In the light of Sura Al Noor
A few years back, when mind was not as much ripe, I had a chance to get hold of Imam Gazzali’s work, Mishkat Al Anwar. It was too ‘heretical’ for me then to accept the deeply mystical ideas expounded in it. And years after… attending a Tafsir gathering, I realized new meanings for the 1400 years plus revealed verses.
How much is your prayer worth?
Let us evaluate our position. In the era when the major corporate houses are overvaluing their stock, let us be honest and honest, with outmost trust. Do not over value. Do not under value. Just at par value
Hasbi Rabbi Jalla Allah : Rahman’s Melody vs. Mother’s Lullaby
Although loud and fast beats surround the wholly religious lyric, Rahman has successfully maintained a spiritual aura for the listener to experience.
Henna of the wounded hearts
Perhaps he is only trying to avenge his humiliation at the hands of Uncle Sam.
Henna: The balm on the palm
Everyone mentioned above is rewarded in one form or the other. At least they are given the credit for the roles they play. However on this blessed day, there is a silent character who is the focus of attention of almost the entire family and even the neighborhood in some cases. This person loses sleep, sometimes staying awake until late hours… the eyes get swollen so that other’s hearts in happiness are woven.
Gujarat’s Guts, Malabar’s Malady (On the growing alcoholism in Muslim Kerala)
The Hindu majority state had the guts which the Muslim Malabar, with all its organized Muslim political and religious power had failed to achieve. If Gandhi Factor is the honorary reason for the largely successful ban n Gujarat, Malabar too is not lacking in spiritual cum political luminaries
Hijab Ban: The Surgical Strike on Tolerance & Individual Freedom
Hijab, long criticized as an instrument of patriarchal oppression, has inadvertently won the hearts of many critics, writes Mujeeb Jaihoon
Freedom is the oxygen of the Intellectual
This article is in response to a Twitter discussion, on public intellectuals in the gulf, triggered by the writer’s comment, I thought “public intellectuals” in the Gulf was an oxymoron!
Gaining love and losing weight
When our belly is full, we stop to think. When our belly is full, in laziness we are sunk. When our belly is full, we stop where we are
Flattering your wife, honestly!
In the process of giving such complements, there is no need to hunt or steal others’ verses. Just say it from your heart which is suffice. Poetry is nothing but the water flowing from the heart’s basin. And love is a rain-bearing cloud which pours water into that basin!.. by Jaihoon