It’s easy to feel powerless watching a brutal genocide unfold. But there is always something you can do to help. Here are two campaigns you should know about that offer practical solutions to some of the challenges facing Palestinians right now. You, or someone you know, could be uniquely placed to make a real and […]
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What helps when it feels like you’re drowning?
“…And We have made from water every living thing…” – Qur’an 21:30 The intricate water cycles of life-giving rains, rivers and oceans are ‘signs’ referenced continually in the Book written by the One who created all things. As blood flows through our veins, so water flows through the earth. And Allah created life from water. […]
Is silence good for your mental health? Seclusion & Surah Maryam
That soul-shaking moment when a prayer is on our lips and we feel like Allah Most High (the only objective reality) is listening, can give way pretty swiftly to feelings of anxiety, doubt, fatigue or distraction:
Letting go: a spiritual balancing act
We all have obsessions at some point – sport, a TV show, fitting in, looking good, achieving a career goal, love, rejection… But when we’re hung up on something and just can’t seem to let go, it can eventually take a toll on our mental health. Intuitively we know that when something feels stuck and […]
Solving the gratitude equation Q14:7
If gratitude is the key to contentment, and contentment is the hallmark of the people of jannah – then why do grateful people still struggle so much with their mental health? What’s the secret part of the equation where me + gratitude = inner-peace? When Allah says, if you are grateful, I will give you […]
Spiritual bypassing: are you in your body?
Spiritual folk love telling us that we’re all inescapably interconnected. You and I, we are made from the same matter as stars. And trees. And ping pong tables. But we are not stars, trees or ping pong tables… Are we? Our physical bodies exist. But our teeny tiny cells are made from vast galaxies of […]
Earthquakes and disaster: making sense of “natural evil”
Making sense of “natural evil” Below is an extract from a thought-provoking khutbah delivered by Shaykh Khaled Abou El Fadl, in the wake of a devastating earthquake in Turkey in 2023, when many Muslims found themselves questioning why God allowed this to happen and others insisted the event must be some kind of Divine punishment […]
Dangerous muslim influencers
Not all mental health advice is equal. If Muslim content creators knew how much potential damage they might be doing in the name of Allah when they offer mental health advice based on the ‘virtues of suffering’, I am sure they would think again. Messages that promote the idea that our suffering is a sign […]