﷽ The book that everyone’s been waiting for (I’m guessing?) is finally here! 🙂 After I worked on and self-published my last (Q&A) book back in 2019,…… Read more “My 16th Book: A Parenting Memoir Spanning a Decade”
Author: Sadaf Farooqi
Muslim author of 16 non-fiction books, (retired) online adviser, (now sporadic) blogger, (occasional) freelance article writer, and a perennial foodie.
Mother of 3 amazing Muslim kids who are growing up too fast!
Insights: How this Reluctant Solopreneur Managed to Escape the “Bucket of Crabs”
﷽ Languages and colloquialisms evolve with time. There are phrases and words from my childhood that are absolutely alien to most young people today. And then there…… Read more “Insights: How this Reluctant Solopreneur Managed to Escape the “Bucket of Crabs””
Books that Impacted Me as a Teenager: Confessions of a Bibliophage
ن وَالْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ “Nun. By the pen, and what they are writing.” [68:1] I am standing inside a used-bookstore. It is extremely hot. A bracket…… Read more “Books that Impacted Me as a Teenager: Confessions of a Bibliophage”
Staying at Home: This is “Our” Time
If a person, of any age, showed immunity to the prevalent rat-race culture fueled by this oversharing of information with others i.e. they refused to get sucked in by the trend of being obsessed with who just did or acquired what, and vice versa, they were considered weird or outcast.
Now You See Me, Now You Don’t
﷽ Assalamu alaikum. Hope all of my readers are doing well! 🙂 I just wanted to drop in here and address (finally) the issue of why I…… Read more “Now You See Me, Now You Don’t”
The Case for the Organic “Influencer”
بِسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيم It amazes me nowadays just how great a change in global ethos and cultures the past decade or so has brought about. Those…… Read more “The Case for the Organic “Influencer””
The Believer’s “Last Laugh”: The Laugh of Victory
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ I am going to admit it. I have an embarrassingly loud laugh. I admit that I do not like it. I have always…… Read more “The Believer’s “Last Laugh”: The Laugh of Victory”
A Hadith About Divorce You Might Never Hear From the Pulpit
﷽There is a hadith that always brings a smile to my lips. Why this is so, I will attempt to explain below in a moment, inshaÁllah. But…… Read more “A Hadith About Divorce You Might Never Hear From the Pulpit”
A Prophetically Endorsed “Power” Recipe for Suhoor in Ramadan (or for Everyday Breakfast)
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَـانِ الرَّحِيمِ السلامُ علیکم readers! I hope and pray that your Ramadan is going well. I thought I’d pop in here and share a recipe…… Read more “A Prophetically Endorsed “Power” Recipe for Suhoor in Ramadan (or for Everyday Breakfast)”
The Price of Success
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ I awaken gradually, the metallic leg of the steel bench next to my head feeling cold against it. I spot sneaker-clad feet go…… Read more “The Price of Success”
This is 40: The Parent of a Child Who is the Offspring of a Parent
بسم الله الرحمٰن الرحيم I just love the gradual way I am going grey: it is a uniform scattering of silver emerging all over my head. By…… Read more “This is 40: The Parent of a Child Who is the Offspring of a Parent”
Into the Qur’an: Let it Enrich Your Soul and Your Life
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـانِ الرَّحِيمِ السَّلآمُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ الله وبَرَكآتُه to all my blog readers and subscribers. Hope you are all doing well. I am sorry that I…… Read more “Into the Qur’an: Let it Enrich Your Soul and Your Life”
Before You Roll Out the Red Carpet: Be on Red Alert for these “Rishta” Red Herrings & Red Flags
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـانِ الرَّحِيمِ Last year, I blogged about being on a bridge between two places: crossing over from one side to the other. Well, I mentioned…… Read more “Before You Roll Out the Red Carpet: Be on Red Alert for these “Rishta” Red Herrings & Red Flags”
The Clouds Parted and “the Son” Shone Through….
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْم The thing with being a writer is, that you evolve with time: your thoughts, writing style, and even priorities, keep changing. I suppose…… Read more “The Clouds Parted and “the Son” Shone Through….”
Trying to Make Sense of it All
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ I don’t know what I would do, if I did not have the Qur’an as my source of guidance and solace in life.…… Read more “Trying to Make Sense of it All”
