how i made my two-hour tahajjud easy: the Quran, period. Pt. 5

The Quran, I feel like there should be something one says after one says the word ‘Quran’. 🥰Something like, dhikruLlah, Hudan lil mutaqeen, shifa unas, kalimatuLlah, and the list goes on and on. You know, something that reminds us of something about the Quran, so that it’s not just a mere mention of the name.Continue reading “how i made my two-hour tahajjud easy: the Quran, period. Pt. 5”

how i made my two-hour tahajjud easy: mat and lectern. Pt. 3

Now that you’ve read what I had to write on ablution and adab, it’s now time to head to your mat for the taHajjud of our lives. 👍🏿 If you are like me, you have one of those rug mats, that have the Kaaba etched somewhere in the middle, some geometric shapes here and there,Continue reading “how i made my two-hour tahajjud easy: mat and lectern. Pt. 3”

how i made my two-hour tahajjud easy: waking up and staying awake. Pt. 1

So, I have been doing a two-hour tahajjud for 5 months now, and I thought sharing what has made it easy for me is an opportunity to do more ibadah, and of course, when you share this piece with your family and friends, you too would be getting as much reward as I would. InshaAllah! 👊🏿 Continue reading “how i made my two-hour tahajjud easy: waking up and staying awake. Pt. 1”

rafath: foreplay in the Quran.

This is a continuation of cliteracy in islam, and here, and in subsequent posts, InshaAllah, the aim is to try to classically understand the words that have been translated to sex either directly or indirectly in the Quran. Hopefully, in doing so, we are able to see how Cliteracy is a part and parcel ofContinue reading “rafath: foreplay in the Quran.”

the meaning of zina

The root letters of the word Zina is zain, nun and ya. Of this root, four forms of the word occurred a total of 9 times in the entire Quran; Zina once, Yaznun twice, Zani thrice, and Zaniyatun thrice. Zani and Zaniyatun occurred three times in Q24 verse 2 and 3; V2 was talking aboutContinue reading “the meaning of zina”