This is for my Muslim sisters. I spotted this post about infertility in Islam on Facebook by Imam Omar Suleiman. I spent many years feeling punished and that as a woman it was my fault. That was until I read…
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Rumi’s rose garden
“That which God said to the rose, and caused it to laugh in full-blown beauty, He said to my heart, and made it a hundred times more beautiful.” – Rumi The photo was taken in Rumi’s rose garden in Konya. I…
Islamic dua (prayer) for infertility & conceiving
This post is written for Muslim women seeking duas for infertility. ‘The Pregnancy Guide for Muslim Women’ by Ummu Muawiya was sent to me by someone who meant well but she sent it at the worst time for me (just after…
Tagged with: conceiving, dua, infertility, islam, islamic, muslim, overcoming infertility, prayer, religion, taweez
Posted in Religion + Spiritual
Posted in Religion + Spiritual
Azam Ali’s ‘Eman (Faith)’- thank you.
(Note to BloggerKuwait – please read this post, I’m hoping you can help me translate the Arabic <3) “Never lose hope, my heart, miracles dwell in the invisible.” – Rumi On my way home from work today, I began thinking…
Tagged with: arabic, azam ali, eman, faith, heart, iman, infertility, lullaby, ramadhan, Rumi
Posted in Emotions + Coping, Religion + Spiritual
Posted in Emotions + Coping, Religion + Spiritual
Hellllooooooo summer.
The sun is welcome. My soul needs warming. I was just reading how in Pre-Islamic Arabia, Al-lat was one of the main Goddesses. The Arabs worshipped her as the sun and on the site it quotes that “we have a…
Tagged with: al-lat, bfp, infertility, islam, kun fafa kun, kun fayakun, summer, sun
Posted in Religion + Spiritual
Posted in Religion + Spiritual
Restless nights & the moon
There are nights when I look at the moon and talk to God. Especially when it’s a full moon and it’s hard to ignore the beautiful sphere illuminating the night sky. When my grandma faced secondary infertility, she would bathe…
On being a Muslim woman and facing infertility. I read this and I thought wow. Every word Farzana wrote, I could relate to. I am so thankful she shared her story.
Tagged with: infertility, islam, motherhood, muslim, womanhood
Posted in Infertility, Reblog, Religion + Spiritual
Posted in Infertility, Reblog, Religion + Spiritual
fortune tellers
http://www.glowinthewoods.com/home/2012/11/15/fortune-tellers.html As shared on Stirrup Queens Glow in the Woods has a post by Still Life with Circles about visiting fortune tellers. It begins: “I root for each fortune teller I meet. Say her name. Lucy. Lucia. Say it. Mention her.” It is about…
Tagged with: fertility, loss, miscarriage
Posted in Emotions + Coping, Infertility, Reblog, Religion + Spiritual
Posted in Emotions + Coping, Infertility, Reblog, Religion + Spiritual
My very own Eat.Pray.Love in Istanbul
Just as clay needs to go through intense heat to become strong, Love can only be perfected in pain. – Elif Shafak I came to Turkey to breathe and get some much needed Vitamin D. I try to travel as…
Tagged with: baha'i, fertility, forty rules of love, god, infertility, infertility uk, islam, Istanbul, muslim, Paula coelho, roxelana, Rumi, Shams of tabriz, spiritual, Sufi, Sufism, suleyman, The alchemist, turkey
Posted in Religion + Spiritual
Posted in Religion + Spiritual
Patience & Infertility
After years of going through this and playing the waiting game, it’s hard to see ahead and to keep believing. This rule of love from the Sufis stood out to me. The storms are here for a reason, even if…
Tagged with: Elif Shafak, fertility, forty rules of love, infertility, infertility uk, patience, Sufi
Posted in Religion + Spiritual
Posted in Religion + Spiritual
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