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Thursday, November 13, 2025

Motherhood Spirituality

May 13, 2025 Musings_Admn_2

Undivided Attention – Ar-Raqeeb

I watch my daughter during her swimming lesson while sitting in the viewer’s lounge. But I don’t have my gaze

July 15, 2024 Musings_Admn_2

Reflections during Travel – Our Journey is written

Whenever I witness my older daughter playing with her friends joyfully, I cannot help but wonder about the kind of

FEATURED General Motherhood Spirituality

May 23, 2024 Musings_Admn_2

Mothers’ Spiritual Journey

As a mother of two young children, I am often thinking about their tarbiyah (spiritual nurturing). I am also surrounded

Community FEATURED General Motherhood Spirituality

February 4, 2024 Musings_Admn

To the First-Time Mums

To the first-time mums… When my eldest daughter was 5 months old, I made a big international move. Not knowing

Motherhood Spirituality

March 4, 2023 Musings_Admn

Compassion without Comparison

“You’re also carrying a baby” – a 1 month postpartum mother told me when we were deciding who would hold

Community Motherhood Spirituality

February 2, 2022 Musings_Admn

Motherhood: From Love of Quran to Broccoli

Children have some basic developmental needs, ranging from physical to emotional needs, and more. When nurtured well, they are able

Community FEATURED Motherhood

December 4, 2021 Musings_Admn

Unseen Motherhood

“Sab hi paaltay hain, ismein konsi bari baat hai?” “Aise hi tu nai na jannat milti paon talay?” “Humne tu

Motherhood Spirituality

July 15, 2021 Musings_Admn

Moving a Heavy Chair

I was spying on my daughter from the parking area before pick-up time, as she played in her outdoor summer

FEATURED Motherhood Spirituality

July 10, 2021 Musings_Admn

Motherhood and Identity

It is hard not to take motherhood as one’s “identity”. In the beginning few years of motherhood, it takes most

Community Motherhood Spirituality

June 21, 2021 Musings_Admn

Finding Meaning in the Mundane

As I feed my daughter lunch, we talk about sharing food with our neighbours and pleasing Allah SWT. I hope

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Amidst the one-thousandth time answering, “Ammi (mom), what is this called?”, going through the motions of everyday chores, trying to find exactly two minutes and twenty-nine seconds of uninterrupted downtime, finding that last bit of draining energy to stay calm, there are fleeting moments with a sudden realization that there is meaning to this madness. It is almost as if that time slows down, birds stop chirping, the dryer stops making that tumbling sound and one can see a flash of His Divine Plan unveiled from behind the chaos that often surrounds oneself like scattered dust. Marium’s Musings is an attempt to capture and preserve some of those often random and unexpected flashes of hope and meaning not only for myself and my daughter, but also for anyone who might find some unexpected joy and pause for meaning during their two minutes and twenty-nine seconds of uninterrupted downtime.

Marium lives in London with her husband and two daughters. Alongside trying to run a house and raise a toddler, she is trained in Chemistry and the traditional Islamic sciences, and is now an aspiring writer. She is also an optimist who believes that one day this will all make sense.