Assalamu alaykum everyone. I am sharing with you my Ramadan Reflections from Ramadan 2025, when I completed a series of short videos, released daily on my YouTube channel. These blogs have been created from my video notes and I will be sharing a blog daily. It is Day 1 of Ramadan 2025 here in the UK today. I am sitting here enjoying another glorious morning with crisp sunshine and bitter co...
I am sharing with you my Reflections from Ramadan 2025 when I completed a series of short videos, released daily on my YouTube channel. These blogs have been created from my video notes and I will be sharing a blog daily as we get ready for Ramadan 2026.Assalamu alaykum,Today, as I sit in this glorious setting, I am going to read out to you an excerpt from Kenneth Cragg’s book, The Ev...
I am sharing with you my Reflections from Ramadan 2025 when I completed a series of short videos, released daily on my YouTube channel. These blogs have been created from my video notes and I will be sharing a blog daily as we get ready for Ramadan 2026. Assalamu alaykum. Today I am going to reflect on the metaphor of the path. You will be familiar with it; the Qur’an uses it qui...
I am sharing with you my Reflections from Ramadan 2025 when I completed a series of short videos, released daily on my YouTube channel. These blogs have been created from my video notes and I will be sharing a blog daily as we get ready for Ramadan 2026.Assalamu alaykum I hope you are enjoying this pondering at the pond and finding it rejuvenating. Writing notes for this series and...
Assalamu alaykumToday, I will discuss a powerful and empowering verse in the Qur’an that has played a critical role in my connection with Allah and my sense of self as a worthy believer. For far too long, us Muslim women have endured what I consider to be an insulting and demeaning set of interpretations about women. We have internalised these messages over centuries and many of us...
Assalamu alaykumDuring Ramadan, a change in routine brings a moment’s pause. In that moment, if we choose to consciously re-orientate ourselves, we realise that we are stuck in a hamster wheel, chasing after material goods and financial security. These are not bad pursuits per se, but if they become the be-all and end-all of our existence - which they often do in this modernity we...