Tawfiq’s Blog – Spirituality, Understanding & Purification of the Heart

  • 29th Ramadan 2021

    29th Ramadan 2021

    Ramadan 2021/1442AH – Juz 29 – Rizq “We have tried them as We tried the owners of a certain garden, who swore that they would harvest its fruits in the morning and made no allowance [for the Will of God]: a disaster from your Lord struck the garden as they slept and by morning it…

  • 28th Ramadan 2021

    28th Ramadan 2021

    Ramadan 2021 / 1442 AH – Juz 28 – Beautiful names “He is God: there is no god other than Him, the Controller, the Holy One, Source of Peace, Granter of Security, Guardian over all, the Almighty, the Compeller, the Truly Great; God is far above anything they consider to be His partner. He is…

  • 27th Ramadan 2021

    27th Ramadan 2021

    Ramadan 2021 / 1442 – Juz 27 – The Qur’an “We have made it easy to learn lessons from the Qur’an will anyone take heed?”—54:32 It’s easy to open up the Qur’an and page through to find something that resonates with us. Some advice when we’re stuck, some reassurance when we’re feeling down, some words…

  • 26th Ramadan 2021

    26th Ramadan 2021

    Ramadan 2021/1442AH — Juz 26 — Parents “We have commanded man to be good to his parents—his mother struggled to carry him and struggled to give birth to him; his bearing and weaning took a full thirty months—and when he has grown to manhood and reached the age of forty to say, “Lord, help me…

  • 25th Ramadan 2021

    25th Ramadan 2021

    Ramadan 2021 / 1442AH – Juz 25 – Celebration “Whenever We are gracious to man, he goes away haughtily, but, as soon as harm touches him, he turns to prolonged prayer.” 41:51 Ramadan has been a month of fasting, abstinence from food, drink and bad deeds throughout the day. Breaking our fast with dates, water…

  • 24th Ramadan 2021

    24th Ramadan 2021

    Ramadan 2021/1442AH – Juz 24 – Gratitude Mindset “We have sent the Scripture down to you with the Truth for people. Whoever follows the guidance does so for his own benefit; whoever strays away from it does so at his own peril.” — Qur’an 39:41 Guidance is only for our own benefit. It provides us…

  • 23rd Ramadan 2021

    23rd Ramadan 2021

    Ramadan 2021/1442AH – Juz 23 “There is a sign for them in the lifeless earth: We give it life and We produce grain from it for them to eat; We have put gardens of date palms and grapes in the earth, and We have made springs of water gush out of it so that they…

  • 22nd Ramadan 2021

    22nd Ramadan 2021

    Ramadan 2021 / 1442 Juz 22 “Prophet, We have sent you as a witness, as a bearer of good news and warning, as one who calls people to God by His leave, as a light-giving lamp.” 33:45-46 Islam is like a light-giving lamp. If we treat the religion like it’s a set of rules and…

  • Cal Newport – “So Good They Can’t Ignore You”  – QuickSummary

    Cal Newport – “So Good They Can’t Ignore You” – QuickSummary

    Since i’ve heard about it I’ve always loved the framework of Ikigai for balancing work-life-balance with mission and purpose in one’s life. Recently however i came across Cal Newport’s book: “So Good They Can’t Ignore You – Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love” I really love the thesis he sets…

  • 21st Ramadan 2021

    21st Ramadan 2021

    Ramadan 2021 / 1442AH – Juz 21 – Source of Sustenance “How many are the creatures who do not store their sustenance! God sustains them and you: He alone is the All Hearing, the All Knowing. … It is God who gives abundantly to whichever of His servants He will” 29:60-62 Unlike camels who can…

  • 20th Ramadan 2021

    20th Ramadan 2021

    Ramadan 2021/1442AH – Juz 20 – Compass 🧭 “Who is it that answers the distressed when they call upon Him? Who removes their suffering? Who makes you successors in the earth? Is it another god beside God?” — 27:62 When we talk about polytheism and idolatry in Islam, it doesn’t just mean worshipping other “gods”…

  • 19th Ramadan 2021

    19th Ramadan 2021

    Ramadan 2021/1442AH – Juz 19 “Think of the man who has taken his own passion as a god: are you to be his guardian? Do you think that most of them hear or understand? They are just like cattle—no, they are further from the path.” Quran 25:43 “Any human whose average life is centered around…

  • 18th Ramadan 2021

    18th Ramadan 2021

    Ramadan 2021 – Juz 18 – perseverance “We do not burden any soul with more than it can bear—We have a Record that tells the truth—they will not be wronged.” — 23:62 Allah tells us categorically that he will not test us with more than we can endure. So why are we tested at all?…

  • 17th Ramadan 2021

    17th Ramadan 2021

    Ramadan 2021 – Juz 17 – Accounting for good “Every soul is certain to taste death: We test you all through the bad and the good, and to Us you will all return.” 21:35 “كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ ۗ “ As the adage goes, “The only thing certain in life is death and taxes”. The…

  • 16th Ramadan 2021

    16th Ramadan 2021

    Ramadan 2021- Juz 16 – the impossible prayer “Zachariah called to his Lord secretly, pleading: ‘ Lord, my bones have weakened and my hair is ashen grey, but never, Lord, have I ever prayed to You in vain: I fear [what] my kinsmen [will do] when I am gone, for my wife is barren, so…

  • 15th Ramadan 2021

    15th Ramadan 2021

    Ramadan 2021 – Juz 15 – the path to peace “This Qur’an does show the straightest way. It gives the faithful who do right the good news that they will have a great reward” 17:9 Sometimes we see religion reduced to being rules and regulations. In truth though Islam is the definitive path that allows…

  • 14th Ramadan 2021

    14th Ramadan 2021

    Ramadan 2021 – Juz 14 – What do these letters mean? “Alif-Lãm-Ra. These are the verses of the Book; the clear Quran.” – 15:1 ” الٓر “ Alif-Lãm-Ra. Chapter 15 of the Quran begins with these three letters (similar to saying “ALR” in English) but their meaning remains hidden to us. We consider them from…

  • 13th Ramadan 2021

    13th Ramadan 2021

    Ramadan day 13 2021/1442AH “I do not pretend to be blameless, for man’s very soul incites him to evil unless my Lord shows mercy:” 12:53 In islamic theology the soul is split into three main types. Nafs al-Ammara Bissu’ – the lower self that inclines towards evil or base desires Nafs al-Lawwama – the self…

  • 12th Ramadan 2021

    12th Ramadan 2021

    Ramadan 2021 day 12 “Joseph said to his father, ‘Father, I dreamed of eleven stars and the sun and the moon: I saw them all bow down before me, and he replied, ‘My son, tell your brothers nothing of this dream, or they may plot to harm you..’”12:4-5 It starts with a simple dream about…

  • 11th Ramadan 2021

    11th Ramadan 2021

    Ramadan 2021 – Day 11 – alhumdullillah “It is He who made the sun a shining radiance and the moon a light, determining phases for it so that you might know the number of years and how to calculate time. God did not create all these without a true purpose; He explains His signs to…

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