My Journey in Islam — SAM Ruh
SAM Ruh
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
My Journey
in Islam
Notes, reflections, and discoveries — from someone still learning to walk the straight path.
Foundation
ٱللَّه
Knowing the Creator
Who Is Allah
The beginning of everything. Understanding who Allah is, His attributes, and why knowing Him changes how you live.
Tawḥīd
Aqīdah
Names
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وُضُو
Purification & Prayer
How to Make Wudu & Pray Salah
Learn the proper steps of performing Wudu and offering Salah, so your prayers are complete and meaningful.
Prayer
Wudu
Salah
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وِتْر
Night Prayer
Witr Prayer
Learn how to perform the Witr prayer, its importance, and the recommended methods to conclude your night prayers with devotion.
Salah
Night Prayer
Witr
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ﷺ
The Beloved Prophet
The Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ
From the orphan boy of Makkah to the mercy sent to all worlds — his life, his character, his Sunnah, and his legacy.
Seerah
Character
Sunnah
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Stories of the Prophets
Islamic Stories
Ibrāhīm in the fire. Yūsuf in the well. Mūsā at the sea. Stories sent to steady the heart of the Prophet ﷺ — and ours.
Prophets
Qurʾān
Lessons
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Al-Asmāʾ al-Ḥusnā
The 99 Names of Allah
One name at a time — discovering what each beautiful name means and how it reshapes the way you see Him and yourself.
Names of Allah
Dhikr
Reflection
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قُرْآن
Verse by Verse
Learning the Qurʾān
Working through Surahs slowly — reading the Arabic, sitting with the translation, and letting the words mean something.
Quran
Tafsīr
Arabic
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Test Your Knowledge
Islam Basics Quiz
50+ questions covering the Five Pillars, the Qurʾān, the Prophet ﷺ, and essential Islamic terms. How much do you know?
Quiz
Pillars
Basics
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Living Islam
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Womanhood & Faith
Being a Muslimah
What it truly means to be a Muslim woman — not as the world defines it, but as Islam does. On identity, honour, strength, and belonging to this deen with your whole self.
Muslimah
Identity
Dignity
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The Pillar of the Day
Worship & Me
An honest account of my relationship with prayer — the struggle to be consistent, the moments of real presence before Allah, and why I keep returning no matter how many times I fall away.
Prayer
Khushūʿ
Ibādah
Duʿā
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Islam At Home
Islam & Home
How to build a home rooted in sakīna, nurture family bonds with mercy, and face daily life with the full strength of Islamic faith guiding every room you live in.
Home
Family
Relationships
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Salāh During Travel
Ṣalāh & Travel
A practical and spiritual guide to maintaining Salāh on the road — covering qaṣr, jamʿ, finding the qiblah, and the mercy Allah extends to every travelling Muslim.
Prayer
Travel
Concessions
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Workplace & Islam
Islam & the Workplace
How to bring Islamic integrity, intention, and excellence into your career — navigating ḥalāl earnings, workplace ethics, and the pursuit of purposeful, principled work.
Workplace
Success
Integrity
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Studies & Islam
Islam & Schooling
How to balance academic ambition with Islamic principles — managing time, staying ḥalāl on campus, and turning your pursuit of knowledge into an act of worship.
School
Knowledge
Balance
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When Things Go Wrong
Islam During Bad Times
A guide to what Islam prescribes when life breaks unexpectedly — the duʿāʾs, the mindset, and the spiritual tools that transform hardship into a path straight back to Allah.
Trials
Ṣabr
Hope
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The Muslim's Inner Work
Improving Every Day
The Islamic framework for becoming better — tawbah, muḥāsabah, and the small consistent habits that quietly transform character, one honest day at a time.
Self-Growth
Tawbah
Character
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The Muslim's Inner Battle
Fighting the Ḥarām
An honest guide to the struggles every practising Muslim faces — how the ḥarām quietly enters our lives, and the practical and spiritual steps that lead back to Allah.
Tawbah
Nafs
Inner Struggle
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The Unspoken Realities of Faith
Nobody Tells You About Islam
The things no one prepares you for — the doubts, the dry spells, the unexpected beauty, and the quiet moments that shape a real and lasting relationship with Allah.
Faith
Realities
Sincerity
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Islamic Wisdom Series
Overcoming Laziness — The Islamic Way
Two traditions. One truth. Seven Islamic principles from the Quran and Sunnah — each echoed across cultures — for the soul that is tired of staying stuck and ready to rise.
Wisdom
Sunnah
Productivity
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Faith To Help
When You Feel Heavy
For the days when everything feels like too much. A gentle reminder of what Islam offers the heart when it is exhausted — and where to turn when you have run out of words.
Faith
Heaviness
Relief
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Faith To Lead
Not At Peace
I am home. Everything is fine on paper. So why does it feel like this? On the restlessness that lives inside safety — and what Islam says about the kind of peace that cannot be built from the outside in.
Silence
Restlessness
Inner Peace
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Soul Ramblings
The Ink of Longing
Everything she wrote came true — fear by fear, loss by loss. A raw reflection on writing pain into existence, and how redirecting your pen toward Allah can begin to change your life. Includes twelve real situations and exactly what to write instead.
Writing
Healing
Duʿā
Reflection
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Soul Habits
20 Islamic Habits That Will Change Your Life
Twenty small, daily acts rooted in the Sunnah and why they work on your soul before anything else does. Each habit comes with practical steps, Quranic grounding, and a personal note on what it actually feels like to live it.
Habits
Sunnah
Daily Practice
Growth
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Qurʾān Study
الْمَسَد
Surah 111 · Makkī · 5 Verses
Surah Al-Masad
Five verses. One name. One prophecy fulfilled — the surah revealed about Abū Lahab, the Prophet's uncle who became Islam's loudest enemy.
Tafsīr
Seerah
Prophecy
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الْمُمْتَحِنَة
Surah 60 · Madanī · 13 Verses
Surah Al-Mumtahanah
The chapter of loyalties — revealed after a Companion secretly wrote to the Quraysh. A lesson in where allegiance must truly lie.
Tafsīr
Loyalty
Ibrāhīm AS
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Your Relationship with the Book
Learning the Qurʾān
Where to begin, how to keep going, and how to build a relationship with the Qurʾān that outlasts motivation — from recitation to understanding.
Tajwīd
Ḥifẓ
Tafsīr
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