Astro Blog

On a lazy summer night, I curl up on my soft daybed outside on my deck and peer deep into the night sky. The sky opens up like a huge canvas, welcoming my curious gaze and revealing its wonders and secrets, inviting me to ponder and reflect.

What is our place in the vastness of this universe? We are small beings on a tiny planet revolving around an insignificant, average-sized star in a galaxy of 400 billion stars and there are about a trillion galaxies out there in the observable universe. Our bodies are made of stuff that was cooked in the bellies of stars billions of years ago. Yes, we are stardust. But we are the only particles of stardust that can think, that can empathize, that can shed tears and cry with joy. That makes us so very unique that Allah called us the “best of the creations”. And entrusted us to be His Khalifah on Earth. And that is why I write ….