Reflections As I Begin My 30th Orbit
Birthdays have always been among the most difficult days of the year for me. I didn’t grow up celebrating them. The older I got the more I thought “What even is there to celebrate?” And now as I start my 30th orbit around the sun, I can only…
Ramadan 2023
In The Name of The True and Living God The Beneficent, The Merciful. I begin writing this with full eyes and an empty heart. How far I’ve strayed and how low I’ve become. Will I even reach the starting line in the next few hours, let alone the…
J. Cole and Islam – What’s the Relationship?
You probably opened this page to find out what J. Cole and Islam have in common. Well, allow me to explain. When I first heard this track I was left feeling some type of way. As a Muslim, as someone who with all their innate faults has consciously submitted…
Started with a Mustard Seed
A mustard seed is among the smallest of seeds available to farmers primarily in the middle-east region, where all Abrahamic religions originated from. When fully grown, a mustard plant can be 2 – 3m in height making it one of the largest garden plants grown from one of…