لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا“Allah does not burden a soul beyond what it can bear…”(Al-Baqarah: 286) Now it’s over. We’ve come to the end, and we’re heading back home. The energy of the convention is behind us, the crowded halls and meaningful conversations now settling into memory. But as the physical journey concludes, an
Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem. (Recite Surah Al-Imran: 104 in Arabic) وَلْتَكُن مِّنكُمْ أُمَّةٌۭ يَدْعُونَ إِلَى ٱلْخَيْرِ وَيَأْمُرُونَ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ ٱلْمُنكَرِ ۚ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ “And let there be from you a nation inviting to good, enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong, and those will be the successful.” Today,
“Some battles are more honorable to lose,For those who win them may have truly lost.” Tamim Al-Barghouti. At first, this might seem hard to understand. Why would anyone prefer to lose? But when we consider the values Islam teaches us, truth, integrity, and submission to Allah’s will, we realize that not every victory is pleasing