This month's theme

reminded me of these verses about satan, our sworn enemy. On the path to gaining and exercising your willpower for the sake of Allah, be aware that there is an enemy who wants to break you down.... He wants to make a simple, easy wudhu and salah feel like a burden far too heavy to lift. He wants to make your charity feel like it will make you poor. He wants to make your leaving of sin feel like the biggest loss. He wants to make moments spent with the Quran feel like you'll run out of time. He wants to make the Masjid feel too far away to make it. Etc... (Please share more examples if you have any) Be vigilently aware of this enemy and don't

Guess who doesn't want you to be prepared for Ramadan?

Shaytan! He said, 'For leaving me to stray I will lie in ambush for them on Your Straight Path.' (7:16). Just a reminder for us (myself included!) to be on guard as we prepare for a transformative Ramadan, insha'Allah.

What are your tips for entering the month of Ramadan well prepared? Please share!

The blame game. We have all known this at some point in our lives. Either we were the victims or we were the unfortunate ones who played it 'smartly'. We all know that someone who is either our spouse, friend, loved one or even our parents who did something wrong then blamed us for that, they make us feel guilty unnecessarily.

The initiator of the blame game turned out to be the accursed shaytan and it has become one of his emphasised trait. In the Quran we find that when he disobeyed Allah swt to do the prostration of respect to Adam a.s, he did not find himself to be at fault, but shifted the blame on Allah swt Himself. How did he dare? He had the guts to say ' He said, 'Now that You hav

When Allah SWT commanded Satan to leave the paradise, Satan defied Him and vowed to lie in ambush for humanity, leading them astray from the straight path. The phrase 'For leaving me to stray' (7:16) is thought-provoking. Satan disobeyed the command of Allah, yet he attributes his disobedience to Allah's will. This narrative serves as a reminder that we must be cautious of making excuses for our shortcomings. Reflecting on this ayah, I felt a sense of introspection. Am I, too, making excuses for my weaknesses? And I would be honest, I found one(and that is definitely not the only one). And that one is tied to my interpersonal bonds. I struggle with communication skills, particularly expre

Satan says that he will misguide Mankind the same way Allah misguided him. We see here that Satan is blaming Allah for him being misguided meanwhile he is the one who clearly insisted on misguidance in the first place.

Shaytan is indeed an open Enemy,