Read For Good Deeds

Part 1 At the end of the first week of Ramadhan, I had a Quran class with my ustadzah. I ended up asking her a question I’ve been meaning to ask for awhile considering one of my Ramadhan Goals is working towards Khatam Al-Quran. “Ustadzah, which is better in Ramadhan? Reciting the Quran as much

One, Two, Gratitude

So if you’ve been here yesterday, I started asking “what’s your favourite ayaat” to my adult friendships so I could get to know them better (and steal their wisdom, hahahaha jk). As if they’ve already thought a lot about this, it didn’t take long until they shared that theirs was “So which of your Lord’s

Guiding Ayaat

Over the few years since my hijrah, I’ve had a number of favourite ayaat that I hold dear at multiple points in my life. And as how it usually is with me and my nosiness (haha), I get curious about other people’s thoughts and opinions – so I can maybe get some wisdom from them

Strength

When I opened up an anonymous inbox just for funsies last time (okay you caught me – half of the reason is because I was procrastinating on writing), I wasn’t expecting such beautiful do’aas and comforting words to come my way. I felt so touched, warm and full of love – albeit slightly guilty due

Blind Hearts

Whenever I prayed for Clarity, I also keep in mind to pray for a heart that Sees and Understands. Because sometimes it is not the signs that are not clear, but our hearts that are blind. Or, nauzubillah, we feign ignorance on these signs, just because it wasn’t actually what we hoped it would be.

Last Hinges

While I was importing my past posts unto my blog, I’ve noticed a common line threaded almost subconsciously in-between: my struggle with Tawakkul and my longing for Clarity. I’ve come to realise that my anxiety issues comes from uncertainty – whether it be of the future or the current situation (especially if I’m dealing something

Save Me From Myself

Recently I uploaded my Ramadhan Reflections ’22 to my blog because initially I wanted to (finally) delete my instagram accounts so that my posts are truly “for me” – just like what I’ve always said when it comes to my writing. The decision was primarily due to fear of misaligned intentions/niaat. I kept worrying, “Who