When Originality Becomes a Template: How a Generation of Writers Is Repackaging My Style Without Attribution

For years, I wrote in a style that did not exist in the Muslim publishing world. When I began weaving Qur’anic reflection with psychological insight, emotional theology, and structured spiritual practice, there were no books, no guides, no “yearlong journeys,” no weekly contemplative frameworks that resembled what I was doing. I was writing from a place of sincerity, not strategy — from a prayer to help people understand the Qur’an with depth, honesty, and emotional integrity. Today, the landscape looks very different. The market is now full of books that mirror the exact structure, tone, and methodology I pioneered: weekly Read More …

The Divine Mender: Lessons from the Name ‘Al-Jabbar’

The essence of the root j-b-r is the irresistible restoration of something, and the name al-Jabbār describes the nature of the One who is the ultimate restorer of the soundness, wholeness and righteousness of all things. For a human being, any claim to such irresistible power would be false pride and arrogance, but for Allāh it is simply the truth.

In Plain Sight: A Pedagogy of Their Spoken Faults Raised to the Surface

Have I ever promoted myself at the cost of someone else’s dignity?
Is my moral stance grounded in sincerity to God or self-importance?
Do I emulate the Prophet’s, upon him peace and blessings, humility, or merely quote him while abandoning his ethics?
When I teach, do I center Allah—or myself?
Do I expose others’ flaws while masking my own?
Do I truly believe my students may be closer to God than I am?
Am I willing to sit with my own faults as I ask others to examine theirs?
Am I the one saying “don’t dwell on your problems,” while hosting a global tour dwelling on Unspoken Wounds—focused solely on those same problems?