Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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How to Build a Mission-Driven Team: Lessons from Greentech
A team can work hard, meet deadlines and complete its tasks without feeling connected to the organisation’s bigger purpose. When people see their work as just a job, it becomes harder to build a shared commitment to the mission. At Greentech Apps Foundation, we wanted our team to see their work as more than daily…
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How Sadiq Reached the Top 20 in Nigeria: Key Learnings
Taking a new app from almost no chart visibility to the top 20 is a challenge. Alhamdulillah Sadiq reached 17th place in Nigeria’s Play Store Lifestyle category through a focused combination of App Store Optimisation (ASO) and paid advertising. The journey had its ups and downs, but it offered valuable lessons about keyword research, conversion…
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Why Greentech Apps Limited Rebranded to Marsoos
After more than four years of helping organisations build and grow digital products, Greentech Apps Limited has rebranded as Marsoos, an initiative of Greentech Apps Foundation. The rebrand marks an important step in the organisation’s growth. With a distinct identity, Marsoos can expand its technical services while Greentech Apps Foundation continues to focus on its…
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Why Greentech Apps Foundation Chose Charity Over Profit
In 2015, Greentech began building Islamic apps with a small team of students and graduates. Within a few years, the Quran app had reached around 300,000 users. But as the team’s personal commitments grew, an important question emerged: How could we ensure these projects would continue serving Muslims for years to come? The answer was…
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How Salah Helps You Become Disciplined: 7 Powerful Lessons
Every day, you make time to stand before Allah, even when you’re tired, busy or distracted. But what if the lessons you learn through Salah could help you become more disciplined in every other part of your life, too? Look at the life of our beloved Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and his companions (R). They showed…
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Trust Allah but Tie Your Camel: How to Practise Tawakkul
Why do you worry so much about the things you cannot control? You prepare for an important meeting, but you cannot guarantee the outcome. You work hard to provide for your family, yet you cannot predict what tomorrow will bring. You make plans for your future, but life does not always follow them. You know…
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Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi (RA): The Mission to Wake a Sleeping Ummah
What happens when people forget why they were chosen to carry a message? In 1950, a young scholar from Lucknow, India, Sayyid Abul Hasan Ali al-Nadwi (RA), began asking a question that went deeper than politics, power, or wealth: Why has the Muslim Ummah lost its sense of purpose, and what will it take to…
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Why Your Mission Should Be Allah and Akhirah Centric: Live for a Cause That Lasts
Why are you building your career or raising your family? Is it simply for worldly success, comfort, and security, or are you living for something greater? The direction of your life matters. Taking a moment to think about it could change the way you see success and what it truly means to live a successful…
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We’re Bringing Our Apps Together: Here’s What’s Changing
Assalamu alaikum warahmatullah, Over the years, we’ve built more than 10 apps to benefit the Ummah. But maintaining and improving many apps takes significant time and effort. To focus our time on what can benefit the Ummah most, we’ve decided to end some apps and bring their useful features into our active products instead. Al…
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Meet Marsoos: A Greentech Apps Foundation Initiative
For the past 10 years, we’ve been turning ideas into digital products that benefit Muslims around the world. Now, we want to help you do the same. Greentech Apps Foundation has built products that help millions of people understand and practise Islam, with a focus on simple design, great user experiences and real impact. Through…
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