IMTINAN AHMAD’S FIKR PICKS

Tools, Texts & Triggers That Shifted My Mindset

Curious about the books, films, tools, and turning points that shaped how I think, build, and lead?

You’re looking at them.

I’m Imtinan Ahmad — founder of the Fikr Movement, and a lifelong student of systems, soul, and strategy. I don’t collect things. I collect catalysts. And this page is where I’ve curated the inputs that have sharpened my thought and fueled the mission behind Fikr Network, Fikr Circle, and beyond.

From worldview-altering documentaries to spiritually anchoring reads — every item here has earned its place. Not through trends, but through transformation.

This isn’t a lifestyle list. It’s a clarity archive.
Use it not to copy my path — but to clarify yours.

What I Read

10 Books that sharpen belief, worldview, and inner clarity

Foundation of all fikr

Action, history, and prophetic clarity

The intellectual spine of Muslim revival.

Spiritual elegance, prophetically inspired

Reveals how global finance is a manufactured illusion

Decoding the economic colonization of weaker nations

Clarity through order, not chaos

A tactical manual for incremental self-reform

A literary doorway into spiritual yearning

Understand power, ego, and people—without losing your soul

What I Watch

10 Documentaries/films that reset thinking and expand vision

Why you must reclaim your mind from tech

Excellence, repetition, and the art of legacy

The manipulations behind every global conflict

A breakdown of banking and power systems

The personal costs of speaking truth in occupied spaces

A no-fluff postmortem of the 2008 global financial collapse

Spiritual storytelling done right

Arabic TV masterpiece on early Islamic politics

Data is the new weapon

Mass incarceration, race, and structural injustice

What I Listen To

10 Podcasts and audio resources for thinkers, builders, and revivalists

Dr. Omar Suleiman

Mohammed Hijab

Islamic current affairs + deep dives

Anti-consumerism, focus, clarity

Discipline, masculinity, leadership

Traditional values with a modern twist

For brief daily emotional grounding

Intellectual humility meets science

Systems, routines, and mental models

Mishary, Al-Afasy, Sudais (Daily reset)

What I Use & Recommend

10 Tools that support spiritual, strategic, and personal alignment

Daily Quran reflection, anywhere

Tracking your Quran journey like a habit

My second brain for strategy, journaling, and content planning

For blocking dopamine distractions and reclaiming time

Hands-free access to biographies, history, and Islamic classics

Useful for travelers and focused ibadah

Grounded background sound for deep work

If you're managing a movement, manage it like a machine

For handwritten journaling & digital dhikr notes

For scaling Fikr Network broadcasts without limits