A while ago, I borrowed several books from my neighbourhood library. When done with them, I returned them to the library, except for one, a booklet that skipped my sight. The booklet hid itself under one of my own books. I thought I had returned the borrowed books, but the booklet was still unaccounted for …
Once each year, Ramadan comes and comes with blatant commitments, blessings, and plentiful health and spiritual rewards. Ramadan is a month in which Muslims refrain from food, beverages, and lusts. They fast the entire day, from predawn to sunset, following commands and guidance stipulated by the Creator. Ramadan is an obligatory duty upon every adult …
Winter and cold are generally depressing, but they are more depressing to new immigrants to Canada. Snow and extreme cold temperatures depress newcomer immigrants from tropical countries. Thousands of immigrants arrive in Canada each year, but many of them cannot cope with the country’s cold, long winter. During snowy, colder months, they feel down and …
People have always lived in different circumstances, and we are fortunate to be in an era with a modern heating system. We are lucky to have a reliable heating system and hot water in this cold weather, but some distant generations before us neither had a reliable heating system nor hot water in winter. Each …
2024 is over. Today is its last day. 2025 is around the corner; or has it already dawned on some countries? Time flies by so fast and will continue until the universe ends, a reality agreed upon by all living beings. Allah (God) decides when the end of the universe comes. Humans have no say …
