Comments on: Surah Hud Has Made Me Grow Old

By: Hala

Hala — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 03:07:40 +0000

Al salamu’alaikon Warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. Jazzak Allah khair dear Shaykh what a beautiful reminder. I have just been reading Surah Hud and reading about all the kufr of these past nations has made me so emotional and so worried about our nations across the globe today. May Allah forgive us, bless us with imam and have mercy on our souls. Allahuma ameen. Again thank you so much dear Shaykh!

By: IQ

IQ — Fri, 02 Nov 2018 18:20:52 +0000

SubhanAllah! Loved all the reminders. Thank you for sharing your reflections with us.

first and last comments made me sad though! Sister fnaf, I am a Pakistani living in Cincinnati and I make sure that I sit with those who are sitting alone in the mosque. Also not everyone from Pakistan is comfortable speaking English so that could be one reason? And I hope that someday you are able to share your concern with those Urdu speaking sisters. May be they did it unintentionally? Having said all this, I have to agree with you that no one should go through the struggles of trying to fit in! I hope and pray that your problems are solved! Ameen

By: fnaf

fnaf — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 03:28:56 +0000

Mash’Allah! This story hit home for me! As an African American Muslim, I have personally experienced racism and culturism in muslim communities, in particular where the majority of people are from abroad. Ramadan was hard. The sisters all sat together chatting in Urdu, just ignoring me..I felt very uncomfortable and I attend this masjid regularly. I have come to the conclusion that we African American Muslims need to form our own identity and stop trying to fit in!

By: broAhmed

broAhmed — Mon, 28 Aug 2017 21:40:12 +0000

Thank you and jazaakAllaahu khayraa for this reflection.

One thing this makes me think of: we seem to place a lot of emphasis on our children memorizing the Book of Allaah, but far less on understanding it. I can see the value in memorization when young as it’s often easier to do, but I’d like to see the same emphasis placed on teaching children the Arabic language (whether it take place in sync with memorization or after completion of memorizing the Qur’aan).

Then again, look who’s talking. I need to learn Arabic myself!

By: kuen

kuen — Mon, 28 Aug 2017 17:17:04 +0000

very timely and important article.Most of us don’t understand what it means to be attached to Quran .

By: Amir

Amir — Mon, 28 Aug 2017 15:48:56 +0000

Regarding this post, with major depression, unfortunately, I have a severe negative connection with the Quran. Even though I’ve memorized a lot of it from when I was connected to it, when I remember Allah, the depression increases. So while the Quran has made the Prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم grow old in a positive way, the stress from trying to recite Quran and pray has taken the life out of me and too made me grow old and unable to worship Allah and work and live.