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"Hi, I'm Rafia — A biotech student by day, aspiring poet and storyteller by night.
When I'm not diving into the world of science, you'll find me writing verses or chatting about life's wonders!"

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Health & Wellness

Health personalized to your Body Composition: Melancholic/ Vata Dosha

by rafiashakeel.comupdated on 1 March 20254 April 202411 Comments on Health personalized to your Body Composition: Melancholic/ Vata Dosha

Physically thin & light physical build? heres Your guide to wholesome Health based on your unique Body temperament.

Jalāl al-Dīn Rumi Poetic Inspirations

Rumi – A sneak peak!

by rafiashakeel.comupdated on 1 March 202512 March 20241 Comment on Rumi – A sneak peak!

Don’t you know yet? It is your light that lights the world!

Allama Iqbal Poetic Inspirations

An invocation

by rafiashakeel.comupdated on 24 January 202512 March 202429 Comments on An invocation

Sell cheap the love of Salman and Bilal!
Give us the sleepless eye and the passionate heart,

Allama Iqbal Poetic Inspirations

Time is a sword

by rafiashakeel.comupdated on 5 May 202412 March 2024Leave a Comment on Time is a sword

The cause of Time is not the revolution of the sun
Time is everlasting, but the sun does not last for ever.

Allama Iqbal Poetic Inspirations

Stories Iqbal tells

by rafiashakeel.comupdated on 5 May 202412 March 2024Leave a Comment on Stories Iqbal tells

Do not wound the heart of dervishes,
Do not throw thyself into burning fire!

Allama Iqbal Jalāl al-Dīn Rumi Poetic Inspirations

IQBAL Meets RUMI

by rafiashakeel.comupdated on 26 July 202417 February 2024Leave a Comment on IQBAL Meets RUMI

Inspired by the genius of the Master of Rum.
I reherarse the sealed book of secret lore.

Allama Iqbal Poetic Inspirations

Secrets of the Self

by rafiashakeel.comupdated on 5 May 202412 February 2024Leave a Comment on Secrets of the Self

When a drop of water gets the self’s lesson by heart,
It makes its worthless existence a pearl

Health & Wellness

Healing Body & Soul: Book Highlights

by rafiashakeel.comupdated on 1 March 20259 February 20246 Comments on Healing Body & Soul: Book Highlights

Ibn Qayyim says: sports of heart are contentment, joy, love, kindness, compassion, patience, perseverance, courage.

Articles Personal Development

6 Laws to Build Self-Confidence

by rafiashakeel.comupdated on 16 July 20246 February 20241 Comment on 6 Laws to Build Self-Confidence

Level of self confidence ∝ Quality of life

Articles Personal Development

Neuroscience behind Making & breaking Habits (Andrew Huberman)

by rafiashakeel.comupdated on 16 July 20246 February 20241 Comment on Neuroscience behind Making & breaking Habits (Andrew Huberman)

70% of your behavior is habitual.

Poems

Reality seems Oblivious!

by rafiashakeel.comupdated on 23 January 20255 February 2024Leave a Comment on Reality seems Oblivious!

Packed in the world of fantasies,
Reality seems oblivious.

Allama Iqbal Poetic Inspirations

IQBAL’s Talk to New Generation (Address to javid)

by rafiashakeel.comupdated on 15 December 20243 February 2024Leave a Comment on IQBAL’s Talk to New Generation (Address to javid)

Amongst the massively splendid works of Iqbal, if I were to read only a portion, I believe this would be it!

Book Highlights

See you at the Top!- Zig Ziglar

by rafiashakeel.comupdated on 18 June 20241 February 20242 Comments on See you at the Top!- Zig Ziglar

You cannot consistently perform in a manner that is inconsistent with the way you see yourself.- Zig Ziglar

Poems

Me-To-Me

by rafiashakeel.comupdated on 15 December 202426 January 20245 Comments on Me-To-Me

The past seems to swirl into present,
Bringing back the serenity of silence,

Book Highlights

Manners of knowledge seekers

by rafiashakeel.comupdated on 5 May 202425 January 2024Leave a Comment on Manners of knowledge seekers

“Knowledge is something that will not give you even a fraction of itself until you give it all of yourself.”- Abu Yusuf al-Qadi

Articles Personal Development

How to be feminine with big personality

by rafiashakeel.comupdated on 16 July 202423 January 2024Leave a Comment on How to be feminine with big personality

“Elegance is when the inside is as beautiful as the outside.” – Coco Chanel

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