• Translation:
  The Meanings of the Noble Quran - By Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani Hafizahullah
  
  Surah Al-Baqarah Part-6
  [60] When Musa sought water for his people, We said, “Strike the rock with your staff,” and twelve springs gushed forth from it. Each group of people came to know their drinking place. 27 “Eat and drink of what Allah has provided, and do not go about the earth spreading disorder.” read more>>
  
• The Treasure Trove of Wisdom -
  By Ukht Muzzammil
  
  What is the reward for those who love one another for Allah’s sake?
  Allah’s Messenger SAW said: “Allah will say on the Day of Resurrection: where r those who love one another for My glory’s sake. Today I’ll shelter them in My shade, today there is no shade but My shade.” (Bukhari)
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• Lying:
  Lying is difficult for some, while for others telling the truth is difficult.
  Bint Yaqub movingly reflects upon the difference between the two and how we can save ourselves from being hurled into the pits of the dark, dreadful world of lies.The spin masters are at it again – twisting, rolling, weaving and spreading. The mode is neither a spinning jenny nor a rotor; the tool is neither a spindle nor a wheel; rather it is the human tongue! read more>>
• Translation Series of Hazrat Maulana Abdus Sattar Hafizahullah’s spiritual discourses
  
  “The hearts find peace only in the remembrance of Allah.”(Ar-Rad 13:28)
  “Say: If your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your wives, your kindred, the wealth that you have gained, the commerce in which you fear a decline and the dwellings in which you delight are dearer to you than Allah and His Messenger,read more>>
• My Daily Duel with the Devil
  Undisguising the most disgraced one, Zawjah Farid duly details his devious, deceitful tricks us No, you won’t hear it. You won’t hear the clink clank of armour; nor the clatter of shields and guards. No glistening, shining swords are involved. No tanks and missiles are needed. It is not the strength of steel against steel. On the contrary, the battle is a silent one, a very silent one. But an unspoken, soundless encounter is not necessarily read more>>
• A Rendezvous with Suleman Ahmer
  Dr. Akbar Zubairi interviews Mr.Suleman Ahmer, the CEO and Lead Facilitator at “Timelenders, Inc.”, a training and consulting organisation. Mr. Suleman Ahmer has diverse experience and has done consulting work for local and multinational organisations in Pakistan, the UAE, Bahrain and USA. He began working in this line in Chicago and Boston, founded “Timelenders” Karachi in 2002 and Timelenders FZE in the UAE in 2007 read more>>
• An Exclusive talk by Junaid Jamshed on Pilgrimage: A Journey of a Lifetime
  My dear brothers, sisters and friends!
  The divinity of the worship of Hajj is such that the sweetness of faith it produces and the changes it brings about in one’s life are hard to find in other forms of worship. It is a unique ritual. In the Holy Quran, when Allah summoned people towards the pilgrimage, He invited not only the Muslims alone, but all of humanity to perform Hajj. read more>>
• Children - A Sacred Trust of Allah SWT
  Zawjah Haroon
  For Goodness sake Ammar, look at the state of your room. It is for the umpteenth time that I am asking you to take hold of this messed up place but you just won’t listen.” Sarah’s blazing temper shook the walls, but certainly not her own son.
  
  So why do you even bother to peek in here?” Right away came the raging retort. “You are driving me crazy. read more>>
• Hazrat Talha bin Ubaidullah RA-
  Zawjah Farid uplifts our spirits with the narrations depicting the prestigious position that Hazrat Talha bin Ubaidullah RA, one of the Ashrah Mubasharah (the ten blessed companions), holds in the history of Islam.
  
  An Amazing Prophecy
  He was in a trade caravan of Quraish bound to head for Syria. When it encamped at Basra, those old and well-versed-in trade got engrossed in buying and read more>>

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You should work towards giving your selected topic an Islamic perspective, which should be reinforced by Quranic Ayahs and/or authentic Ahadeeth.

The reference format for Quranic Ayahs and Ahadeeths is as follows:

The Holy Quran:

In the reference, include the title of Surah, the number of Surah and the number of Ayah.

Example:

“O you who believe! Remember Allah abundantly. And glorify Him morning and evening.” (Al-Ahzaab 33: 41, 42)

In case the Ayah contains direct speech, then it can be separated by a single set of quotation marks.

Example:

“And the Unbelievers say: ‘Why is not a sign sent down to him from his Lord?’ But thou art truly a warner, and to every people a guide.” (Al-Araaf 13:7)

The Ahadeeth:

The ideal format for quoting is to include both the narrator and the source of the Hadeeth.

Example:

Hazrat A’isha RTA reported Allah’s Messenger SAW as saying: “The most shameful amongst persons in the eye of Allah is one who tries to fall into dispute with others, for nothing but only to display his knowledge and power of argumentation.” (Muslim)

In case if the narrator is not mentioned, the source of the Hadeeth must be provided.

Example:

The Prophet SAW said: “Anger spoils faith (Iman) as (the bitterness of) aloe’s sap spoils honey.” (Tirmidhi)

The reference for both the Ayahs and Ahadeeth should be in curved brackets.

Write SWT after Allah, SAW after Prophet Muhammad’s name, AS after all prophets, and RTA as the title for all companions’ name.

Do not write the whole of sallallahu alaihi wassallam after Prophet’s name and likewise, as the above abbreviations will later be replaced by the magazine designer with especially designed Arabic icons. So writing abbreviations would save you time as well as would help in determining the exact number of words and space allocation of the article as writing the whole takes more space then having it in Arabic.

Quotations from works by other authors must always be accompanied by quotations marks. Place the name of the book or the author in brackets after the quotation, giving proper credit to the source. Quotations from non-Muslim writers should be avoided.

Any information involving statistics or research, and/or tables, diagrams, pictures used in the compilation of the article must always reveal its source and authenticity.

To maintain consistency, all non-English words should be spelled alike throughout the magazine. Some commonly used terms are as follows:

Quran – Ahadeeth – Ayah – Dua – Sunnah – Aameen – Rakat – Wudhu – Ghusl – Nafl – Farz – Ramadhan – Hazrat Jibraeel AS – Hazrat Aisha RA – Bukhari – Abu Dawood – Mishkaat – Masjid – Salah – Saum – Zakah – Hajj – Shariah – Makkah – Madina – Insha’Allah – Masha’Allah – Subhan’Allah – Alhamdulillah

Please note that the first letter of all such non- English terms is a capital letter.

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Wishing you enjoyable writing experiences!

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