Author: Talia Noa

I write about faith, growth, and navigating both struggle and guidance on this journey—sharing my personal experiences, not as a scholar, but as someone learning and growing along the way
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Ramadan Reflections 2025

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Alhamdulillah, as I step into this Ramadan. To be honest it was one I wasnt sure I was going to actually reach what with my health and surgery over the last year but by the will of Allah I am here and by his grace I am Healing, healing beyond the belief of even my own consultants.

Over the last year my faith has been tested beyond measure, not only with my health but also with other people who came into my life albeit briefly. It made me question everything I knew about islam and why I became muslim. Even 5 years into my journey I still get that revert identity crisis, i am not sure that goes away as a revert.

The ability to reflect has been my greatest asset this year since last ramadan. I have struggled with so much and often silently but I have also grown in so many ways and it is all thanks to Allah and his Guidance.

Over the last 6 months my views on islam have changed in as so far as the path I follow but my reasons for staying have remained the same.

For me, Islam has always been about seeking the truth—not just the truth about who God truly is, but also the truth about myself. It is a journey of self-discovery, one where I learn to see myself through His eyes, both in my strengths and my shortcomings. It is about embracing every part of who I am with honesty and acceptance, knowing that my worth is not defined by worldly standards but by the sincerity of my heart.

How can we stand before our Creator every day and not be truthful about who we are? In a world where appearances are often valued more than integrity, Islam has taught me that what resides within my heart carries far greater weight. It is not the image I present to the world but the sincerity, purity, and intention behind my actions that truly matter.

Islam has also opened my heart in ways I never imagined. It has allowed long-buried emotions to surface—feelings I once suppressed out of fear or self-doubt. Through faith, I have learned to embrace warmth, compassion, and love in their purest forms, untainted by expectation or pretense. My heart no longer feels the need to harden itself against the world, because I have found strength in vulnerability and peace in surrendering to God’s will.

And only when I stand firmly in my truth—acknowledging both my flaws and my strengths—can I truly advocate for those more in need than I am. When I embrace who I am with sincerity, I can serve others with integrity, free from ego or self-interest. Islam teaches me that true advocacy is not about seeking recognition, but about standing for justice with a heart that is pure, humble, and aligned with God’s guidance.

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Life is Temporary

The Quran 3:185

Death is certain…. And life is not. This life is temporary

Each day we wake up, go to work, wait for Friday, so we can enjoy the weekend.

It takes a lot of emotional and spiritual energy to stop, pause, and reflect on what is happening and where we are going and indeed where we are.

We often escape from the thought of our end.

Death is a reality for every single living creature we will all experience death.

No one’s health, wealth, status, or riches has ever saved them from dying and being buried with nothing.

NOTHING

So why do we give so much energy, time and attention to this Dunya ?

We always seem to plan for the things like work, college, marriage and yet we never plan for the one thing we know is certain… death.

Personally I think we are scared of the unknown and are more comfortable with what we know like buying the next gadget, the next car , holiday the next distraction or escape from the very thing we chase..this dunya.

Its made us drunk and we have lost focus on what is important

Our Akhirah

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Trusting the signs

honestly today this really got me thinking today about how many signs we dismiss or excuse, instead of listening due to past conditioning.

The child who was told they were lazy may simply keep going for fear of being seen as lazy or a failure, when they should possibly just give up the current direction or change direction entirely. The abused may give too many chances through feelings of failure of guilt or simply not trusting their own judgement so they become easier to manipulate, instead of leaving at the first red flag.

The truth is in all of these situations we have simply lost touch with Allah, we have become so fearful of making a mistake that we keep going when in all honesty we should pause and turn to Allah knowing that in his signs we will find the right path for us.

We need to learn to trust ourselves again and listen to the signs all around us no matter how small, as they come from Allah.

Turn to the Quran

“And the Earth, We spread it out, and cast therein firmly-set mountains and We have made to grow therein of all beautiful kinds; giving insight and a reminder to every servant who turns [to Allah]” (Qur’an 50:7-8).

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Xmas RANT

What an odd time Xmas is for. REVERT in the uk. especially the only revert in your house.WORSE if you have children who you haven’t been forced to revert as many reverts do to their children, yep shakes my head .

It’s not only a time of your pages being flooded with xmas posts and twinkly lights but also muslim pages bashing anyone that dare to uphold family traditions connected to the time of year and their culture.

This is the thing I think that gets missed allot and thats that whilst yes many do celebrate Christmas for the religious reasons many of us celebrate XMAS with absolutely zero religious attachment to it what so ever.

For many of us this was always a time of year where all the family had a few days off we would get to see people we hadn’t for a year all come together and eat and share time with each other. there were no church services or prayers or nativity sets in the house nor were there any greetings other than the usual happy XMAS then it was never mentioned again all day, we didnt watch religious tv in fact we would usually watch die hard or the great escape a war based movie or Oliver Twist all xmas classics in my home growing up and then listen to your great uncle and grandparents bang on about ‘in my day in the war’ as they sip on they gin and tonic or port

Whilst some have then go on when disproved and argued oh its a pagan tradition I would argue having been a pagan for 35 years before I reverted that actually NO xmas day and Yule are not only two totally different things but also they fall on two totally different dates.

So its a weird one as we have our cultural ties and family traditions calling us on one hand and misunderstanding and attempts at Shaming us for them on the other in the form of public judgements and social media posts

one thing needs to be made clear, at no point as children growing up did many of us associate the time of year with god so why would be now as reverts ???

I think the need for understanding doesnt fall on the head of reverts this time of year and instead falls up on muslims to educate themselves as some of the posts are simply ignorant and narrow minded and having been on both sides of the coin…. embarrassing.

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Only Allah should reside in our hearts

This needed to end so I could be alone with only Allah, to understand his mercy and how it is only him that can fill any void.

When we put more importance on this dunya and we fill our hearts with people and things of this world we set ourselves up to feel pain.

To be stuck in an endless loop of heartache and sadness.

Nothing or no-one else can be relied upon as they are temporary in this dunya, only Allah is the everlasting, flawless and absolute.

The heart is his rightful place. Nothing else has the right to reside there except him. When we empty our hearts of everything from this dunya and fill it with Allah, only then can we escape this prison this dunya tries to keep us in.

In this place of freedom we can no longer be broken, our hearts can no longer be weak. we will no longer suffer for Allah is there

When I wrote this I had just decided to stop speaking to someone for the sake of Allah, to someone I felt very deeply I would also walk with in Jannah, so strong were my feelings for him. Sadly it became messy and his past interactions all came back to feast and I dont want to eat at that kind of table.

Its ending didn’t affect my decision to travel, in fact it confirmed for me that it was indeed by the will of Allah that this person came back to disrupt the situation, as it caused me to turn back to Allah and away from temporary things. It brought a realisation that I had put this person in the wrong place in my body.

“Only Allah should reside in our hearts”

Despite the situation leaving me to feel like I was stranded in the middle of the ocean I now ‎saw this as a blessing from Allah, for out of his mercy I turned to only him in full acceptance of his will and he placed in my heart something better, something everlasting and perfect

HIMSELF

“And when adversity touches you at sea, lost are all these you invoke except for him “[17:67]

Allahu Akbar

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Love

This love transcends the mind and heart, forming an eternal, soulful connection that endures beyond life. It’s unwavering, resilient, and not bound by physical or emotional limitations. True love is a spiritual journey, where we recognize the divine in each other, embrace the soul, and love selflessly. This pure, transformative love elevates us, heals, inspires, and connects us to our highest selves.

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Flights

Oh to be a bird and to fly far far away anytime I felt like it.

The feeling of being in the air has always felt like I’m being safely cradled in the hands of god.

The world from above is such a marvel to view

It never ceases to amaze me how you can leave in darkness and arrive to sunlight, a reflection of life and its trials.

When we find ourselves in a dark place we most hold onto hope that the sun will always rise on a new day

Alhamdulillah for my life

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Revenge is for the Ugly

Allah is always watching us. He knows what we do, whether it is good or bad.

Then He will tell us of that and will reward or punish us accordingly on the Day of Resurrection, as He says:

“Have you not seen that Allah knows whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is on the earth? There is no Najwa (secret counsel) of three but He is their fourth (with His Knowledge, while He Himself is over the Throne, over the seventh heaven), — nor of five but He is their sixth (with His Knowledge), — nor of less than that or more but He is with them (with His Knowledge) wheresoever they may be. And afterwards on the Day of Resurrection He will inform them of what they did. Verily, Allah is the All-Knower of everything” [al-Mujaadilah 58:7]

Allah Alone knows the unseen and the seen, what is secret and what is open, as He says of Himself

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Fate

A Husband Said To His Wife: ‘50,000 years before the sky was introduced to the sea, Allah Azza Wajjal wrote down your name next to me..’

Remember everything has been written even before this earth was even made! Your spouse has already been chosen for you, so let’s just be patient

In shaa Allah

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Fill your cup wisely

You’re holding a cup of coffee and someone accidentally bumps into you, causing it to spill everywhere.

Why did you spill the coffee?

“Because someone bumped into me.”

Wrong answer.

You spilled the coffee because there was coffee in your cup. If there had been tea in the cup, you would have spilled tea. 

Whatever is inside the cup is what will spill out. 

So, when life shakes you up, whatever is inside you will come out. 

It’s easy to pretend everything’s fine until you’re shaken.

So, we have to ask ourselves, “What’s in my cup?”

When life gets tough, what spills over? Joy? Gratitude? Peace? Humility? Anger? Bitterness? A victim mentality? A tendency to quit?

Rember LIFE gives you the cup; YOU choose what to fill it with