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For a detailed Tafsir of Surah Hud, click the link

For a detailed Tafsir of Surah Hud, click the link in my bio, and follow the links to revelation revealed. Revelation Revealed - Juz 12 #simpletafsir

Failure is l only another step in your road to suc

Failure is l only another step in your road to success.

I couldn’t respond at first because I was so overw

I couldn’t respond at first because I was so overwhelmed with gratitude and love.

I had spent the whole week being tired & feeling guilty for not giving my 100% to the kids.

But with one statement from my 5 year old I realised, that if all I have is 30% and that’s what I give - I’m still giving my 100%.

All week I was concentrating on what I wasn’t giving my kids instead of what I was giving them.

I was still showing up every day - mostly smiling lol. They were fed. They were clean. I played with them. We did our surahs. We did our Duas. We read our stories.

But I didn’t allow myself to enjoy or even see any of that because I was so focused on my own exhaustion.

So next week, I will reframe. I’ll still probably be tired - but I’m going to be tired and still do all the things - but I’m going to see them through my sons’ lens.

I’m a mum who is showing up. I’m a mum who is giving her time to her kids. I’m a mum who loves what she does and loves her little no matter how she is feeling.

I’m a mum who is trying her best. And her best is pretty damn good. Alhamdulillah

This week, I failed at the seat audit. Not becaus

This week, I failed at the seat audit.

Not because I forgot it.

Because I tried to rush it.

I thought mentally running through the questions whilst juggling breakfast, a crying baby, an unwell toddler, and a chatty five year old would be enough.

It wasn’t.

The seat audit was never meant to be another task to complete whilst running on empty.

It was meant to be a pause.

A moment to step out of the chaos long enough to notice what is happening in my seat before reacting to what is happening in theirs.

Sometimes the problem isn’t that we don’t know what to do.

It’s that we don’t give ourselves enough space to do it.

The irony is that I spent so much energy trying to save time that I ended up creating more damage to repair.

Burnt breakfast.

A burnt out mother.

And children singed by words that came from overwhelm rather than intention.

The lesson?

You cannot audit your seat whilst sprinting.

Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is stop, take a seat, and let your thoughts catch up with your body.

Reflect:
What would change today if you gave yourself permission to pause before you proceed?

One of the most freeing things I learned in mother

One of the most freeing things I learned in motherhood was this:

A five year old acting five is not an emergency.

When my children whine, argue, cry, or struggle to listen, I can either see a problem that needs punishing or a child who still needs teaching.

The moment becomes easier when I stop asking, “Why are they doing this to me?” and start asking, “What might be happening in their seat?”

Children are still learning how to manage disappointment, frustration, tiredness, and big emotions.

And if I’m honest, sometimes so am I.

The goal is not to raise children who never make mistakes.

The goal is to become the kind of parent who can guide them through those mistakes with wisdom, boundaries, and mercy.

Reflect:
The next time your child struggles, what story will you choose to tell yourself about the moment?

Allah, the Prophet ‎ﷺ, Jibril – we have not only t

Allah, the Prophet ‎ﷺ, Jibril - we have not only the best examples to look up to when we are approaching our children’s tarbiya - but the perfect examples.

Motherhood became lighter when I stopped fighting

Motherhood became lighter when I stopped fighting reality.

These four shifts changed everything for me:

• It’s my first time doing this too.
• Children cannot sit.
• Every moment is a new moment to make a better decision.
• I can choose what I feel right now.

None of these removed the challenges.

But they gave me a different lens through which to see them.

Sometimes peace is not found in changing our children.

It’s found in changing the story we tell ourselves about the moment.

Reflect:
Which of these mindset shifts do you need most today?

I spent years trying to fix my parenting by fixing

I spent years trying to fix my parenting by fixing my reactions.

I would promise myself I would stay calm.
Be more patient.
Stop shouting.

But the change never lasted.

Then I realised something.

The harshest voice my children heard was not always the one coming out of my mouth.

It was the one living inside my own head.

When I began learning about Allah’s mercy, I started seeing myself differently. I stopped speaking to myself with constant criticism and shame. And slowly, that changed the way I showed up for my children too.

What overflows from us is often what we are carrying within us.

Mercy became easier when mercy became familiar.

You cannot pour gentleness from a cup filled with shame.

Reflect:
How do you speak to yourself when you make a mistake?

Yunus (as) found himself in the depths of the ocea

Yunus (as) found himself in the depths of the ocean, trapped inside a whale, with no worldly means of escape.

Yet it was there, in complete darkness, that he turned back to Allah.

Sometimes Allah allows us to reach the end of our own abilities so that we finally discover the power of turning to Him.

No matter how deep you sink, His mercy reaches deeper.

Reflect: What is one burden you need to place before Allah today?

For a full simple Tafseer of Surah Yunus visit Juz

For a full simple Tafseer of Surah Yunus visit Juz 11 of Revelation Revealed- link in my bio!

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The Islamic New Year is here. 🌙

So often, a new year makes us think about changing our appearance, our routines, or our goals.

But Muharram invites us to think deeper.

What habits are bringing you closer to Allah?
What habits are pulling you away?
What do you want to leave behind?
What do you want to carry with you into this new year?

Maybe your resolution isn’t to become a completely different person.

Maybe it’s to become more sincere.
More grateful.
More consistent in prayer.
Quicker to repent.
More trusting of Allah.

Small changes, made for His sake, can transform a life.

Reflect: As this new Islamic year begins, what is one thing you hope to renew in your relationship with Allah? The problem isn’t always the thought.

Link in my bio for HIJRI - the Muharram Muhasabah Magazine for Muslim Women

The problem isn’t always the thought. Sometimes it

The problem isn’t always the thought.
Sometimes it’s the seat you’ve given it.

Fact:
I’m not married right now.

Story:
I’m never going to find a spouse.

The Seat Audit helps you separate facts from fears, assumptions, and future predictions.

Because not yet is not the same as never.

Trust Allah.
Take the next step.
Leave tomorrow with Him.

The Seat Audit: Separate facts from stories.

Reflect: What thought have you been allowing to lead the conversation at your table?

Why do we fast on Ashura? When the Prophet ﷺ arri

Why do we fast on Ashura?

When the Prophet ﷺ arrived in Madinah, he found the Jews fasting on this day in gratitude to Allah for saving Musa عليه السلام and his people from Pharaoh.

The Prophet ﷺ said, “We have more right to Musa than them,” and he fasted the day of Ashura and encouraged his Ummah to fast it too.

Ashura is a reminder that Allah’s help comes, even when the path ahead seems impossible. The sea parted for Musa عليه السلام when there appeared to be no way forward.

It is a day of gratitude, hope, and turning back to Allah.

The Prophet ﷺ also told us that fasting Ashura expiates the sins of the previous year.

Reflect: What situation in your life needs the certainty that Allah can make a way where you cannot yet see one?

Every family has a table. But not every family no

Every family has a table.

But not every family notices who is sitting at it.

Some guests arrive quietly. Hurry. Frustration. Comparison. Unspoken expectations. We never invited them, yet somehow they pull up a chair and begin shaping the atmosphere of our homes.

The truth is that our children are learning long before we start teaching. They are watching what gets our attention, what drives our decisions, and what repeatedly takes a seat in our conversations.

A Seat Audit is simply the practice of noticing.

What occupies my seat when I walk through the door?
What am I bringing to the table today?
And what have I allowed to stay that no longer belongs here?

Because values are not just what we say we believe.

Values are revealed by what consistently gets a seat at the table.

Reflect: If your children described the culture of your home today, who or what would they say is sitting at the table?

The problem isn’t always the thought. Sometimes it

The problem isn’t always the thought.
Sometimes it’s the seat you’ve given it.

Fact:
I’m not married right now.

Story:
I’m never going to find a spouse.

The Seat Audit helps you separate facts from fears, assumptions, and future predictions.

Because not yet is not the same as never.

Trust Allah.
Take the next step.
Leave tomorrow with Him.

The Seat Audit: Separate facts from stories.

Reflect: What thought have you been allowing to lead the conversation at your table?

Musa (as) faced Pharaoh, exile, rejection, fear, b

Musa (as) faced Pharaoh, exile, rejection, fear, betrayal, and the weight of leading a people who constantly turned away. Yet through every hardship, Allah was preparing him.

Sometimes Allah places you in difficult places not to break you, but to shape you for what you are meant to carry.

Even when Musa fled alone through the desert with nothing, Allah was already writing the next chapter of his story.

And even after miracles split seas and defeated magicians, the real lesson remained the same:
trust Allah, remain patient, and keep returning to Him.

The full story is available in Juz 9 of Revelation Revealed on the site - linked in my bio.

For a detailed tafsir of Surah Tawbah, head to mas

For a detailed tafsir of Surah Tawbah, head to masumaabdulmuhit.com/rr26

“Our Lord, grant us good in this world and good in

“Our Lord, grant us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire.”

The people of Jahannam will not ask for their weal

The people of Jahannam will not ask for their wealth back.
They will not ask for status, beauty, followers, or comfort.

They will ask for relief.
For mercy.
For one more chance.

Surah al A’raf reminds us that arrogance is not always loud. Sometimes it looks like delaying tawbah, feeling too ashamed to raise our hands in dua, or allowing dunya to distract us from the meeting with Allah.

Allah already knows the weakness of the human heart. He knows we fall, forget, and struggle. That is why He does not ask us for perfection. He asks us to return.

Before the Day comes where every illusion falls apart, return to Him willingly.

Reflect:
What is one thing you know Allah is calling you back to?

As-salamu alaykum. It is such a simple sunnah, bu

As-salamu alaykum.

It is such a simple sunnah, but one I try to encourage consistently with my children whenever we meet someone or welcome guests into our home.

Salam is more than a greeting - it’s a dua. When we say it, we are asking Allah to shower the other person with peace, safety, mercy and blessings.

In a world where children are often taught to focus on themselves, salam teaches them to begin with others. To acknowledge people, make others feel seen and to offer kindness before conversation (or in the case of kids - before the run off to play in the garden).

The Prophet ‎ﷺ taught us that spreading salam increases love between hearts. Every greeting becomes an opportunity to earn reward, strengthen relationships and revive a beautiful sunnah.

These habits are easiest to plant when children are young. A child who learns to greet others with salam learns that faith is not only found in the prayer mat, but in the small everyday interactions that shape their character.

May Allah make our homes homes of salam, our tongues tongues of salam, and our children among those who spread peace wherever they go.

What simple sunnah are you intentionally trying to nurture in your children right now?

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