Whether it’s talking about a favourite hadith or a spiritual experience, impactful lessons await for you to read and maybe even influence you in this section of the blog.
ٱلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ As Muslims, we are taught to live in harmony with the world around us: ۞ كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ مِن رِّزْقِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ Eat and drink from the provision of [...]
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ The Qur’an states “Will they not contemplate the Quran?” (47:24). This article discusses the concept of tadabbur (contemplation on the Qur’an) at one level of application by looking at [...]
By Rahat Uddin - a first year Natural Scientist When it came to the time for applying to different Universities in Sixth Form, my mum said that she didn’t want me to move out. Because [...]
By Maryam Mahmood - first year HSPS student I remember carrying out my normal Friday routine of attending lectures, followed by jummah, blissfully unaware that it would be my last day for a long while [...]
By Merna Daabis - first-year studying HSPS Ramadan is here!! The holy month of Ramadan is finally upon us – much awaited with a mixture of excitement and perhaps a little anxiety. Hopefully this will [...]
by Merna Daabis, a first-year studying HSPS Behind the Veil We are in a period of political and social anxiety that makes us all suspicious of each other. The misconceptions surrounding Islam have become so [...]
by Imane, a second year linguist and our EIW co-head “Interfaith” is more than just a social event I was two years old when my family and I first moved to Italy from Morocco. The [...]
By Zainab Haider, a 2nd year PBS student Faith and Mental Health I think a lot of the stigma surrounding mental health in the Muslim community has a lot to do with the idea that [...]
by Abubakar, a fourth year chemical engineer Navigating the intersection of being both Black and Muslim in the UK is more difficult than it may appear. The black community in the UK predominantly identifies as [...]
By Ibrahim Khan The Conquest of Makkah occurred eight years after the Muslims migrated from Makkah to Madinah. In 630 AD, the Prophet ﷺ and ten thousand of his Companions returned to Makkah and took [...]
