Philosofaith
As we keep beckoning desertification
With ten days to the 2026 World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, a detailed media report published within the...
Some mystifying scenarios from Ummul Qurah
To begin today’s discourse, my gratitude to Allah yet continues for being privileged to be one of those that performed...
Some amazing, exciting scenarios from Yathrib
Yathrib is the old yet traditional name of the second holiest city in Islam, Al-Madinat ul-Munawwarah; or simply Madinah. As...
The power of conscience
We are told in Qur’an 95:4 and 5 that Allah (SWT) indeed “created man in the best of moulds” and...
Your worst enemy is wearing a mask
When you notice that the sky is cloudy, your natural expectation is that rain will fall. When you hear the...
Not in a believer’s character
When the human mind is lost to or conquered by falsehood, it is often misled by self-obsessed tendencies to form...
Is this condition permanent? (II)
Last week’s piece on this page outlined how the effect of insurgency and counter-insurgency seems to have almost become a...
Is this condition permanent? (I)
“No condition,” they say, “is permanent.” But there’s a condition that seems to have become permanent in Nigeria. Many Nigerians...
‘Time lost is never found again’
Benjamin Franklin is one of the simple names that come to mind whenever there’s a call for sayings about time...
As northern governors indict selves
More than thirteen years after I passionately wrote a fiery letter to northern governors on this page, to lament the...