Journal and articles
Essays for the inward hours.
Reading gathered from teachers and institutes we trust. Every article is introduced here in a few of our own words, then opens on the publisher's page where the author's full work lives.
Stillness and Islamic Mindfulness
3 articlesMuraqabah, muhasabah and ihsan: living with the awareness that Allah is always near.
How to Be a Mindful Muslim: An Exercise in Islamic Meditation
Yaqeen Institute
A practical, unhurried exercise in stillness: settling the body, watching the breath, and bringing the heart back to the awareness that Allah is with you. Written for anyone who has wanted to try this but did not know where to begin.
Read articleContemplative Framework and Practices: An Islamic Perspective
Mohamed Safiullah Munsoor · Journal of Usuluddin, Universiti Malaya
An academic study mapping Islamic contemplative practice against the language of modern mindfulness, taking muraqabah, dhikr and reflection seriously as a tradition with its own method. For the reader who wants the scholarship, not just the summary.
Read articleThe Ihsan Hadith as the Spiritual Foundation of Muraqabah
Amien Nurhakim & Andi Rahman · Afkar: Jurnal Akidah & Pemikiran Islam
A careful comparative study of the hadith of Jibril and contemporary mindfulness, showing how the awareness that Allah sees you grounds a whole way of being present, rather than a technique to master.
Read articleThe Art of Reflection
3 articlesTazkiyah, intention and sincerity — the slow, gentle work of looking honestly at your own heart.
Keys to Tadabbur: How to Reflect Deeply on the Qur'an
Sh. Yousef Wahb & Sh. Mohammad Elshinawy · Yaqeen Institute
A set of gentle keys for reading the Qur'an as something addressed to you: realising whose words you are holding, slowing at each word, and letting a single verse stay with you through the day.
Read articleTadabbur: 10 Steps to a Deeper Connection with the Qur'an
Sh. Yousef Wahb · Yaqeen Institute
Ten quiet steps towards reading with attention, from knowing the source of the speech to praying over what you have understood. Very practical, and easy to begin with a few verses.
Read articleThe Lost Art of Contemplation
Yaqeen Institute
On what happens to the soul when everything is speed: a study of contemplation, attention and reflection in the Islamic tradition, and what returning to stillness asks of us in a distracted age.
Read articleThe Power of Dhikr
2 articlesRemembrance that settles the heart: the morning and evening adhkar, istighfar, salawat and gratitude.
Deeper into Dhikr: A Companion Guide
Yaqeen Institute
A free companion guide for building the habit of remembrance: the common adhkar laid out simply, with space to recite, memorise and return to them until they sit on the tongue without effort.
Read articleProphetic Prayers for Relief and Protection
Yaqeen Institute
The adhkar of the morning and evening, and the supplications the Prophet ﷺ turned to in fear, grief and hardship, gathered here so that there is always a phrase ready for the moment you need it.
Read articleTrust, Patience and Surrender
2 articlesTawakkul, sabr and shukr — what it means to place your weight on Allah when you cannot carry it yourself.
In Hardship and in Ease: How to Rely on God
Yaqeen Institute
Tawakkul explained without cliché: reliance on Allah is an action of the heart that grows as your knowledge of Him grows, and it is asked of us in ease as much as in difficulty.
Read articleWhen Our Worlds Are Shaken: Finding Strength in Beautiful Patience
Justin Parrott · Yaqeen Institute
On sabr as the Prophet ﷺ practised it: not numbness or silence, but a steady, trusting holding of the heart while the storm passes over you.
Read articleReturning to Allah
2 articlesTawbah, du'a and starting again. The door never closes, however long you have been away.
Repentance as a Way of Life: Islam, Spirituality and Practice
Yaqeen Institute
Tawbah not as a yearly event but as a rhythm of the heart: how repentance shapes your character over time, and what the inner work of turning back to Allah asks of you.
Read articleRepentance, Redemption, and Salvation: An Islamic Framework
Yaqeen Institute
A clear account of how Islam understands return, redemption and hope — why remorse is itself a mercy, and why the door back is never sealed by the size of what came before it.
Read articleFrom the Qur'an
“So remember Me; I will remember you.”
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