I've been asking myself why we sin. Not the technicality, like free will or the ability to choose. I mean what purpose does sin serve? What's the point? On some level, the fact that the All-Forgiving forgives makes sin seem... redundant. Why allow it only to forgive it? And when is it punished, rather than …
Roe v. Wade was overturned. The economy is next.
I have no children. That means I have disposable income. I go through $2,000 a month, not including necessities like charitable contributions, rent, groceries, or fuel. (In fact, I'm a little embarrassed to say that. I'm certain that there's a level of extravagance God may characterize as sinful, but I have never feigned virtue before …
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Prophet Lut (a.s.) and Bal بل : The Nahida S. Nisa Tafsir
as understood by Mehedi A. Ali. Note: As of July 2021, The WordPress article is updated, but the PDF is an old, incomplete draft. Introduction and Methodology Nahida S. Nisa, writer and exegete, has readily accepted the invitation from the Quran itself, to study It. Her work uncovered that Lut (a.s). clarifies homosexuality was not …
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Belated Eid.
I handed my mother money for the sacrifice. "Did you see the cow you purchased?" she asked. "Your brother sent you photos." "Why would I look at the animal I'm going to slaughter? It's going to die. I don't want to feel anything." "Then how do you call it a sacrifice?" she said. I stopped. …
“Why aren’t you writing?”
This is a legitimate question, and I'm very moved that there are readers who ask it after all these months. The truth is, I am very much writing, just not here. That's not due to a lack of interest or subjects to cover. I haven't been interacting with men. At all. I don't have any male …
a note to The Most Merciful
Darling when I'm a saint You're so far away if I misbehave will I hear from You again.
Studying other religions
I've noticed Muslims (at least in the west) avoid studying other religions, or do disparagingly so with an overly pronounced skepticism, supposedly because they fear weakening their own faith. It's illogical on multiple levels: how are Muslims going to believe the Divine Revelations were released in every language yet still disparage world religions they don't …
the fatal feminist 