"Little did I know that I was suffering from a mild form of depression. The process of healing was quite painful, but I still called upon Allah, even when my faith was as small as a mustard seed."
"Just as the Shaytan discriminated against Adam, Muslims of African descent have been subjected to prejudice and systemic anti-Black racism from both non-Muslims and non-Black Muslims."
“The core message we receive from these ayat elevate our thinking around who the prophets are and what our relationship to them should be. It roots us in understanding their human experience, their human expression.”
“Fighting is an aspect of human nature - it should give us a feeling of being cared for to know that God instructs us on how to properly deal with conflict. That in itself is a sign of guidance.”
How can we, a people who come from a lineage of Prophets who knew the pain of the abandonment of their friends and family, let others suffer that same pain?”
“It is an unspoken rule that our Black men can speak openly about their past trifling (sometimes criminal) pre-Islamic ways and be praised for their redemption. Yet for a Black woman’s righteousness to eclipse her past, she must remain silent."4
Verses like these are likely to make uncomfortable those, such as myself, who live in a cosmopolitan society.
The theme of adherence to the Sacred Law and avoidance of transgressing the boundaries thereof, which the late Charlie Murphy would refer to as being a “habitual line-stepper,” is consistent throughout this juz’.
