is a great difference between seeing only the wages a job brings and recognising the difference it makes. Every task,...

"Allah could have created Hawwa from separate earth, as He created Adam, but He created her from his rib. The author sees in this a connection: Adam recognising her as...

In the Footsteps of the Messenger peace be upon him "This is for the day revelation came, when I was not there to hold you as you trembled. For the...

You Too Can Follow the Women Companions' Example "You are the tender embrace we turn to when life's hardships overwhelm us; the shoulder we cannot do without, however delicate; the...

"An African proverb says that until the hunted learn to write, every story will glorify the hunter. Here I have tried to give the hunted a pen. The hunter has...

With the Prophet peace be upon him "Do not compromise your principles to please others. Do not examine people's faults as though you were their lord; look at them as...

And Those with Him: The Companions as You Have Never Known Them "For this faith to reach you, the Companions endured the boycott, migrated to unfamiliar Abyssinia, then left family...

Morning Conversations "I am well after you. My heart has not become a meaningless pump because you left it. My blood is well now that it no longer carries you...

When I was in my twenties, being in my forties seemed old. Not quite grandmother territory, but certainly no longer young. I assumed that reaching forty must make people a...

"Now, Nabd, the moment seems right for my first betrayal of you: at last I have decided to write you. Some women are betrayed when we write about them; turning...