Anwar Al-Awlaki: The Blog!
I am sure many of you are familiar with the inspiring compilation CDs featuring lectures by Imam Anwar Al-Awlaki, who, by Allah’s grace, was released from imprisonment recently. With the help of some brothers, he now has his own blog - I love it when our ulema get with the times, alhamdulillah! 
His latest entry is just as inspiring as his audio works, as he writes about the positive consequences of his imprisonment:
I was in an underground solitary cell made up of four concrete walls with an iron gate on one side and on the opposite side a small window -rather a hole- covered with iron mesh to allow for some fresh air to come in. I couldn’t see much from it because it was about four meters high. Then there was the roof with a bulb hanging from it which was on continuously day and night. Then the floor with a mattress 2-3 inches thick, a blanket, a worn off pillow, a plastic plate, a bottle for water, and an empty bottle “just in case”. And then there was a Quran…
In this environment there is nothing to do and nothing to read but the Quran, and that is when the Quran reveals it secrets. When the hearts are clean; when there is nothing clouding the spirit, the Quran literally overwhelms the heart.
Subhan’Allah!
Masha’Allah he is liberated. May Allah increase bless him and his kin and grant them/us all Jannah! Ameen.
Jazzak’Allah Kair for sharing this.