Introduction: Are You Seeking True Tranquility in a Turbulent World?  Let’s be honest. The modern world is loud. We are drowning in a constant stream of notifications, deadlines, and a relentless pressure to "be more." Anxiety has become a baseline for many, and true, lasting peace feels like a distant luxury. We search for it in meditation apps, self-help books, and fleeting...

The Holy Commands to perform Umrah (Lesser Pilgrimage) are mentioned in the Holy Quran and Hadith of the Prophet PBUH that emphasize its spiritual significance. Each Umrah ritual, starting from making the pure intention to perform all Umrah rituals (Tawaf, Sai, and Halq), is explicitly explained to Muslim pilgrims in both the Holy Quran and the Sunnah of the Prophet PBUH. Thus, they can seek...

The Initiative on Islam and Medicine (II&M)(https://www.medicineandislam.org/overview/) located in Brookfield, Wisconsin, conducts research on Islam and Biomedicine. Their research programs are focused on the theological, social, and biomedical aspects of religion and medicine and are meant to benefit the health of American Muslims and also in the development of an academic,...

he modern world is relentless in its assault on the Muslim soul. Political tyranny, the unchecked deception of technology, and the fleeting luxuries of modern consumerism conspire to dull its edges, to rob it of its clarity, and to enslave it in ways more insidious than chains. The world’s tyrants do not merely seek to subjugate bodies; they seek to break spirits, to reshape...

s the right-wing tabloid NY Post would have you believe, the Green-Red Alliance has succeeded in infiltrating US politics and is poised to impose Sharia Socialism on the hapless people of New York City, with Zohran Mamdani as the Communist Caliph in Chief. Others are hailing Mamdani’s victory as a fundamental shift in US politics, even...

acred scripture is replete with imageries of the sun, moon, stars, and our observance of them. In the Chapter of The Cracking, God sets an oath: “I swear by the twilight, by the night and what it covers, by the full moon, you will progress from stage to stage” (Qur’an 84:16–19); the Prophet concludes a supplication on the occasion of a new moon by speaking...

hat if I fail this exam?”  “What if I never get the job I want?”  “What if I end up poor?”  Negative thought spirals, often called doom spirals, begin with a single anxious idea that multiplies into dozens of related fears, each feeding the next until a person feels trapped, overwhelmed, and paralyzed. Psychologists describe doom spirals as...

magine yourself alone in a barren desert, withdrawn from the world, immersed in solitude and worship. You’ve sought this seclusion to draw closer to Allah, to find peace in His presence. Suddenly, everything changes. Unmarried and chaste, you are told by an angel that you will bear a child that is destined for greatness. As the realization sets in, the weight of the future and what...