Ramadan Diary - Day 16 (Friday 3rd July 2015)

Hey Everyone!

Today it was a pretty chilled day nothing major happened although my body has been aching a lot.

I've been feeling a little bad because I haven't been able to read the Qur'an as much as I was hoping to. So In Sha Allah I will try and do so tomorrow (Saturday). I feel like the day was wasted I wish I did more but having aches and pains is a struggle and it can be difficult.

Even so I always try and stay positive. Like with today, Allah just made it so that I don't don't read today as much but more tomorrow InShaAllah. I did read a little so it's better than not doing anything and the way technology is nowadays we have no excuse not to read the Qur'an because we have easy access to it such on our phones, iPad, Kindles and other portable devices. So let's try our hardest to pray and read the Qur'an boy just in this month but even after. :)

Well that's all for today! As always take care and think positive. 

Tarana A beaming star shining with positivity for the world to embrace xoxox

Ramadan Diary - Day 12 (Monday 29th June 2015)

Hello Hello! :D

I have to admit today was a really good day because I woke up earlier than usual - 11:30ish. I was so happy and felt like I can get a lot done. But I did do other things. Not really creative though, because I was spending my time learning things.


I love learning new things and trying to make sense of thing. I have such a lack of some of the most basic things sometimes which is why I want to keep my brain working and exercising it as well. Honestly saying my general knowlwedge is not on par thesedays and some of the things that I should know at my age I don't. Which I don't like and want to change it around. So to do that you need to READ!

It's so important to read journals, books, articles, newpaper, anything really. When Allah first revealed the Qur'an the for word to be revealed was READ. It's that important. If you want to learn something research on it. Books, people, online there are many accessible knowledge to gain from the world.

So basically I spent the day learning about computers, yes I know it's a lot to understand and it's boring to some but I want to be able to understand it and explain to others. Thus the passion of teaching. I love teaching what I know and what better way to learn then to teach? I'm not saying I was teaching (no, no because I don't have that qualification) but I want to and in order to do that I need to learn the basics - I admit I have some lack of common sense despite people thinking otherwise. But I am working on it and I still want to learn more.

It's funny how when you're young you want to grow up and become an adult but when you're an adult you want to become a child. Simpler times then. More freedom for adults (in the eyes of children). Each time have their own complexcity. Like being a child or teen you have to force yourself to learn things (going to school) and you don't see the benefit of it hence why you wish to be an adult thinking that being free is what would let you do what want. However being an adult means not just freedom but freedom with responsibilitties. As you grow you learn.

Anyway I wasn't able to post yesterday so I'm doing it today (NOTE: my writing style in this post is like I'm writing on the day - e.g today I did...)

Well I think I'll leave it as this today, I am not fasting in the next few days I don't think because my health isn't so great but I will see what happens hopefully I can fast.

Make dua for me as I would for you :)
Take care and think positive
Tarana A beaming star shining with positivity for the world to embrace xoxox

Ramadan Diary - Day 11 (Sunday 28th June 2015)

Hello Everyone! :)

Can you believe it is already the 11th day? :O the speed at which these days are going is amazing. I hope that you all are keeping a good mind and the right intentions.



This heat reminds me of doing artsy work so please look forward to some of my new creations soon :) I'm hoping to get into more of my creative side and be more active (after I recover from the cold) so hopefully you will be seeing some new creations of mine soon.

I'm feeling super excited! :D
Anyway I hope you all had a wonderful day :)

Take care and think positive
Tarana A beaming star shining with positivity for the world to embrace xoxox

Ramadan Diary - Day 10 (Saturday 27th June 2015)

Hey Everyone! :D

Again I apologise for not updating but I am catching up and fortunately it's not a lot either. I hope you are all doing and making sure to keep positive thoughts all the time.



The weather is also quite hot as well regardless of its appearance. So be careful and dress lightly but modestly. I hope that you all are maintaing your prayers as well as that is important. A reminder is always good, I feel bad because I haven't been able to pray for the past two days so I will have to start praying again.

Take care all and as always think positive
Tarana A beaming star shining with positivity for the world to embrace xoxox

Ramadan Diary - Day 9 (Friday 26th June 2015)

Hey Everyone :)

I'm sorry for not updating these few days, I've been ill and adding to my illness it doesn't help. I'm a little disappointed today because I wasn't able to fast and I truly wanted to. I wasn't able to to read the Qur'an either because I was not feeling so well. However, I will let you all know that I am not giving up on hope, Allah will let me read and fast when it's right for me.



I hope you all had a wonderful Ramadan, make sure to look for the positives and also make sure to be patient with each other, the test for this month will be extra hard but the rewards would be 70 times as great! :)

Take care and think positive
Tarana A beaming star shining with positivity for the world to embrace xoxox

Ramadan Diary - Day 8 (Thursday 25th June 2015)

Hello Everyone! :)

Guess what? I'm ill. On top of my illness I have a cold and a sore throat. I don't feel too good. Most of the time I was sleeping and my body was in doubley pain. Which didn't help at all.


But enough of the negativity. I hope everyone had a wonderful day and make sure that you stay safe and keep yourself warm. I really can't say much since I'm not myself today but I hope you are all thinking positive and make sure to be patient with your loved ones.

Take care and think positive, make sure to keep me in your duas.

Tarana A beaming star shining with positivity for the world embrace xoxox

Ramadan Diary - Day 7 (Wednesday 24th June 2015)

Hey Everyone! :D

So today was another day. I can't believe that it's already day 7 done. I hope that everyone is having a wonderful Ramadan and make sure to always stay optimistic and busy not only is it a good exercise mentally but physically too. Men you should help your wife with the chores to help them be at ease and make things easier on them too, it's not a responsibility that was said for only for women to serve her husband and do housework. It's for both. Women you have to make sure to understand and appreciate that your husband is working and providing for him, his family and that family includes you. Be patient with each other, the Prophet (PBUH) helped his wives with their housework even after coming back from a hard day of labour. As did his wives who took care of the home that he provided for them.


There are many things equal to men and women but there are some that can't be the same because us being humans will make mistakes and we have to learn from them and also we sometimes find it difficult to come to a resolution. It's important to COMMUNICATE with each other. Stay true to yourselves and always have faith Allah is all knowning. He knows what his slaves are doing and what they will do.

I think I would just leave you all with this. My day today was interesting, when I woke up I had this feeling of not wanting to pray (the inner shaytan) so I ate food (not fasting health reasons) and literally said mentally that I won't pray but in my heart I said that I would and Alhamdulilah Allah knew what I wanted and he made them come true and I was able to pray. It felt amazing! :) I truly felt grateful and felt closer to my Lord. I felt completely blessed with such a thing that may seem small to others but to me and Allah it something that is much greater. Unfortunately though I won't be fasting tomorrow as my eating isn't going so well so I'll In Sha Allah fast on Friday. Please make sure to pray and make dua for yourself and your family and me and my family and most importantly for us all to enter Paradise In Sha Allah.

Take care everyone and think positive :)

Tarana A beaming star shining with positivity for the world to embrace xoxox

Raman Diary - Day 6 (Tuesday 23rd June 2015)

Hello Everyone! :)

I hope you're all doing well. I completely forgot to post yesterday so I'm just going to do it now.

Basically it was a pretty chilled out day. I haven't been doing much but just chill. I didn't read the Qur'an either but I'm planning on Friday.

Nothing happened out of the ordinary. Just been really productive like write up my story for my co-writer.

Anyway that's all for today.

Take care and think Positive

Tarana A beaming star shining with positivity for the world to embrace xoxox

Ramadan Diary - Day 5 (Monday 22nd June 2015)

Hey Everyone!! :D

Hope all is well with you. I am going to try and keep this one shirt because I don't want to take up much more of my sleep then I already have.

Okay today I wasn't fasting and didn't read either because I was sort of taking a break day. I had other things to do today but I didn't want to make anything but my health a priority this time.

My health today was fluctuating a lot as usual and yes I am taking my medication. I wish I could do more but things takes time and this is something Allah has given me to test my patience and to see how well I do.

Fasting wise I was asked by many of I was fasting and how it was going and most of the people I told know about my salty so I told them. I also asked them and this year around I must admit I think people are finding it a lot more at ease. Which I hope In Sha Allah that it will be a more at ease and peaceful one. Don't overwork yourself and make sure your intention is pure no matter what action you're about to take.

Ok well that's all for today :) I shall catch up with you all in my next Diary entry. If you can I would love to hear how you are all coping with iron those who know people who are fasting what's it like for you to know someone who does this every year for a whole month? How does it affect your surrounding and environment? If it doesn't how do you think it will be better next time and what would you change? Leave a comment below and let me know a little about your experience.

Take care and think positive 

Tarana A beaming star shining with positivity for the world to embrace xoxox

Ramadan Diary - Day 4 (Sunday 21st June 2015)

Hey Everyone! :D

Hope you all had another wonderful Ramadan. Today like I said I would be reading the Qur'an and read as much as I can which I did. I ended up reading quite a lot, given my health and Alhamdulilah I think this year would be the first year for me to finish reading the Qur'an fully after a long time and in such a short time as well.


I stuttered quite a bit while reading but that is a bonus in my rewards as Allah loves when we correct our mistakes. I have feel extra special since I am ill and Allah has given me the opportunity to become more closer with Him and to be able to find my way to positivity and understanding of my religion.

I am always seeking answers to many questions I have of my religion especially about the men and women equality I think that's one of the biggest thing I look to see, how women are treated by men. What women have in Paradise? These are just a few of many questions that I want to know answers to.

Questioning my religion does not mean that I am trying to find a flaw in it. There is a big difference and a fine line between the two. If you question your religion there is two paths to the intention of your question. The first can be to find flaws, which is why you question but don't accept the anwer or move on to another question until someone has no answer to it. This is wrong. You intentions are wrong and eventually you will not succeed in this life for long with that mentality. The other questioning is what I do (and many others). Which is seeking more knowledge about my religion, why is a certain things the way they are? Whatever the answer I will either seek to further understand it or I will accept what is presented to me.

I know I'm rambling on but this was mostly what was on my mind while I was reading the Qur'an. I am still learning and it will not stop. I learn from anyone and that's a good thing. Anyway I was able to to read up to 5 paras today! :D I feel so accomplished. However I won't be reading the way I was today as I didn't take proper breaks which is not normal, hence why my health isn't doing too well at the moment. This is completely my fault so I'm not going to make any excuses about it.

Anyway I hope you all question with the right intention and keep yourselves upbeat! You already completed the 4th day! :D You should be proud. Those of you who are reading the Qur'an Ma'Sha'Allah I hope Allah will guide you to complete it during this blessed month and keep you and your family blessed. Please keep me in your dua's everyone as I always keep you in mine (even the non-Muslim too ^^ I don't judge you know).

Ok I will stop now I'm pretty sure you don't want to read me rambling on about nothing.
Take care and think Positive
Tarana A beaming star shining with positivity for the world to embrace xoxox

Ramadan Diary - Day 3 (Saturday 20th June 2015)

Hey Everyone! :D

I just remembered about my entry post (yeah tell me about the timing right?) I thought that I might as well write it now because I'll probably forget about it tomorrow. So I apologise for that. >.<

Ok so today as I've told you all is that I won't be fasting because I wanted to give my health a break and boy was that a good choice or what. I ended up waking up at 5pm! :O That's way too late even for me. :( my health wasn't so good the whole day and I didn't even pray! Which I feel horrible about. :( The is no excuse to miss your Salah in my current situation there just wasn't. 

So tomorrow I've planned to dedicate the whole day spiritually which I hope to achieve In Sha Allah.

I won't be fasting tomorrow either but I will definitely keep up to my promise of making up my Salah and reading the Qur'an.

I hope you all had a good day, we all have mishaps and no one perfect but just remember to be true to yourself and Allah because he is always watching over you.

Anyway I don't want to be any late in my sleep so I shall say goodnight and make sure to read all your dua's for eating or even sleeping (in every activity).

Take Care and think Positive

Tarana A beaming star shining with positivity for the world to embrace xoxox

Ramadan Diary - Day 2 (Friday 19th June 2015)

Hello Everyone! :D

So I can't believe our second day of fasting has been completed Ma'Sha'Allah :D I hope everyone had a wonderful day today and kept yourselves busy with praying to your Lord and doing other spiritual deeds. :)


My day wasn't so great because of my health, which I expected to give me problems. But I didn't break my fast, instead I've kept myself busy either reading the Qur'an or spending some time on my laptop. Fasting was quite hard but I think it was a good thing that I didn't break it. However even said that, I don't want to make things worse for my health so I won't be fasting tomorrow. Although I really, really, REALLY want to but I need to not push because my health needs to be good.

I have already completed 1 para of the Qur'an which I am happy about :) I feel very confident that I would be able to complete it. :)

I also forogt to mention that I have already made some Artcards which I can't wait to share with you guys once they are completed! I'm so excited.

Anyways that's it for today's Ramadan Diary I hope you liked it and look forward to the next one.

Take care and think positive

Tarana A beaming star shining with positivity for the world to embrace xoxox

Ramadan Diary - Day 1 (Thursday 18th June 2015)

Hello Everyone!

~ Ramadan Kareem!!! ~

It's that time of year where you dedicate one whole month fasting, making yourself a more better individual, thinking about those in need and being the best Muslim you hope to be. I hope that your dua's are answered and that you all find peace and In Sha Allah meet in Paradise. Ameen. Xxx



I can't believe it's that time of year again. We have already completed one of our fast and I'm surprised at it too. Before I go any further let me introduce myself to any newcomers, Hey! :) My name is Tarana, I'm just your average Muslim girl who loves to blog and many other creative stuff and I hope that I can inspire you in some way and share my positivity as much as posible. I usually do these posts called 'Ramadan Diaries' where I post about my daily Ramadan life, including what I get up to during the day, how I'm feeling and anything else that I think would help.

So now back to day 1. I'm quite surprised it's gone by so fast I never expected it to. I will try and cherish the moments as much as possible. I have two surprises for you guys! Firstly I want to let you all know that I am fasting this Ramadan!:D And Alhamdulilah I feel good! My health affected me as usual but not as bad!:D I am really thrilled about that. I will try and fast and much as I can and of course if it becomes to much for my health then I would not continue but this is a good start! :D The second thing I wanted to say is that I am going to try and complete reading the Qur'an myself this Ramadan! :D So I'm excited about that, I'm feeling extra ambitious about it too so I hope I can do it! :D

Well that is it for our first Ramadan I hope everyone was making the most of it and make sure to always stay positive.

Tarana A beaming star shining with positivity for the world to embrace xoxox

Let me tell you...

Hey My Amazing Stars!! :D

I know I sort of let you all hanging after my last post about my physio aappointment. In fact I had another after that. I was always meaning to catch you all up but I end up doing something else. If you follow me on my Instagram you would see me posting some of the recent artworks I've been doing.



Before I get into that let me talk about my health and get that out of the way. I have been doing ok, my health keeps fluctuating so it's not always what I want it to be but it is what it is and there's nothing I can do but to control the pain and move on with my life. Which is what I have been doing since the last time I posted. As usual it affects me unpredictably and it's just not the way I would like it to be, but I don't like to dwell on it since it wouldn't do much good so I'm keeping myself busy.

Now the things that I've been doing is creative stuff like writing and drawing. I always feel like I want to paint but I just don't know what I don't do it. It's like one of those things where you think about doing it but by the time you get to it the moment just passes by or you keep procrastinating until it's too late to even do anything. So instead I'm just working on doing the usual simple drawing and sketching with pencils and coloured pencils. Which you would see on my Instagram. :) I felt a bit upset though because I wasn't able to do my crafts to my full ability because my wrist ended up hurting me a lot. However at the end of it I did get to complete it and post it :) I just need to have a creative outlet and this was it.

Another creative thing I have been up to, and some of you would know if you follow my writing blog, is writing. I have been working on my novel and I have also been working on my story with my co-writer. So if you haven't already done so do check it out Here and make sure to leave a comment and your feedback as well. :)

That's really all about it. Since it's the beginning of Ramadan that means I will be doing m daily Ramadan Diaries starting with today so look forward to it! :)

I hope everything is going well with you all and make sure to always stay positive because being negative doesn't solve anything.

Now I'm off to write my first entry of Ramadan after this post now so look forward to it because there will be a surprise in there too.

Take Care and think positive
Tarana A beaming star shining with positivity for the world to embrace xoxox