Mujeeb Jaihoon

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Perfection is His Sole Privilege

Surrender “should have” fantasies to embrace the divine perfection and wisdom ordained by the Almighty behind every past life event.

Smart by Vision. Blind by Compassion

Smart glasses are only as good as Selfish wearables if they do not bring about tears of concern for the suffering lot—reminds Mujeeb Jaihoon.

Baba: A Word, A Memory, A Love That Lasts

When opinions seem to separate generations by galaxies, the need for deeper connection between fathers and children has never been greater- writes Mujeeb Jaihoon.

പൈതൃകം മാറ്റങ്ങള്‍ക്ക് വിലങ്ങു തടിയാവേണ്ടതുണ്ടോ? : മുജീബ് ജൈഹൂൻ

എല്ലാ നൂറു വര്‍ഷങ്ങളിലും ഒരു മുജദ്ദിദ് ആഗതമാവുമെന്നാണ്. നൂറു വര്‍ഷം പൂര്‍ത്തിയാക്കുന്ന സംഘടനകളുടെ ചരിത്രത്തിലും ഈ ഘടകം അനിവാര്യമാണ്

2024 in Review

Grateful for the abundant blessings from His Divine Banquet – including new books, events and recognitions achieved in the year 2024.

As You Read, So Shall You Reap

Mujeeb Jaihoon writes on the Sheikh Sultan’s literary efforts, highlighting his courageous embrace of human diversity with pragmatism.

Proudly Indian. Proudly Muslim

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The choice of my homeland is by Divine decree. So look elsewhere for a better victim to pursue your power play (Jaihoon on Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019)

Babri: Brace for further Hate Race

To all those eagerly composing obituaries for the fanatics-razed 16th century Monument, brace even more for the murder of Minority-souls, not just ancient domes or minarets.

Silence of the Kashgar Daughters (Txt ver)

What would it be like to set foot on that timeless soil where Past and Present played hide and seek from the other? My head lectured on the impossibilities even as my heart whispered about the possibilities. And I knew Truth would finally triumph even if Falsehood would stage its deceptive dance to snare my dream. Heart got its due, but after patiently knocking for more than ten years at Destiny’s doors.

Freedom is the oxygen of the Intellectual

This article is in response to a Twitter discussion, on public intellectuals in the gulf, triggered by the writer’s comment, I thought “public intellectuals” in the Gulf was an oxymoron!

Taking stock BEFORE Ramadan

If we could take this Ramadan as a time for self-assessment. Could we also try to find out how much have the Muslims positively contributed to the development of the world and to the total fund of knowledge and human experiences during this whole year?

Ramadan to Ramadan: Three Rs to Reflect

It is habitual for us to ‘regret about the past, complain about the present and worry about the future’. We spend more time thinking about them, than trying to solve them.

Mother Rediscovered

Thanks to the media, the commercial giants have spent heavily on defining motherhood through their products

A Mother’s womb is not for Sale

A Mother’s womb, that is cherished and revered since the creation of man as the greatest guardian of life, is being compared here to just ‘a model’ of an air conditioner! A model that would fail to maintain its ‘uniqueness’ in the market for not more than a few months. The womb is the very symbol of human life on earth.On the need for government regulation in advertising industry.

Smash the Idols of Knowledge Segregation

The point of interest is that this quote by Bayazid Bastami appeared as the opening quote of a psychology text book taught in CBSE Indian schools…Jaihoon on knowledge segregation

Mother : A step ahead of the Martyr

Her every vein protested with pain. And now she was asking one of her sons to look after his medication, writes Jaihoon on a visit to the ICU

Everyday’s a Valentine’s Day

What prompted Jaihoon to think so was a question posed by a colleague during a busy and breathless office schedule. “So what are you giving her for Valentine’s day?”

An Affectionate NOC from the wife

If it is the command of creed that a wife seeks the permission of her husband before observing voluntary fasts, then it is the same religion of Peace that teaches the parallel lesson for husbands to obtain ‘an affectionate NOC’ (No Objetion certificate) from one’s wife so that her rights are protected.

Henna: The balm on the palm

Everyone mentioned above is rewarded in one form or the other. At least they are given the credit for the roles they play. However on this blessed day, there is a silent character who is the focus of attention of almost the entire family and even the neighborhood in some cases. This person loses sleep, sometimes staying awake until late hours… the eyes get swollen so that other’s hearts in happiness are woven.

Allama Iqbal and Umar Qazi: Two lovers of the Holy Prophet

Had Iqbal known of Qazi, he would have probably included him in his poetry just as Tipu Sultan (from South India). The gap was partly owing to the rich contributions of Keralite intelligentsia but restricted to their own mother tongue.

Library: A resort for bookworms?

Shaykh Hamza Yusuf visits the stand with JAIHOON books at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair by Kitab (Stand Blackstone & Holywell, Stand no 11C30 )

Poets and thinkers have owed their best works to this silent valley. Many a scientists have silently screamed Eureka at this kingdom of books. Intellectuals find no other designation to spend their vacation than this empty hall with shelves all around.

Cricket …where Lady Luck shows off

From the very beginning, it was with ‘two-minded mentality’ that I thought of going to watch the match. After all it was the duty of the spectators to cheer those on the field. And I was not sure of my cheering capacity.In every game it is quite natural for one side to lose heart and other side to celebrate. And who takes which side- that is for us to wait and see.

Art as an Energy Source: Bow determines speed of the Arrow

Therefore, Creative Arts, which makes a definite impact on its audience, is also a form of energy. The success of a work of art (i.e. its influence) is based on the amount of mental energy exerted by an artist during its making…It is not that Iqbal used words which were out of others’ reach. But the bow determines the speed of the arrow… It was in midst of a conversation with a Communications & Electronics student that the idea was fired

”I am an American”: SO WHAT?

Thank God that unlike organized religions, there isn’t any single custodian or a specific city in the case of English language to dictate what is authentic or not. Or else it would become hard for humanity to distinguish between the terms- ‘terrorism’ from ‘patriotism’.

Chocolates, pickle…and Palestine

Conscience invasion in shopping It was just a shopping experience. In fact the first official one since Jaihoon had been promoted to the position of a breadwinner. Al Hamdu Lillah. As usual, it was a dotcom product that had priority in my TINY shopping list: a 1.5m USB cable. However, a box of chocolates was a not a bad idea to balance the list.

A Grand Question from a little one

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Meeting Death face to face is indeed a matter of great trial for the faith of the believer. Not everyone can receive the Angel of Death with a smile. In fact death is the test-tube where the solution of faith is examined.

A Catwalk by little ones

In this show, the participants never had to put up a show! They were as they were- pure of heart and intentions. They had not grown enough to become the victims of the Accursed One. Of course, they were instructed to act as so and so, but they never did so successfully.

Shame for Uncle Sam

It was hard to believe whether it was the real news or a commercial break of a Hollywood movie preview. But this was real plane, real building and real people.

Uplifting the Female without dumping her status

Among the most intensely discussed issues of today is the upliftment of women. The issue has attracted attention from all walks of life, creating both controversies and emotional response.

Monkey’s day out

A few months back, the appearance of the ‘Monkey-Man’ that assaulted many had caused an outcry not only in the region where it was discovered, but rest of the world as well.

Valentine’s Day: The Cupid Conspiracy

It is not in my capacity to elaborate the obsession of western civilization with the ancient Roman past, especially its past pagan legacy. Thanks to globalization, the ‘land of sunset’ is more appealing in the eyes of ‘land of sunrise’. What is western is synonymous with what is global and is not much different from the colonial effect of the middle ages.

Sneezing vs. Yawning

A thought dawned upon my mind about two mundane things which we all do (and as such there is nothing philosophical about it). Some of the results on comparison were funny and some strange.

نطاق المصرفية الاسلامية في كيرالا، نظرة اجتماعية

مرة هبط (UFO) جسم طائر غير معروف في مدينة كاليكوت، وخرج الأجانب منه و الذين كانوا في السفينة الفضائية وبدؤوا يتجولون في أحياءها وشوارعها وفي قرى مدينة مليبار هذه، واتصلوا بمقرهم في المريخ وأبلغوا تقريرا سلبيا عن هذه المدينة. .
يبدو أنهم كانوا يخططون تركيب محطة الترحيل للمقطني الأرض حتى يتمكنوا الاتصال بكوكبهم. غير أنه منعهم اختيار مدينة كاليكوت للأسباب التالية.

Making mistakes is Man’s right, not Microsoft’s

Life is all about change. ‘Change’ in seasons, change in relationships, change within one’s owns self. No single moment is the same in the universe. The planetary bodies are changing their location every moment. The rising sun has never seen the same earth on any two days. Change in state or rather movement is the essence of every nucleus.

Pilgrimage to a Moneywise Shrine

The clamor of money was in the air. The visitors had come with their choice made: Deposit or Withdrawal. This two-fold phenomenon was evident on each face. The paper bits in their hands spoke of the basic economic term: want.

The smile of Agony

How am I to behold the volcano of anguish and anger? This fume that is being emitted, spreads far and wide, knowing no bounds. Frustration enfolds every vein of mine. Nothing but curse and mistrust. And what can I say about this hell at heart?

Sweet since Night One!

Before Ramadan began, in a light-hearted moment I told my love that when in paradise, I would be in the joyful company of hoors. she replied in an indifferent tone, ‘That’s ok. But make sure you don’t spend too much time on the PC or else they would go away”.

In the light of Sura Al Noor

A few years back, when mind was not as much ripe, I had a chance to get hold of Imam Gazzali’s work, Mishkat Al Anwar. It was too ‘heretical’ for me then to accept the deeply mystical ideas expounded in it. And years after… attending a Tafsir gathering, I realized new meanings for the 1400 years plus revealed verses.

Unique pearls on the shore of Islam

Dr. Allama Iqbal testifies to the above fact in the following words: I went to Italy and came across a gentleman called Prince Caeteni who was fond of Islamic history. I asked him why he was interested in it, he replied “Islam turned women to men” (i.e. – Islamic faith instilled great faith and enthusiasm in the hearts of its womenfolk that they became equal to men).

Transforming solar energy to neural electric impulse on our taste-buds

The sword of Sun — at Quriyat, Oman.

The sun may be burning in scorching summer days and Man, an advanced form of creation, find it difficult to travel from home to office, even in air-conditioned cars. Yet the primitive date fruit embraces the merciless heat rays and ripens itself so that it becomes tasty for the man who eats it. A wonderful mechanism indeed to convert solar energy to neural electric impulse on our taste-buds! Well done, o Merciful Creator!

Cheese, Cartoons and the Holocaust

Quds seen from Jerusalem roads

The most fascinating aspect in this whole episode that attracted me was that even professing but non-practicing Muslims were showing their enthusiasm for the boycott. Muslim friends and colleagues, who had no business with fasting in the month of Ramadan or attending the congregational Friday prayers, were persuading and promoting practicing pious brothers and sisters to boycott Danish makes. Boycott emails were forwarded religiously and leaflets distributed devotedly.

Wanted: A Sheikh @ the Bedroom

Present Muslim world is in greater need of private home-based sheikhs than public pulpit-based ones. The community is disintegrating and so are individuals going through identity clashes

Political Monsters and Suicidal Chickens of Kerala

Politics deprive the land and people of peace. The heart beat of an average Malayalee is tuned to the political wrangling of various parties and groups. In Kerala, two is a company and three is a party!

A tree just before Terror and Tremor

Orange tree in Jericho

Islam is a religion of hope and determination. Never has the Beloved Leader of humanity let them lose hope- not in this world not in the next.

Flattering your wife, honestly!

In the process of giving such complements, there is no need to hunt or steal others’ verses. Just say it from your heart which is suffice. Poetry is nothing but the water flowing from the heart’s basin. And love is a rain-bearing cloud which pours water into that basin!.. by Jaihoon

You can’t beat Allah’s Mercy

What makes a believer different from non-believer is his capacity to hope for Allah’s Mercy. The slave may despise himself, cursing and wailing before Him.

A new and sweet definition of Heart

The definition begins with a suspense and ends with the revelation of the secret. The middle part is the important part that establishes the relationship between the heart and the personality

A burnt Preacher vs. Learnt Preacher

Visiting the sick one, no matter on what creed does his heart feed, brings in the visitor a sense of humility. Perhaps it will refine the believer’s heart better than listening to a mind-blowing seminar delivered by an expert on religion

How much is your prayer worth?

Let us evaluate our position. In the era when the major corporate houses are overvaluing their stock, let us be honest and honest, with outmost trust. Do not over value. Do not under value. Just at par value

Be like the Beloved!

Walk and sit like Rasoolullah. Be like the beloved of Allah. When anyone looks at you, they should remember Rasoolullah— thoughts from a Friday sermon.

Gaining love and losing weight

When our belly is full, we stop to think. When our belly is full, in laziness we are sunk. When our belly is full, we stop where we are