Zainab Cobbold, previously known as Lady Evelyn Murray, was the first Scottish Muslim woman to perform Hajj. She accepted Islam when it was not widely popular in The UK. She was born in Edinburgh on 17 July 1867. She was the eldest daughter of Lady Gertrude Coke and Charles Adolphus...
The students have a general tendency to memorize as much as they can before the examination and forget as soon as the test is done. In fact, if you memorize a lot of things at a time, you will surely forget nearly everything within a very short time. Why? To...
“Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.” – Herman Hesse I often write about finding lightness in life. It can come from an unhurried but effective day at work or from uncluttering your home. Or from learning how to let go and...
Canals are manmade. It is reported that the first canals were constructed some 3,000 years ago. Those canals were for constructed for the purpose of irrigation, allowing water reach to some place where it is necessary for human use. Later, canals have been constructed to help boats and ships pass...
“What does Abstraction mean? Everything is natural as the surfaces intertwine and intersect in the light for an inner/outer representation that nature always ends up taking over.” (Asma M’Naouar) Horizons expands on Asma M’Naouar’s career-long investigation into abstraction through movement, materiality and emotion. The exhibition reflects the act of painting and...
In the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, there’s a beautiful city on the bank of the river Yamuna called Agra. At present, Agra is a major tourist destination of India because of its rich culture, history and beautiful monuments built by the ancient Muslim rulers. Today, I would like to...
For the first time, physicists have used lasers to deep-freeze antimatter. In a new experiment, an ultraviolet laser quelled the thermal jitters of antihydrogen atoms, chilling the antiatoms to just above absolute zero. This technique for slowing down antimatter — the oppositely charged counterpart to normal matter — could help scientists...
In recent months, you may have heard about “pandemic fatigue.” The term is not clearly defined. But the gist is that people have grown tired of the pandemic and of having to keep apart for so long. That fatigue can show up as feelings of anxiety, hopelessness, frustration, anger and...
Back in eighth grade, Nathaniel Mills grabbed some tools and sat down in his bedroom. A computer lay open in front of him, filled with components he had installed himself. It was time to add another part. “Building a computer is essentially LEGO for adults,” he says. This was back...
Al-Nafs is an individual, the self, the inner self, the spirit; frequently a synonym of Ruh, yet is different from it. That is why Jihad against oneself is Jihadal-Nafs or Jihadma` al-Nafs and never Jihadma` al-Ruh (Jihad against the soul). It is thought that when a man sleeps, his Ruh remains, but...
Breakfast, lunch or dinner – as a sweet-tooth, I always have room for desserts. I like both traditional eastern sweet dishes like rice pudding and gulab jamun, and western fusion desserts like trifle and tiramisu. But among all, one of my all-time favourite desserts is baklava. The first time when...
Nauru is a small island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. With just 21 square kilometres, it is the 3rd smallest country in the world. Its population is also limited to only 11 thousand. Currently, Nauru does not have any cultivable land, nor do the people have a secured...
A full beard? That’s a terrorist! A veil made her unsuitable for a job. An Empty pocket? He’s a trash bucket! He is a burden for his loved ones. A homemaker? Why, she’s useless! What’s the use of so much education? He’s short? Shame on him He’s got nothing to...
All over the world, festivals — colourful and joyous celebrations — bring people together. There are hundreds of festivals that bring thousands, and even millions of people, together for communal prayers and spiritual enlightenment. Some festivals attract homogenous people while some others heterogeneous communities. There are vibrant parades, bountiful feasts,...
GIVE me the splendid silent sun with all his beams full-dazzling, Give me autumnal fruit ripe and red from the orchard, Give me a field where the unmow’d grass grows, Give me an arbor, give me the trellis’d grape, Give me fresh corn and wheat, give me serene-moving animals teaching...
Consumed with grief I am, I get relief in no way O circumambient waters of the Ganges drown me Our land foments excessive mutual enmity What unity! Our closeness harbors separation Enmity instead of sincerity is outrageous Enmity among the same barn’s grains is outrageous If the brotherly breeze has...
Dear readers Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah. Hope you are keeping well in the time of record number of coronavirus infections and deaths. Despite all sorts bad news and happenings around, Ramadan is there with some good news including Eid-ul Fitre at the end of the holy month of fasting. Like...
EID AL-FITR Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said: “O people! Spread salaam amongst you, share foods with each other, observe your kinship relations and establish prayer while people sleep so that you can enter heaven safely.” Tirmidhi, Sifat al-Qiyamah, 42 Dear Brothers and Sisters! We are grateful to reach once again the...
RAMADAN: THE MONTH OF FASTING AND QUR’AN “The month of Ramadhan [is that] in which was revealed the Qur’an, a guidance for the people and clear proofs of guidance and criterion. So whoever sights [the new moon of] the month, let him fast it.” ( Baqarah, 2/185) Dear Brothers and...
What is violence? At its most obvious, it is a bullet fired at flesh, a knee pushed into a neck, or a mob storming the Capitol. In law, it is criminal, domestic, sexual, alcohol-fuelled. On the battlefield, it is state-sanctioned. Often violence is understood by the adjectives appended to it:...
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