Chowraha

Recently when my six year old shared her dream with me, awe struck, as she was, so was I. She witnessed a sky full of angels while she, somewhere in the open, stared at them excitedly. She woke up frightened though, as if she had done something wrong seeing the unseen angels. But I was just struck by how her dream was like a dejavu of my one memory that inspires me, moves me, and pushes me forward to this day – to strengthen and rejoice my friends, whose bonds are unbreakable.  On one laylatul qadr* many years ago, before we were mothers, I remember reading an anecdote with my best friend, Maryam. We were spending the laylatul-qadr together driven by the same will, both of us fervently eager to stay up the whole night, and ready to motivate each other to stay up all night to pray and meditate.  It was a summary of a saying from the Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). I remember it as follows: When a friend goes out to meet another friend to learn about Allah and to grow closer to A

"All praise is due to Allah, Creator of the Heavens and the Earth, who made angels having wings, two, or three or four. He increases in creation what He wills. Indeed Allah is over all things competent." (35:1) My six year old daughter recently woke up with a fright, which I later learned to be awe. She was frightened because she felt the presence of Allah in her dreams. She saw blue angels with wings covering the sky in uncountable numbers and she was so excited seeing them that she thought she offended Allah by seeing the unseen. This was the best time to celebrate angels with her. Until now I had only discussed with her and her four year old sister the two scribe angels who sit on our shoulders penning down our good and bad deeds.  *** To follow the RamadanChallenge2019 - "An ayah a day| an activity a day" please follow this link here:  https://addictedtoramadaning.blogspot.com *** What is Ramadan Challenge 2019? 7 years ago I took up the challenge