Wendy

Anxiety is a condition that affects everyone no matter their strength or spiritual resolve. It is normal to feel anxious from time to time, but for some people, anxiety can be a crippling mental illness.

Islam greatly emphasizes maintaining one’s well-being by adhering to the principles of halal (permissible) and tayyib (pure) in all aspects of life.

In the Quran, Allah commands humankind: 

“Allah has the Most Beautiful Names. So, call upon Him by them, and keep away from those who abuse His Names. They will be punished for what they used to do.” 

(Surah Al-Araf, 7:180)

Close your eyes and imagine you are back in high school. You are sitting in English class, with your cheek resting on one hand as you write seemingly meaningless words into your notebook.

Most of my readers probably know my conversion story by now, even though every time I tell it I remember some finer details that I previously forgot to mention. For those that have never heard it, the abridged version looks something like this: 

When we think of Islamic cultural legacies, we often reflect on Islam’s Golden Age during the 8th to 13th centuries, Islamic Spain, the Mali Empire, and later the accomplishments of the great Ottoman sultans.