Athaqofy Islamic Center

18/09/2025

𝐀 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡, 𝐋𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲 & 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

In this exclusive Athaqofy Honours interview, we sit down with one of our distinguished awardees as they share what inspired them to travel with Athaqofy, their most memorable moments, and how the journey has shaped their life.

Their story is a reminder that Hajj & Umrah are not just trips but life-changing experiences. 💚

👉 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐓𝐮𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥 (Click link).

Nyd de videoer og den musik, du holder af, upload originalt indhold, og del det hele med venner, familie og verden på YouTube.

03/09/2025

Snippet from the Interview with one of our Loyal Pilgrims. Full video on our YouTube channel.

23/08/2025

𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞. 𝐎𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞.

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦!

17/08/2025

𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞.
𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬.
𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐮𝐬, 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐮𝐬, 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐬.
𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧. 💛

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15/08/2025

Loyalty deserves the spotlight. 🌟

We’re about to say ‘thank you’ in a way Athaqofy has never done before.

Stay tuned…

11/08/2025

𝐈𝐟 𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐯𝐞 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐔𝐧𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐤𝐚𝐡. 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬…

Some people believe they have to wait until they are old to perform Hajj or Umrah.

They say, “𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵… 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐’𝘮 𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘴.”
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴?

Others hold back because they feel they’re “not good Muslims” yet as if Makkah is only for the perfect ones.

But the truth is, the invitation to Makkah is often sent by Allah to the broken-hearted, the struggling, and the seekers.

𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁.
𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗼𝗹𝗱.
𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 “𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁.”

The House of Allah welcomes you exactly as you are, with your flaws, your hopes, and your longing to be closer to Him.
Your journey could be the very thing that transforms you.

𝑹𝙚𝒂𝙙𝒚 𝒘𝙝𝒆𝙣 𝙮𝒐𝙪 𝙖𝒓𝙚. 𝑾𝙚’𝙧𝒆 𝒂𝙡𝒘𝙖𝒚𝙨 𝙝𝒆𝙧𝒆 𝒕𝙤 𝙜𝒖𝙞𝒅𝙚 𝙮𝒐𝙪 𝙤𝒏 𝒚𝙤𝒖𝙧 𝙟𝒐𝙪𝒓𝙣𝒆𝙮.

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09/08/2025

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐈𝐬 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐔𝐦𝐫𝐚𝐡/𝐇𝐚𝐣𝐣

In 2010, a humble trader walked into our office with a quiet but determined dream: to perform Hajj.
She didn’t have much, but she began her payments little by little.

Year after year, she kept going. Even after the passing of our beloved founder, Sheikh AbdulRasaq Lawal رحمه الله, she never stopped.

And in 2016, six years after she began… she finally stood in front of the Kaaba, completing the journey she had dreamed of for so long.

𝗜𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲.
𝗜𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝘄𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁.

Your own journey can begin today; one step at a time.

𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆. 𝑾𝒆’𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖.

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07/08/2025

𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐟

🚶‍♂️𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗧𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗳.
𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗱…
𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻…

𝗢𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝘄𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀.
𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟳𝘁𝗵 𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗮 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀…
𝗔 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀, 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝘁𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗱.
𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝘂’𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀.
𝗜𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗿 or 𝗔 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵 or 𝗔 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗹.
𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁.
𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲.
𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀.
𝗗𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗵 𝗶𝘁.
𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝘃𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝗱-𝗧𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗳, 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗹𝗹 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁.

If you haven’t yet, it might be waiting for you this time.

06/08/2025

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐔𝐦𝐫𝐚𝐡… 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐃𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭

Something changes when you return from Umrah. Not just what’s on the outside but deep inside your heart.
You begin to see things differently.
You react slower, reflect more, and find peace in places you never used to. We’ve watched pilgrims return with a glow that can’t be explained.

They walk differently.
They speak more gently.
They give more freely.

Ask them yourself. Many will tell you:
“𝑰 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝑰 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒋𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝑰 𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒕.”

So if you’re wondering if it’s worth going again or going for the first time.

Just know this:
𝑰𝙩’𝙨 𝙣𝒆𝙫𝒆𝙧 𝙟𝒖𝙨𝒕 𝒂 𝒕𝙧𝒊𝙥. 𝑰𝙩’𝙨 𝙖 𝙧𝒆𝙨𝒆𝙩. 𝑨 𝒓𝙚𝒔𝙩𝒂𝙧𝒕. 𝘼 𝙧𝒆𝙩𝒖𝙧𝒏 𝒕𝙤 𝙮𝒐𝙪.

📍Makkah. Madinah. Memories that change you forever.

🔁 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞. Let us walk with you.

Have you felt a shift after Umrah or Hajj?
Share what changed in you, someone might just be inspired by your story.


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31/07/2025

𝑾𝙝𝒚 𝑾𝙤𝒖𝙡𝒅 𝑺𝙤𝒎𝙚𝒐𝙣𝒆 𝑷𝙚𝒓𝙛𝒐𝙧𝒎 𝑼𝙢𝒓𝙖𝒉 𝑻𝙬𝒊𝙘𝒆 𝒐𝙧 𝙀𝒗𝙚𝒏 𝑴𝙤𝒓𝙚? 🤔

Most people see Umrah as a once-in-a-lifetime journey. A spiritual achievement. Something you do, then move on. But what if I told you that for some people, going for Umrah more than once opened doors they never imagined possible?

𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣’𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚-𝙪𝙥 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮’𝙧𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙚.

One of our pilgrims once stood before the Kaabah and made a heartfelt prayer. He asked Allah to bless him with the means to sponsor just one person to perform Hajj every year. A beautiful intention. After he returned for his second Umrah, things started to change. Not only did he sponsor one person, but he sponsored six people for Hajj in the same year. And he’s not stopping. He plans to do more, every year.

Another brother was carrying a heavy burden in his heart. His wife had been scheduled for surgery, and there was so much fear and uncertainty. While he was in front of the Kaabah, he poured his heart out in prayer. That same day, the surgery was cancelled. Not because of a medical error or delay, but because Allah made a way. The baby was born safely without any surgery.

We’ve seen so many stories like these. Stories of ease. Stories of healing. Stories of unimaginable blessings.

It makes you wonder.

𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗨𝗺𝗿𝗮𝗵 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘀. 𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗵. 𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱. 𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁.

If Allah has given you the means, don’t wait. Don’t hold back.

𝑹𝙚𝒕𝙪𝒓𝙣, 𝑨𝙨𝒌 𝒂𝙜𝒂𝙞𝒏, 𝘾𝒓𝙮 𝙖𝒈𝙖𝒊𝙣 𝙖𝒏𝙙 𝙎𝒕𝙖𝒏𝙙 𝙗𝒆𝙛𝒐𝙧𝒆 𝑯𝙞𝒎 𝒂𝙜𝒂𝙞𝒏.

Because you never know. The next Umrah might be the one where everything changes.

𝙇𝒆𝙩 𝙞𝒕 𝒃𝙚 𝙮𝒐𝙪𝒓 𝒕𝙪𝒓𝙣𝒊𝙣𝒈 𝒑𝙤𝒊𝙣𝒕.

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