Novel, A Story of Time (pdf)

After losing his sister to the cold hands of death, Umar went off the grid for ten months. On the day of his return, Umar received a disturbing text message from an unknown person about a gun he had hidden and a secret nobody but Umar knows about, thus blackmailing Umar to carry out the unknown person’s bidding. To be free, Umar must find the identity of his blackmailer at all costs. A Story of time is told by two narrators. One is Umar’s best friend and the other narrates anonymously. It is also a story of other peasants of time who must learn to grow with time because time flows in the most perilous of ways; anything and anyone not moving at the rate of time will sink, fade, and die. It shows stagnation as the worst kind of death in the face of time. A Story of Time is a storied tale of time with a lot of variations. It portrays the unparalleled beauty of time and its essence. Because nothing bears worlds, wars, and worries like time.

The Great Transaction

”إبن آدم، بع الدنيا بالآخرة تربحهما جميعاً ولا تبع الآخرة بالدنيا تخسرهما جميعاً“Hasan Al-Basri said, “O son of Adam, purchase the Akhira (hereafter) with the dunya (world) and you will have them both. Do not purchase the dunya at the expense of your hereafter for you’ll lose them both.” – Reported by Abu Nu’aim in …

Understanding Tawhid And Its Two Types

Tawḥid is to make One.Every Muslim testifies it: Lā ilāha illallāh —meaning: In His actions — you make Him One (Maʿrifah wal-Ithbāt).In your actions — you make them for One (Qasd waṭ-Ṭalab). That’s why duality is shirk — directing what belongs to One, to another.Understanding Tawhid And Its Two Types