Ramadan Reflections: 30 days of healing from the past, journeying with presence and looking ahead to an akhirah-focused future

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I also appreciate the dua invitations and the journaling/question prompts included after every chapter. It firmly encourages intentional reading.

I appreciate that my team members respect what I’m doing and try to be mindful. They keep an eye on me and encourage me to take a break for a minute or go to a cooler area, no-one judges. They try to avoid asking me if I want tea or coffee and apologise if they forget. We have Cake Wednesday and save me a piece for the evening.

There were also often very personal anecdotes shared by the author which were really meaningful and they helped me connect even more to the book and the message of each chapter. I got such deep and new perspectives from her writing that I am already looking forward to her next book.

The day was tough, but it was really good to understand a tiny bit of what my Muslim colleagues go through for a month without complaint every year. I have since had time to self-reflect and I am humbled to have authentically shared this experience. Inclusion I feel like I’ve put myself through something that is challenging but hope to complete the month as a better person. I would like to wish everyone Eid Mubarak –& hope you have a blessed and safe Eid with your family and loved ones.” So this book with its beautiful references to duas, Quranic verses and personal stories, takes a look at that universal journey traversed by Muslims and non- Muslims. With inspiring reflections, practical exercises, powerful quotes and drawing from the spiritual wisdom of the Holy Qur'an and Sunnah, it offers an invitation to... The manner in how Aliyah interacts & converses with the reader in such a intuitive, effective fashion; its engaging & manages to capture the heart.Eid can be summarised in three words in our house – food, family and friends! How I celebrate Eid ul-Fitr I tend to give up playing any sports during the month of Ramadan to minimise the dehydration and therefore the activities for some during the month of Ramadan could be fairly low key. Aliyah has an exceptional, authentic style of expression. This book is a manifestation of her incredible talent; her candidness, her vulnerability is ever so endearing. I’m super grateful for the many life-changing tidbits I took away from this book🤲🏾. They changed my approach to worship this Ramadan, and hopefully, for every daily worship to come.

We live in a world where the narrative is increasingly focused on the self and our egocentricity is only further fuelled by our ability to fulfill almost any desire. Compared to any other point in human history, we have more than they had in every regard from a material perspective […] We would not usually find out when Eid is until the evening before. I usually wait impatiently for our local mosque to make the announcements, who in return wait for the Glasgow Central Mosque to confirm. I don't think my words will do it justice, but what I will say is this is an interactive companion for guided reflection during the blessed months of Ramadan and beyond. Firstly, we learn fasting is a prescription. Much like other forms of ritual worship, human or otherwise, when the formula is followed the believer is given the opportunity to experience spiritual healing and growth. We see this time and again across Star Trek, from Klingons to Kelpiens, rituals offer meaning and a sense of sacredness to one’s being. In another incident Aisha was gifted with one hundred thousand dirhams while she was fasting, and she distributed it to the poor and needy. Her maid asked her “Couldn’t you have brought a dirham’s worth of meat with which to break your fast?” Aisha replied, “If I had thought of it, I would have done so.”

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