Tears constitute the most sacred water. And gift from the earth for our Heavenly journey
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Learning to Mourn with Hussain (A.S.)
Author: Muhammed Maroof Shah
Conquest of anger as a test of faith
There are, generally speaking, angry people everywhere. Very few spouses, children, students, subordinates, colleagues can afford not to be anxious about anger from others around…
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Celebrating the Prophet for the Needy
On this Meelad day let us imagine the Prophet (SAW) chooses to visit us but finds on the way how we treat the poor and…
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Reading the stories of an artist
Why do we write? The answer is in the counter-question: why do we live? Who knows why life draws us into the whirlpool of its…
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Revisiting Kashmir History and Culture with Mohi-ud-Din Hajini
Kashmir: Glimpses of History, Culture and Literary Traditions by Prof. Mohi-ud-Din Hajini is another treat from the versatile Prof. Ameen Fayaz who has edited/translated it.…
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Zakat Banks and Micro-finance: Role of NGOs and Local Bayut ul Amwaal
What if we spent zakat this year through an institution that moves away from conventional consumptive zakat to productive zakat (using zakat to finance different…
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Appreciating the Colours of Mahmud Gami’s Mysticism
All of existence is imagination within imagination. True existence is Allah, the Real, in particular in respect to essence and source. Ibn Arabi What would…
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The poet as witness: Reading our man of the people
Read Sultanul Haq Shaheedi and you bear witness to the glory and beauty, mystique and majesty, profundity and Catholicism of Kashmir. Faith, mysticism, hope and…
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The Poetry of Loss and Grief
Poetry is what registers its impact on us and gets assimilated in the blood and nerves and one sees the world differently after encountering it.…
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Who says Eid isn’t everyday?
Is it possible to make every day an image of Eid? What makes Eid Eid, or so attractive as apparently nothing unique happens on that…
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