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Assalamu Alaikum and Welcome to Spring Semester 2013!

We’ve got a lot of incredible lectures, GBMS and events

coming up this semester. Sisterhood and brotherhood

halaqa’s will continue to be on Wednesdays. UmmahCommitment is back this semester and Project Downtown

is every Sunday at 12PM! Iqra is taking submissions for

the next issue, so email your pieces and get published!

Our annual conference will be occurring at the end of the

month! Join us for a weekend long sabbatical from our

daily routines educating and preparing participants for the

day of judgment and the journey of the soul from this life to

the final resting place, featuring world renowned

guests,Imam Suhaib Webb, Khalid Latif, and Sheikh

Hossam Musa.

Information to register for the conference, basketball

tournament, and volleyball tournament can be found at:

msaohiostate.com

The Day of Judgement is rapidly approaching, and those

who prepare for it will be the ones

who will be rewarded. Are you

prepared?

Iqra Issue 5: The Last Stand January 2013

Inside this Issue

The Ohio State University’s

Mushtaq Dualeh

Iqra Director

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My Race

8

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Somali Portal

Speech

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MAS-ICNA experience

Upcoming Events1/18 Ihsaan: Perfecting our

Worship of Allah (SWT)

1/25- 1/26 The Last Stand



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“When the sun is shrouded in darkness, whenthe stars are dimmed, when the mountains areset in motion, when pregnant camels are

abandoned, when wild beasts are heardedtogether, when the baby girl buried alive isasked for what sin she was killed, when therecords of deeds are spread open, when thesky is stripped away, when Hell is made toblaze and Paradise brought near: then everysoul will know what it has brought about.”

Surah 81: 1-14Some Virtues of Friday:

• This is the day Adam (as) was created

• This is the day he was granted entry into

Jannah

• This is the day he was removed from

Jannah

• This is the day his repentance to Allah (swt)

was accepted

• This is the day he passed away

• The Day of Judgement will take place on a

Friday

Hadith: “There is no creature which is not

waiting every Friday, from the moment the sun

rises, fearing the Hour, apart from Jinn and men.”

On the day of judgment, when every Prophet will be

asking for themselves, too afraid to ask for anyone else,

when every mother will forget her child and care only for

herself, when every friend will forget their friend and wives

will not care for husbands, the Prophet SAW will be the one

person who will be asking Allah to save his ummah. He will

remain in sajdah until every single one of his ummah will

come out of hell and take them to jannah. How many years

will that be? If for every sin, a person will spend around

50,000 years in hell, what about the worst Muslim in the

world? How long before the Prophet SAW can lift his head

from sajdah? Trillions of years? A person should think before committing a sin that they will

be prolonging the time the Prophet SAW has to wait to go toJannah.

We’re not even worth it, but he’s willing to wait for us, so

how come we don’t care about him? This man who cares

for us more than our own mothers ?

Shine Hawramani

Comparative Studies ‘13



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He’s a lot more awesome then hegives himself credit for. He super

awesome.

He’s a good guy mashAllah. And

he’s a real OG, whatever thatmeans.

Anytime anyone sees him,they are in a happier mood.Great personality, mashAllah.

He’s hilarious! If you haven’theard his impressions already,you haven’t lived.

Sleek skinny awesome dude.

Q: If you could fill the Oval with anything, what

would it be and why?

A: Those pillows that are in a sword shape for

pillow fights…harmless chaos.

Q: If you could travel anywhere in the world,

where would it be? Why?A: Mecca then Bora Bora Island then Angel Falls

Jenna > Dunya…Bro

Q: Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

A: God please as a Doctor/Surgeon. Make duas for

me.

Q: Do you have a favorite Surah? If so,

what is it? Why?

A: Yusuf, entire story in one surah, can’t help

but finish it every time

Q&A with Amr

What do YOU have to say about Amr?

Well, now that the New Muslim Circle is up and running, Dawah tables are about tolannah, inshallah. Then setting up for Islamic Awareness Week woot. Inshallah, I will be

speaking to other groups and other things. It’s all about Dawah. A little about me, I’m justa dude, 3

rdyear, pre-med and loving life, Alhamdulillah. Make dua I make it to med

school…seriously.

Amr’s Bio and Plan as Outreach Chair

Outreach Chair

Very nice guy. Very smart. Willbe successful in life, inshAllah.




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Q&A with Shukri

I think that Shukri is an incredible

person. She’s got great taste and Ilove how when she speaks thewhole room listens.

She scares me a little bit but in agood way.

Serious. Professional.Intimidates most.But she cool.

Shukri is one of those people younever want to get on their badside with.

She is the best sister ever,alhamdulillah.

Q: What's your favorite movie/book line?

"Et de ratage en ratage, on s'habitue à ne

jamais dépasser le stade du brouillon. La vie

n'est que l'interminable répétition d'une

représentation qui n'aura jamais lieu" said by

Hipolito in Amelie.

Q: Your favorite book and movie?

Pan's Labyrinth -film

Siddartha by Herman Hesse-book

Q: Favorite Food?

Reese's

Q: What do you do in your spare time?

Chill

Q: If you were a super hero what powers

would you have?

To Fly.

Q: Which is your favorite

Pokémon?

Digimon

What do YOU have to say about Shukri?

Shukri’ s Plan as Ex-Oficio

Ex-Oficio

She tells it like it is. And sheLOVES peanut butter.

Shukri loves dogs. If youhave a dog, make sure to

introduce him/her toShukri.

My goal as ex-officio is simple, make sure that the board

members still like msa by the time their term ends. To ensure

they leave MSA with the same joy and passion they had coming

into their respective positions.



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7 Minor Signs of

Day of Judgment

Hadith about Qiyamah

“He is Knower of the unseen, and He

does not disclose His knowledge of the

unseen to anyone. Except whom He

approved of messengers, and indeed,

He sends before each messenger and

behind him observers.”

Surat-Al-jinn ayah 26-27

Abu Huraira reported Allah’s Apostle(may peace be upon him) as saying:

Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, willtake in His grip of the earth on theDay of Judgment and He would rollup the sky in His right hand andwould say: I am the Lord; wbere arethe sovereigns of the world?

{Book 039, Chapter 1, Number 6703 :Sahih Muslim}

The following minor signsof qiyamah have been

mentioned in the Hadith:

1. People will begin considering

Allah’s wealth to be their own

wealth. They will find it extremelydifficult to pay their zakaat. Theywill consider the wealth, which has

been entrusted to them as an

amanah to be their own wealth.

2. The husband will obey his wife,

disobey his mother, consider hisfather to be an outsider, and

consider an outsider to be his

relative.

3. Knowledge of the Deen will beacquired in order to earn a

livelihood.

4. Leadership and political power

will be given to those who areunqualified. That is, to those whohave no self-honor, no manners,

and those who are there for their

own benefit. Tasks will be handedover to persons who are notsuitable for those particular tasks.

5. People will honor and respect

oppressors out of fear of being

harmed.

6. Alcohol will be consumedopenly.

7. The custom of singing and

dancing women will become rife.Drums, fiddles, tambourines andother musical instruments will

become rife



Allah (SWT) said: “O mankind, indeed We have created

you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes

that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you

in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you. Indeed, Allahis Knowing and Acquainted.” (Surah Al-Hujurat Ayah 13).

By: Siham Abdi

Psychology ‘16

Before starting at The Ohio State University I never imagined that

racism was still present in our Muslim Ummah. Maybe I’m naïve,

oblivious even, but I thought everybody saw things the way I did, that we

are all Muslims and have that special connection no matter what color

our skin is or what part of the world we come from. Then I started

school and was having a conversation with some friends and the topic of

racism came up and how prevalent it was within the Muslim community.

Obviously I knew that racism was present in the world such as black against white but I always believed that the Muslim Ummah was united

enough not to exhibit such an arrogant trait. Who are we to think that we

are better than anybody else solely based on the color of our skin when it

is Allah (SWT) who chose our race for us? We may not want to be called

racists but this issue needs to be talked about if we want to be a united

Ummah, inshallah.



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This winter break I went to the MAS ICNA 2012 Conference held in Chicago. Over

4 days, I heard lectures and speeches from some of the most renowned speakers,

scholars, sheikhs and imams from around the world. Zaid Shakir, Imam Suhaib

Webb (coming to our conferene this month!), Sheikh Abdelfattah Mourou, Dr.

Mohamed Abutaleb (coming to a GBM in April,) and Tariq Ramadan are just a fewof the lecturers included in the 11th annual MAS-ICNA conference. The diversity of

the Muslim population present at the conference was quite a spectacle and surely an

environment unique in a place like the United States.

The theme of the conference was ‘Toward a Renaissance: Believe, Act, and

Engage,’ and although I was not amongst those who took notes during the lectures

the session that resonated the most with me was called ‘Moving Islam Forward in

the 21st century: Content and Discourse, it was presented by Tariq Ramadan and

Muslema Purmul. I have to be honest ad tell you that due to this lecture being

presented on the first day, I was late and unfortunately missed Muslema Purmul’s

contribution to the lecture. Alhamdulilah, I got to attend several of her other lectures,if you don’t know who Muslema Purmul is: Sheikh Google.

Anyway, Tariq Ramadan made a statement during this

lecture that has rung with me ever since. There is no peace

without jihad.

“Peace is an instant in your life, and therefore you have to

struggle to get it. Constantly.”

Inner peace is something I think most people struggle

with and what is so profound is that this “peace” wouldnot be possible without its antithesis: struggle…in

Arabic, jihad. Peace is not a constant and the struggle is

to find it is. Basically, the balance between the two is life.

The thing about Islamic conferences is that they are a tool. They are

not factories that crank out better Muslims after a few sessions. The output is

dependent on the input. Go to lectures you want and take advantage of the wealth of

knowledge that you can apply to your own life.

Zakaria Farah

Environmental Engineering ‘15




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“For by the Lord of the Sky and the Earth, it is verily truth—just as you speak.” The

Holy Quran, 51:23

“He [Zachariah] said, ‘My Lord, place for me a sign.’ He [the angel] said, ‘Your sign is

that you not speak to the people for three days except symbolically. And remember

your Lord often, and give praise by night and by early morning.’” The Holy Quran,

3:41

The Prophet pbuh: (taking hold of his tongue) Restrain this.

Mu’adh ibn Jabal: Are we then held accountable for what we say?

The Prophet pbuh: May your mother be bereft of you! And is there aught that lays

people out on their faces in hell-fire except the harvest of their tongues?

Speech is kind words, to loved ones and to strangers. Speech is the Sermon on the Mount,

and the farewell speech at Mecca, and “I have a dream.” Speech is helpful advice, well-

earned praise, giving thanks, and spreading knowledge. Speech is a force for good.

Speech is hate and spite. Speech is hateful words, to those present and weak, about those

absent and unable to defend themselves. Speech is Hitler, thundering his way into power

in the Reichstag, driving reason and humanity away. Speech is Slobodan Milosevic

fanning the flames of the Bosnian War. Speech is a harbinger of evil.

Speech is power. And, as Uncle Ben would say, with great power comes great

responsibility.

We need to be stingy in speech, and generous with our thinking. Inane talk has turned

egregious: no sooner do we open our mouths than we are swept into a current of

meaningless babble, harmful at worst, useless at best. We pass from frivolity to absurdity,

from absurdity to sheer stupidity. In the end we are not saying anything, really, we are

just saying. We become mere wagging tongues, flailing fruitlessly and endlessly in a

meaningless breeze.

We need to learn how to say what we think, as opposed to speaking in lieu of thinking, or—

God forbid—thinking only what others deem fit for conversation. It is not all-important to be heard, to have others listen to what you say and laugh and clap and admire you. Being

heard is secondary to speaking what is worth hearing—to speaking the truth.

Speech must pass under the pressure of meditation and forethought; then it will be as

hard and clear and obdurate as diamond. It must wind its way through the alembic of

contemplation, and emerge as pure and sweet as fresh, unspoiled water, just distilled.

Don’t let your words damn you. Take care to weigh them; always consider the

consequences. Use your tongue well, and it will be a witness for you, on the day that ends

all days.

Speech. Abdulrahman Al- Ruwaishan

Journalism ‘15




Today,IfellintoaportalofWikipediaandGoogle.

Withlabreportsyettobefinishedandessaysstillneedingtobewritten,Ifoundmyselfmoreintrigued

inaverydifferentsubject,Somalia.AlthoughIam

Somalibyrace,ancestry,language…Thecultureandstorieshaveonlyrecently

beguntocaptivateme.

SoassoonasmyfingersdancedacrossthekeyboardandIlaidmyeyesonthe

lettersthatstrungintowordsandsoonspectaculartales.MyviewsonSomali

historyandliteratureintensified.

IreadofalegendarySomaliQueenfrom15ADnamedArawello,whoissaidto

havesubduedallmeninherkingdom.ShebroughtMatriarchalvaluestothe

Somalipeople,whichwasadrasticchangefromthetraditionalPatriarchalsocietyofSomalia.

IlearnedtheoriginofthewordBarwaqo,‘God’sRain,’andwhereWaaqandEebe

areSomalinamesforGod.AndofSomalimythologythatspokeofGiants,Hyena-

menandHuur(TheReaper)IbrowsedaSomaliQasidafromthe19thcentury.I’ve

neverthoughtofanancientSomalia.

AndIrifledthroughpagesontheoriginsoftheSomalilanguage.Ifoundthatit’sa

CushiticlanguageandunderthebranchofAfro-Asiatic.

Iclickedhyperlinks,sporadically,andfoundmyselfonsitesofgenealogyand

Macrobians.Andoh,howincrediblyinterconnectedourworldis.Wefoolourselvesintobelievingwearesodifferentfromoneanother.Alllies.

FrommoreinsightonSomalitradeportsandcitiestomydiscoverythatwewerea

landofEgyptianpharaohs.Itneverceasestoamazeme,howmuchSomaliahasto

offer.Thedepthofdeen,culture,andhistoryisuniquetothatregionalone.And

whenwelookontothatsameregiontoday,itisnothingshortofapocalyptic.

Today,theLandofBardsisnothingmorethanalandoftears,hunger,pain,and

sorrow.

Andtheicingonthecakeisthishasonlybeenarealityforonegeneration,our

generation.Myvisionistochangethat.

Digdeeperintoyourowncultureandhistory.Sitdownwithyourparents,

grandparents,unclesandauntsandlearnmoreaboutwhereyoucomefrom.

Evenifyouthinkyouknowitall,I’msuretherearetreasuresthatarewaitingto

befound.

Mushtaq Dualeh

Public Health andInternational Studies ‘15




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Nomad wandering near darkened

places

Boots fall on the ground to pass

defeated faces

Inactively looking for truth

But I see none in their expressionlesseyes

Masks make it that much easier to be

cruel

They say briefly before they shrug at

the shoulders and point up at the

skies

Their voices are shrill

Loud as the first sound to shatter a

lengthy and holy silence

Sharp as the shrieks of a newly

childless mother

Where are my thoughts taking me?

Perhaps beyond the threshold of

propriety

No real thinker ever employedthought within a mental prison

No honest poet ever dipped pen into

the ink of certainty

Life is in the undisclosed,

Truth is trapped in the unmapped

corners of human consciousness

I want only to create the

inconceivable

I want only to begin to see the

invisible

The greatest minds of my generation

are toiling away in the corridors of

Ilhan Dahir|English and Political Science ‘15

sureness

Stringing together wordsThat look a lot like regurgitated history

pages

Eyes confined to small glowing screens

Ideas incarcerated by much of the same

Our metal limbs have turned us into tape

recorders

And still I search for an original

compilation

The musician of our time will light fires

with a symphony

The greatest painter will need to makethose pictures dance

The singer will transcend sound to

genuinely move an audience

Artistry has become a social serviceIt will need to wake us up

And yet I am in search of that truth

Of that inevitable truth

Cloaked somewhere beyond the

labyrinth of deceit

Somewhere accompanied by virtue and

integrity Somewhere beyond the maze of

impartial apathy

Paved with inconsideration

Somewhere cold and humble

But well lit and dignified

My footsteps grow light with that

promise

I am on my way

Illustrated by: Ayat Aldoori




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