بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
All eyes are on the Middle East for the past few months. What is happening in the Arab world are Signs for us. The Signs of the Last Day (Day of Judgment) is actually have been all around us. Oppression and killings; Naked, destitute, barefoot shepherds compete in building tall buildings (see Dubai); Wine (intoxicants, alcohol) are drank in great quantities; Illegal sexual intercourse are widespread; The slave-woman will give birth to her master or mistress; Authority is given to those who do not deserve it (trustworthiness is lost); A trial (fitnah) which will enter every Arab household; Knowledge will be taken away (by the death of people of knowledge) and ignorance prevail; More earthquakes; Time is passing more quickly; and many more.
Each of these Signs is to remind us to be ready for the biggest Trial--the Day of Judgment. Even those who were nearest and dearest in this life will not be able or willing to help each other on that awful Day.
"That Day shall a man flee from his own brother, and from his mother and his father, and from his wife and his children. Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others." Qur'an Abasa 80:34-37
"The Day you shall see it, every nursing mother will forget her nursling, and every pregnant one will drop her load, and you shall see mankind as in a drunken state, yet they will not be drunken, but severe will be the Torment of Allah."
Qur'an Hajj 22:2
Three metaphors are used for the extreme terror which the Day will inspire. (1) No mother abandons the baby at her breast in the greatest danger; yet that will happen in this Dreadful Hour. (2) An expectant mother carries the young life within her with great pride and hope, yet the terror will overpower the hope at this "Hour", and nature's working will be reversed. (3) Men ordinarily retain their self-possession except under intoxicants; here, without intoxication, they will be driven to frenzy with terror.
How do you get ready for the Day? You get ready by applying the laws of Allah in your life--by living Islam. You marry through Allah, raise your children through Allah, treat others through Allah, transact through Allah, do everything, mundane and otherwise, through Allah. At the end of the Day, you will be successful. Success is from Allah alone and you can only attain success by doing what He wants us to do in this life.
The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, was asked when the Day of Judgment is going to be. His response was what do you do to prepare for it.
We don't know what is the remainder of our lives. Maybe we have another second, minute, week, month, a year or even 100 years, but our time on this earth will eventually end. It is more important to prepare ourselves for the End than knowing when is the End.
"Are they waiting for anything except the Hour, to come to them suddenly? But its Signs have already come!" (Qur’an, Surah Muhammad 18:18)
The time is always running, and when a wrong is done, the time for its punishment is approaching. No one should therefore wait--until they are old, or until they graduate, or until they go to hajj for example. The time for repentance is NOW. When the punishment comes, it is too late for repentance, and all admonition would be useless.
We ask Allah to forgive us and give us tawfiq (success). Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. JazakAllahu khairan.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
Monday, February 28, 2011
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Don't Just Use The Toilet
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
Using the toilet and relieving yourself is not a glorious topic or a feel good subject to be talking about in our social encounters or gatherings but we use the toilet everyday, many times.
This is an act which is both humbling and an absolute necessity. This is an act which is both a point of reflection and a point of gratitude--each time we feel we want to relieve ourselves, after we relieved ourselves and what comes in the middle.
People who cannot do this thing naturally lives a very difficult life. Someone whose urine or his bowel movement is held undergoes the most painful things imaginable. As such being able to relieve yourself naturally is a huge blessing from Allah to us.
So don't just use the toilet and leave the toilet.
From the sunnah of the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, leave the toilet with gratitude to Allah. We say:
غفرانك الحمد لله الذي أذهب عني الأذى وعافاني
(Ghufranak(a), (a)l-Hamdu li 'Llahi 'lladhi adhhaba 'anni 'l-adha wa 'aafaani)
"(O Allah) I seek Your forgiveness. All praises be to Allah who took out of me the harm and gave me well being." (Abu Dawood, Tirmidhi)
Likewise, the act itself puts us in our place. How can anybody be arrogant when he has to use the toilet. (Imam Ghazali).
Once Fir'aun (Pharoah) complained to his advisors/doctors that he didn't like the fact that he had to use the toilet because he was supposed to be god. "This is humiliating that I have to use the toilet!" And so the doctors had to think of stopping this and they started prescribing him bananas. So he became constipated and he became their "constipated god."
If we think we are big, if we think we are this somebody, if we think we are invincible, just remember the waste product in your body and the awkward position you will be in pretty soon in order to discard that waste--the time when you are completely at Allah's mercy. That should humble us completely.
Islam brought us everything that we need to live our lives completely and how to remember Allah completely. We are not unmindful of Allah in all states of our lives. Using the toilet and relieving ourselves is the least state of our lives that we want to talk about or for anyone to know about and yet we should be with Allah even at this moment. How about the other states of our lives? It is even so that we should be with Allah. We are with Allah with His laws, with His prohibitions, and with the Sunnah of His beloved, Allah bless him and grant him peace.
Nothing the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, brought is insignificant or without worth. Each of them is a means of drawing close to Allah. We should not belittle any of them. Instead, we should aspire to incorporate them in our lives and practicing what we know now and grab every opportunity to learn more.
Imagine you are in love with somebody--you would do everything for that person. Your heart throbs, you can't get that person off your mind and you can't bear to be apart from that somebody. What has this human being given you in comparison to Allah? All that this human being has are from Allah. If you constipated, this human being can't help you whatsoever. Our body functions alone should make us remember Allah. He is Most Kind and Most Generous. So we should love Allah more than anything and anybody. If you love Allah, you should not forget Him even a moment, even that moment when you don't want anybody to know about, as He deserves everything you have. This does not mean you ignore your children, your husband or your wife, and others but you see Allah in all of them and so you love them. And love is manifested through actions, not just feelings or talk.
May Allah bring us closer to Him and shower us with His Blessings. Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. JazakAllahu khairan.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
Using the toilet and relieving yourself is not a glorious topic or a feel good subject to be talking about in our social encounters or gatherings but we use the toilet everyday, many times.
This is an act which is both humbling and an absolute necessity. This is an act which is both a point of reflection and a point of gratitude--each time we feel we want to relieve ourselves, after we relieved ourselves and what comes in the middle.
People who cannot do this thing naturally lives a very difficult life. Someone whose urine or his bowel movement is held undergoes the most painful things imaginable. As such being able to relieve yourself naturally is a huge blessing from Allah to us.
So don't just use the toilet and leave the toilet.
From the sunnah of the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, leave the toilet with gratitude to Allah. We say:
غفرانك الحمد لله الذي أذهب عني الأذى وعافاني
(Ghufranak(a), (a)l-Hamdu li 'Llahi 'lladhi adhhaba 'anni 'l-adha wa 'aafaani)
"(O Allah) I seek Your forgiveness. All praises be to Allah who took out of me the harm and gave me well being." (Abu Dawood, Tirmidhi)
Likewise, the act itself puts us in our place. How can anybody be arrogant when he has to use the toilet. (Imam Ghazali).
Once Fir'aun (Pharoah) complained to his advisors/doctors that he didn't like the fact that he had to use the toilet because he was supposed to be god. "This is humiliating that I have to use the toilet!" And so the doctors had to think of stopping this and they started prescribing him bananas. So he became constipated and he became their "constipated god."
If we think we are big, if we think we are this somebody, if we think we are invincible, just remember the waste product in your body and the awkward position you will be in pretty soon in order to discard that waste--the time when you are completely at Allah's mercy. That should humble us completely.
Islam brought us everything that we need to live our lives completely and how to remember Allah completely. We are not unmindful of Allah in all states of our lives. Using the toilet and relieving ourselves is the least state of our lives that we want to talk about or for anyone to know about and yet we should be with Allah even at this moment. How about the other states of our lives? It is even so that we should be with Allah. We are with Allah with His laws, with His prohibitions, and with the Sunnah of His beloved, Allah bless him and grant him peace.
Nothing the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, brought is insignificant or without worth. Each of them is a means of drawing close to Allah. We should not belittle any of them. Instead, we should aspire to incorporate them in our lives and practicing what we know now and grab every opportunity to learn more.
Imagine you are in love with somebody--you would do everything for that person. Your heart throbs, you can't get that person off your mind and you can't bear to be apart from that somebody. What has this human being given you in comparison to Allah? All that this human being has are from Allah. If you constipated, this human being can't help you whatsoever. Our body functions alone should make us remember Allah. He is Most Kind and Most Generous. So we should love Allah more than anything and anybody. If you love Allah, you should not forget Him even a moment, even that moment when you don't want anybody to know about, as He deserves everything you have. This does not mean you ignore your children, your husband or your wife, and others but you see Allah in all of them and so you love them. And love is manifested through actions, not just feelings or talk.
May Allah bring us closer to Him and shower us with His Blessings. Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. JazakAllahu khairan.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Godly People
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
The most mighty people you will see are godly people. They say this about Imam Malik, may Allah has mercy on him. He was the one who if you sit in front of him you will feel extremely scared because of extreme awe that people of God inspire to people around them. Some people have beauty which might be stronger and you will see people attracted to them more than they are scared. You don't want to be caught on their bad side because there is a might that they are cloaked in and the might is the might of God who they are serving.
The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, is the ideal of beauty and majesty. He has the great manifestation of God Almighty. When he was by himself, because of the majestic awe that his presence inspire, if you were there with him and he was alone, you would feel he is standing amid of an army. When you see a king, you feel the awe because you find the king is surrounded by soldiers and courtiers who are serving him at his behest. So you feel awe of this person. But the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, you feel the awe even when he was by himself, with no army, no courtiers. Ali ibn Abi Talib, Allah be pleased with him, said when you see the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, from afar you feel awe of him and when you know him you love him
There are scholars who are if the king was to see them, the king will be humble before them. The true believers have a share of these beauty and majesty. The true believers are lowly when they are with the believers, but they are mighty when they are with the non-believers. When it comes to defending Allah and His Messenger, Allah bless him and grant him peace, they are mighty. When it comes to caring, they are lowly. You cannot draw the might from Allah if you don't obey Allah and His Messenger, Allah bless him and grant him peace.
Allah cannot be reached by hand. There is no way to reach Him and there is no escape from His commands. We have no share from Him except His gentleness and kindness. If it wasn't His kindness saying that if you do this particular action I will be pleased with you and if I am pleased with you I let you enter Paradise, no one will enter Paradise. We don't enter Paradise because we are doing Him a favor or because we are doing all these great deeds to please Him. When we attempt to please Him, it is really He is allowing us to please Him. If we realize this we humble ourselves in submission to Him and we don't rely on anything except Allah alone.
May Allah be pleased with us. Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. JazakAllahu khairan.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
The most mighty people you will see are godly people. They say this about Imam Malik, may Allah has mercy on him. He was the one who if you sit in front of him you will feel extremely scared because of extreme awe that people of God inspire to people around them. Some people have beauty which might be stronger and you will see people attracted to them more than they are scared. You don't want to be caught on their bad side because there is a might that they are cloaked in and the might is the might of God who they are serving.
The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, is the ideal of beauty and majesty. He has the great manifestation of God Almighty. When he was by himself, because of the majestic awe that his presence inspire, if you were there with him and he was alone, you would feel he is standing amid of an army. When you see a king, you feel the awe because you find the king is surrounded by soldiers and courtiers who are serving him at his behest. So you feel awe of this person. But the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, you feel the awe even when he was by himself, with no army, no courtiers. Ali ibn Abi Talib, Allah be pleased with him, said when you see the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, from afar you feel awe of him and when you know him you love him
There are scholars who are if the king was to see them, the king will be humble before them. The true believers have a share of these beauty and majesty. The true believers are lowly when they are with the believers, but they are mighty when they are with the non-believers. When it comes to defending Allah and His Messenger, Allah bless him and grant him peace, they are mighty. When it comes to caring, they are lowly. You cannot draw the might from Allah if you don't obey Allah and His Messenger, Allah bless him and grant him peace.
Allah cannot be reached by hand. There is no way to reach Him and there is no escape from His commands. We have no share from Him except His gentleness and kindness. If it wasn't His kindness saying that if you do this particular action I will be pleased with you and if I am pleased with you I let you enter Paradise, no one will enter Paradise. We don't enter Paradise because we are doing Him a favor or because we are doing all these great deeds to please Him. When we attempt to please Him, it is really He is allowing us to please Him. If we realize this we humble ourselves in submission to Him and we don't rely on anything except Allah alone.
May Allah be pleased with us. Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. JazakAllahu khairan.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
Sunday, February 20, 2011
To God Belong All Glory and Power
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
مَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ ٱلۡعِزَّةَ فَلِلَّهِ ٱلۡعِزَّةُ جَمِيعًاۚ إِلَيۡهِ
"Whoso desire glory and power, to God belong all glory and power..." Qur'an Fatir 35:10
If one seeks for mere glory and power, there is no such thing apart from God. We should raise our aspirations above the creation. When the Lord becomes tremendous in the heart, the creation becomes small in the eyes. Seeking God we attain to the highest glory and power. There is no way we can attain this except in His obedience.
May Allah make us of those who obey Him. Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. JazakAllahu khairan.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
مَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ ٱلۡعِزَّةَ فَلِلَّهِ ٱلۡعِزَّةُ جَمِيعًاۚ إِلَيۡهِ
"Whoso desire glory and power, to God belong all glory and power..." Qur'an Fatir 35:10
If one seeks for mere glory and power, there is no such thing apart from God. We should raise our aspirations above the creation. When the Lord becomes tremendous in the heart, the creation becomes small in the eyes. Seeking God we attain to the highest glory and power. There is no way we can attain this except in His obedience.
May Allah make us of those who obey Him. Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. JazakAllahu khairan.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
Friday, February 18, 2011
Looking With Two Eyes
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
It maybe extremely difficult to overlook the evil and especially if it is being done to you or your loved ones. But there is always evil on this earth and we cannot escape every evil.
If someone wants it that no one does evil on the earth, then he wants it that Allah should not forgive anyone and should not accept repentance. Allah is Oft-Forgiving (Al-Ghafur) and Oft-Returning (Al-Tawwab). These names are manifest in the light of our own imperfection. So the evil is just part of manifestation of Allah's Perfection. Part of us dislikes evil and part of us sees Allah in it. These two things are opposite but people who understand these matters see both simultaneously.
We look at things with two eyes--eye of the law and eye of reality. The eye of the law expect us to see evil of people and make a means to change that. The eye of reality sees that Allah created this evil. The evil in people is still part of Allah manifesting His Perfection because Allah forgives some of this evil. If there is no evil among people then Allah will not be manifest as the All-Forgiving. There are some people who have evil in them to which Allah's plan is accomplished.
So we should forgive the person who does the evil and at the same time take the means to correct the evil in the most effective way and the best manner possible, and leave the outcome to Allah. Then you should be able to sleep at night and move on.
May Allah make us keys to unlock good and lock evil. Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. JazakAllahu khairan.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
It maybe extremely difficult to overlook the evil and especially if it is being done to you or your loved ones. But there is always evil on this earth and we cannot escape every evil.
If someone wants it that no one does evil on the earth, then he wants it that Allah should not forgive anyone and should not accept repentance. Allah is Oft-Forgiving (Al-Ghafur) and Oft-Returning (Al-Tawwab). These names are manifest in the light of our own imperfection. So the evil is just part of manifestation of Allah's Perfection. Part of us dislikes evil and part of us sees Allah in it. These two things are opposite but people who understand these matters see both simultaneously.
We look at things with two eyes--eye of the law and eye of reality. The eye of the law expect us to see evil of people and make a means to change that. The eye of reality sees that Allah created this evil. The evil in people is still part of Allah manifesting His Perfection because Allah forgives some of this evil. If there is no evil among people then Allah will not be manifest as the All-Forgiving. There are some people who have evil in them to which Allah's plan is accomplished.
So we should forgive the person who does the evil and at the same time take the means to correct the evil in the most effective way and the best manner possible, and leave the outcome to Allah. Then you should be able to sleep at night and move on.
May Allah make us keys to unlock good and lock evil. Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. JazakAllahu khairan.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Allah
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
There are about 150 prepositions in English. Here is a short list of 70 of the more common one-word prepositions.
* aboard
* about
* above
* across
* after
* against
* along
* amid
* among
* anti
* around
* as
* at
* before
* behind
* below
* beneath
* beside
* besides
* between
* beyond
* but
* by
* concerning
* considering
* despite
* down
* during
* except
* excepting
* excluding
* following
* for
* from
* in
* inside
* into
* like
* minus
* near
* of
* off
* on
* onto
* opposite
* outside
* over
* past
* per
* plus
* regarding
* round
* save
* since
* than
* through
* to
* toward
* towards
* under
* underneath
* unlike
* until
* up
* upon
* versus
* via
* with
* within
* without
If you have children in grade or elementary school, they probably are required to memorize most of these prepositions and know their meanings. You too once upon a time might have to do the same. Many of these prepositions have more than one meaning. I am sure your children put a great deal of time patiently memorizing these prepositions and learning their meanings, and you also did your part to help them and make sure they do so because you want to make sure that they pass their English test and know English well so they can get ahead in life.
Do you put the same or even half the emphasis on your children to memorize and learn the Names of Allah, so they know the One who created them and the One who is providing for them?
If you haven't started teaching them at home and making sure your children know the beautiful Names and Attributes of Allah, you should not postpone any longer. There is a lot of material in the internet to interest them and to get them started. You don't need to wait until you send them to an Islamic school which may or may not have learning the Names and Attributes of Allah in their curriculum.
Start them early. Remember, if you don't put this in their minds, something else will occupy their fresh and innocent minds and it might not necessarily be good stuff.
Imagine your child is at the gate of the palace of a King.
Gatekeeper: "Who are you going to see?"
Your child: "I am going to see the King."
Gatekeeper: "What is his name?"
Your child: "I don't know!" or "I am not sure!"
Gatekeeper: "Tell me about his attributes."
Your child: "Ummmmm, I don't know much about it." or "Errrrrrr, I don't know! My mom and dad didn't tell me!" or "I go to George W. Bush (or Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Lincoln, Grant, Roosevelt, Hamilton, Jackson, John F Kennedy) school. They only teach me the names of Presidents in my school!"
Well, it is not likely your child will be admitted into the palace to see the king. He doesn't know anything about the king and he doesn't respect the king to know enough about him.
The knowledge of the beautiful Names and Attributes of Allah is knowledge of the King. Spending our time to know more about the King and teach our children this should take priority in our lives so we might be admitted into His Pleasure.
May Allah Most High give us success in knowing more about Him. Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. JazakAllahu khairan.
99 Names of Allah with English subtitles
Nashed 99 Names of Allah Esma ul Husna
Nashed 99 Names of Allah by Shaykh Mishary Rashid Efasy
Beautiful 99 Names of Allah
99 Names of Allah--Terjemahan Bahasa Melayu
List of 99 Names of Allah
Allah The Greatest Name
Ar-Rahman 1 The All-Compassionate
Ar-Rahim 2 The All-Merciful
Al-Malik 3 The Absolute Ruler
Al-Quddus 4 The Pure One
As-Salam 5 The Source of Peace
Al-Mu'min 6 The Inspirer of Faith
Al-Muhaymin 7 The Guardian
Al-'Aziz 8 The Victorious
Al-Jabbar 9 The Compeller
Al-Mutakabbir 10 The Greatest
Al-Khaliq 11 The Creator
Al-Bari' 12 The Maker of Order
Al-Musawwir 13 The Shaper of Beauty
Al-Ghaffar 14 The Forgiving
Al-Qahhar 15 The Subduer
Al-Wahhab 16 The Giver of All
Ar-Razzaq 17 The Sustainer
Al-Fattah 18 The Opener
Al-'Alim 19 The Knower of All
Al-Qabid 20 The Constrictor
Al-Basit 21 The Reliever
Al-Khafid 22 The Abaser
Ar-Rafi' 23 The Exalter
Al-Mu'izz 24 The Bestower of Honors
Al-Mudhill 25 The Humiliator
As-Sami' 26 The Hearer of All
Al-Basir 27 The Seer of All
Al-Hakam 28 The Judge
Al-'Adl 29 The Just
Al-Latif 30 The Subtle One
Al-Khabir 31 The All-Aware
Al-Halim 32 The Forebearing
Al-'Azim 33 The Magnificent
Al-Ghafur 34 The Forgiver and Hider of Faults
Ash-Shakur 35 The Rewarder of Thankfulness
Al-'Ali 36 The Highest
Al-Kabir 37 The Greatest
Al-Hafiz 38 The Preserver
Al-Muqit 39 The Nourisher
Al-Hasib 40 The Accounter
Al-Jalil 41 The Mighty
Al-Karim 42 The Generous
Ar-Raqib 43 The Watchful One
Al-Mujib 44 The Responder to Prayer
Al-Wasi' 45 The All-Comprehending
Al-Hakim 46 The Perfectly Wise
Al-Wadud 47 The Loving One
Al-Majíd 48 The Majestic One
Al-Ba'ith 49 The Resurrector
Ash-Shahid 50 The Witness
Al-Haqq 51 The Truth
Al-Wakil 52 The Trustee
Al-Qawi 53 The Possessor of All Strength
Al-Matin 54 The Forceful One
Al-Wáli 55 The Governor
Al-Hamid 56 The Praised One
Al-Muhsi 57 The Appraiser
Al-Mubdi 58 The Originator
Al-Mu'id 59 The Restorer
Al-Muhyi 60 The Giver of Life
Al-Mumit 61 The Taker of Life
Al-Hayy 62 The Ever Living One
Al-Qayyum 63 The Self-Existing One
Al-Wajid 64 The Finder
Al-Májid 65 The Glorious
Al-Wahid 66 The Only One
Al-Ahad 67 The One
As-Samad 68 The Satisfier of All Needs
Al-Qadir 69 The All Powerful
Al-Muqtadir 70 The Creator of All Power
Al-Muqaddim 71 The Expediter
Al-Mu'akhkhir 72 The Delayer
Al-Awwal 73 The First
Al-Akhir 74 The Last
Al-Zahir 75 The Manifest One
Al-Batin 76 The Hidden One
Al-Walí 77 The Protecting Friend
Al-Muta'ali 78 The Supreme One
Al-Barr 79 The Doer of Good
At-Tawwib 80 The Guide to Repentance
Al-Muntaqim 81 The Avenger
Al-Afu 82 The Forgiver
Ar-Ra'uf 83 The Clement
Malik al-Mulk 84 The Owner of All
Dhul-Jalali
Wal-Ikram 85 The Lord of Majesty and Bounty
Al-Muqsit 86 The Equitable One
Al-Jami 87 The Gatherer
Al-Ghani 88 The Rich One
Al-Mughni 89 The Enricher
Al-Mani' 90 The Preventer of Harm
Ad-Darr 91 The Creator of The Harmful
An-Nafi 92 The Creator of Good
An-Nur 93 The Light
Al-Hadi 94 The Guide
Al-Badi 95 The Originator
Al-Baqi 96 The Everlasting One
Al-Warith 97 The Inheritor of All
Ar-Rashid 98 The Righteous Teacher
As-Sabur 99 The Patient One
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
There are about 150 prepositions in English. Here is a short list of 70 of the more common one-word prepositions.
* aboard
* about
* above
* across
* after
* against
* along
* amid
* among
* anti
* around
* as
* at
* before
* behind
* below
* beneath
* beside
* besides
* between
* beyond
* but
* by
* concerning
* considering
* despite
* down
* during
* except
* excepting
* excluding
* following
* for
* from
* in
* inside
* into
* like
* minus
* near
* of
* off
* on
* onto
* opposite
* outside
* over
* past
* per
* plus
* regarding
* round
* save
* since
* than
* through
* to
* toward
* towards
* under
* underneath
* unlike
* until
* up
* upon
* versus
* via
* with
* within
* without
If you have children in grade or elementary school, they probably are required to memorize most of these prepositions and know their meanings. You too once upon a time might have to do the same. Many of these prepositions have more than one meaning. I am sure your children put a great deal of time patiently memorizing these prepositions and learning their meanings, and you also did your part to help them and make sure they do so because you want to make sure that they pass their English test and know English well so they can get ahead in life.
Do you put the same or even half the emphasis on your children to memorize and learn the Names of Allah, so they know the One who created them and the One who is providing for them?
If you haven't started teaching them at home and making sure your children know the beautiful Names and Attributes of Allah, you should not postpone any longer. There is a lot of material in the internet to interest them and to get them started. You don't need to wait until you send them to an Islamic school which may or may not have learning the Names and Attributes of Allah in their curriculum.
Start them early. Remember, if you don't put this in their minds, something else will occupy their fresh and innocent minds and it might not necessarily be good stuff.
Imagine your child is at the gate of the palace of a King.
Gatekeeper: "Who are you going to see?"
Your child: "I am going to see the King."
Gatekeeper: "What is his name?"
Your child: "I don't know!" or "I am not sure!"
Gatekeeper: "Tell me about his attributes."
Your child: "Ummmmm, I don't know much about it." or "Errrrrrr, I don't know! My mom and dad didn't tell me!" or "I go to George W. Bush (or Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Lincoln, Grant, Roosevelt, Hamilton, Jackson, John F Kennedy) school. They only teach me the names of Presidents in my school!"
Well, it is not likely your child will be admitted into the palace to see the king. He doesn't know anything about the king and he doesn't respect the king to know enough about him.
The knowledge of the beautiful Names and Attributes of Allah is knowledge of the King. Spending our time to know more about the King and teach our children this should take priority in our lives so we might be admitted into His Pleasure.
May Allah Most High give us success in knowing more about Him. Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. JazakAllahu khairan.
99 Names of Allah with English subtitles
Nashed 99 Names of Allah Esma ul Husna
Nashed 99 Names of Allah by Shaykh Mishary Rashid Efasy
Beautiful 99 Names of Allah
99 Names of Allah--Terjemahan Bahasa Melayu
List of 99 Names of Allah
Allah The Greatest Name
Ar-Rahman 1 The All-Compassionate
Ar-Rahim 2 The All-Merciful
Al-Malik 3 The Absolute Ruler
Al-Quddus 4 The Pure One
As-Salam 5 The Source of Peace
Al-Mu'min 6 The Inspirer of Faith
Al-Muhaymin 7 The Guardian
Al-'Aziz 8 The Victorious
Al-Jabbar 9 The Compeller
Al-Mutakabbir 10 The Greatest
Al-Khaliq 11 The Creator
Al-Bari' 12 The Maker of Order
Al-Musawwir 13 The Shaper of Beauty
Al-Ghaffar 14 The Forgiving
Al-Qahhar 15 The Subduer
Al-Wahhab 16 The Giver of All
Ar-Razzaq 17 The Sustainer
Al-Fattah 18 The Opener
Al-'Alim 19 The Knower of All
Al-Qabid 20 The Constrictor
Al-Basit 21 The Reliever
Al-Khafid 22 The Abaser
Ar-Rafi' 23 The Exalter
Al-Mu'izz 24 The Bestower of Honors
Al-Mudhill 25 The Humiliator
As-Sami' 26 The Hearer of All
Al-Basir 27 The Seer of All
Al-Hakam 28 The Judge
Al-'Adl 29 The Just
Al-Latif 30 The Subtle One
Al-Khabir 31 The All-Aware
Al-Halim 32 The Forebearing
Al-'Azim 33 The Magnificent
Al-Ghafur 34 The Forgiver and Hider of Faults
Ash-Shakur 35 The Rewarder of Thankfulness
Al-'Ali 36 The Highest
Al-Kabir 37 The Greatest
Al-Hafiz 38 The Preserver
Al-Muqit 39 The Nourisher
Al-Hasib 40 The Accounter
Al-Jalil 41 The Mighty
Al-Karim 42 The Generous
Ar-Raqib 43 The Watchful One
Al-Mujib 44 The Responder to Prayer
Al-Wasi' 45 The All-Comprehending
Al-Hakim 46 The Perfectly Wise
Al-Wadud 47 The Loving One
Al-Majíd 48 The Majestic One
Al-Ba'ith 49 The Resurrector
Ash-Shahid 50 The Witness
Al-Haqq 51 The Truth
Al-Wakil 52 The Trustee
Al-Qawi 53 The Possessor of All Strength
Al-Matin 54 The Forceful One
Al-Wáli 55 The Governor
Al-Hamid 56 The Praised One
Al-Muhsi 57 The Appraiser
Al-Mubdi 58 The Originator
Al-Mu'id 59 The Restorer
Al-Muhyi 60 The Giver of Life
Al-Mumit 61 The Taker of Life
Al-Hayy 62 The Ever Living One
Al-Qayyum 63 The Self-Existing One
Al-Wajid 64 The Finder
Al-Májid 65 The Glorious
Al-Wahid 66 The Only One
Al-Ahad 67 The One
As-Samad 68 The Satisfier of All Needs
Al-Qadir 69 The All Powerful
Al-Muqtadir 70 The Creator of All Power
Al-Muqaddim 71 The Expediter
Al-Mu'akhkhir 72 The Delayer
Al-Awwal 73 The First
Al-Akhir 74 The Last
Al-Zahir 75 The Manifest One
Al-Batin 76 The Hidden One
Al-Walí 77 The Protecting Friend
Al-Muta'ali 78 The Supreme One
Al-Barr 79 The Doer of Good
At-Tawwib 80 The Guide to Repentance
Al-Muntaqim 81 The Avenger
Al-Afu 82 The Forgiver
Ar-Ra'uf 83 The Clement
Malik al-Mulk 84 The Owner of All
Dhul-Jalali
Wal-Ikram 85 The Lord of Majesty and Bounty
Al-Muqsit 86 The Equitable One
Al-Jami 87 The Gatherer
Al-Ghani 88 The Rich One
Al-Mughni 89 The Enricher
Al-Mani' 90 The Preventer of Harm
Ad-Darr 91 The Creator of The Harmful
An-Nafi 92 The Creator of Good
An-Nur 93 The Light
Al-Hadi 94 The Guide
Al-Badi 95 The Originator
Al-Baqi 96 The Everlasting One
Al-Warith 97 The Inheritor of All
Ar-Rashid 98 The Righteous Teacher
As-Sabur 99 The Patient One
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
The Joy Of Turning To Allah
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
There is no blessing greater than safety.
When suddenly there is no order--you hear shootings everywhere, and criminals who escaped from prisons are getting into your neighborhood and breaking into homes, this is when you realize the blessing of safety you used to enjoy.
Who now can protect you?
When you have absolutely no one to protect you, this is when you really connect with Allah, Al-Hafiz, Al-Qawiyy, Al-Qadir, Al-Wali. There is a joy of turning to Allah which you didn't have prior to this. There is a particular purity in turning to Allah which you didn't have prior to this. With that purity comes the confidence. Allah creates the confidence in the heart--don't worry, I will take care of you.
So we are grateful for everything that come to us--good or bad, safety or chaos, everything--because they are means of drawing closer to Allah.
May Allah protect us from the trials and tribulations of this life and the next. Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. JazakAllahu khairan.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
There is no blessing greater than safety.
When suddenly there is no order--you hear shootings everywhere, and criminals who escaped from prisons are getting into your neighborhood and breaking into homes, this is when you realize the blessing of safety you used to enjoy.
Who now can protect you?
When you have absolutely no one to protect you, this is when you really connect with Allah, Al-Hafiz, Al-Qawiyy, Al-Qadir, Al-Wali. There is a joy of turning to Allah which you didn't have prior to this. There is a particular purity in turning to Allah which you didn't have prior to this. With that purity comes the confidence. Allah creates the confidence in the heart--don't worry, I will take care of you.
So we are grateful for everything that come to us--good or bad, safety or chaos, everything--because they are means of drawing closer to Allah.
May Allah protect us from the trials and tribulations of this life and the next. Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. JazakAllahu khairan.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Be Grateful And You Get More
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
Gratitude is a trait in the Qur'an to which Allah describes the most exalted of people. He describes Prophet Nuh and Prophet Ibrahim, Allah grant them peace, as being people of extremely grateful.
"O ye that are sprung from those whom We carried (in the Ark) with Nuh! Verily he was a devotee most grateful." Qur'an Al-Isra' 17:3
The highest rank is a mark of perfection in man that they are grateful. That is why the devil, when he asked Allah for respite, "He said: "Because You have thrown me out of the way, lo! I will lie in wait for them on Your straight way: Then will I assault them from before them and behind them, from their right and their left: nor will You find, in most of them, gratitude (for Your Mercies)." Qur'an Al-'Araf 7:16-17
It is almost that we are created for gratitude and acknowledging Allah's kindness to us by service and the devil's key aim is to take gratitude away from us.
So, always remind ourselves with Allah's blessings and thank Him for everything. Allah has a special reward for the grateful.
"...If any do desire a reward in this life, We shall give it to him; and if any do desire a reward in the Hereafter, We shall give it to him. And swiftly shall We reward those that (serve us with) gratitude." Qur'an AleImran 3:145
Gratitude to Allah is that Allah should not be disobeyed with His blessings. If we disobey Allah with His blessings, it means we are ungrateful. Allah gives us body to obey Him, a heart to remember Him, a tongue to praise Him, and money to spend for Allah's sake.
The gratitude that we give to Allah is a means for our own benefit. Allah doesn't need anything from us. But if we are grateful, Allah gives us more. Our gratitude is actually drawing on more giving from Him. He piles it on more and more blessings because we can never outdo Allah's gratitude.
"I (Allah) swear that if you are grateful, I will add more (of My Blessings) unto you; But if you show ingratitude, truly My punishment is terrible indeed." Al-Isra' 14:7
When don't be selfish and stingy with what we have--time, wealth, knowledge, strength, power, etc. We should be means for others to grow and better themselves. When people do something for us, we should think much of it and pay back their favor with more than what they give. This is part of being grateful.
May Allah make us among the grateful. Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. JazakAllahu khairan.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
Gratitude is a trait in the Qur'an to which Allah describes the most exalted of people. He describes Prophet Nuh and Prophet Ibrahim, Allah grant them peace, as being people of extremely grateful.
"O ye that are sprung from those whom We carried (in the Ark) with Nuh! Verily he was a devotee most grateful." Qur'an Al-Isra' 17:3
The highest rank is a mark of perfection in man that they are grateful. That is why the devil, when he asked Allah for respite, "He said: "Because You have thrown me out of the way, lo! I will lie in wait for them on Your straight way: Then will I assault them from before them and behind them, from their right and their left: nor will You find, in most of them, gratitude (for Your Mercies)." Qur'an Al-'Araf 7:16-17
It is almost that we are created for gratitude and acknowledging Allah's kindness to us by service and the devil's key aim is to take gratitude away from us.
So, always remind ourselves with Allah's blessings and thank Him for everything. Allah has a special reward for the grateful.
"...If any do desire a reward in this life, We shall give it to him; and if any do desire a reward in the Hereafter, We shall give it to him. And swiftly shall We reward those that (serve us with) gratitude." Qur'an AleImran 3:145
Gratitude to Allah is that Allah should not be disobeyed with His blessings. If we disobey Allah with His blessings, it means we are ungrateful. Allah gives us body to obey Him, a heart to remember Him, a tongue to praise Him, and money to spend for Allah's sake.
The gratitude that we give to Allah is a means for our own benefit. Allah doesn't need anything from us. But if we are grateful, Allah gives us more. Our gratitude is actually drawing on more giving from Him. He piles it on more and more blessings because we can never outdo Allah's gratitude.
"I (Allah) swear that if you are grateful, I will add more (of My Blessings) unto you; But if you show ingratitude, truly My punishment is terrible indeed." Al-Isra' 14:7
When don't be selfish and stingy with what we have--time, wealth, knowledge, strength, power, etc. We should be means for others to grow and better themselves. When people do something for us, we should think much of it and pay back their favor with more than what they give. This is part of being grateful.
May Allah make us among the grateful. Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. JazakAllahu khairan.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
Monday, February 14, 2011
Only A Shadow
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
You love people because of the beauty in their beings (physically or in terms of their character), and because they have done beautiful actions to you. This beauty of whoever you love is only a shadow of the beauty of Allah's attributes, and every kindness of what the people have shown you is only a shadow of the kindness of Allah.
Therefore, we should realize that our love should be purely for Allah.
"...But those who believe are far more intense in love for Allah..." Qur'an al-Baqarah 2:165
Whatever blessings you might be enjoying right now, those are from Allah. Allah is the Bestower of all gifts. If you count the blessings of Allah you will never able to count His blessings ever.
Nothing you hope and desire for is something that you find from other than Allah. You will find anything you want with Allah. So, ask Allah to give, and give to others without restrain. Allah does not force us to ask Him but He gives. Allah is Al-Karim. We bring people their needs without them even asking. We return favors of people, giving back more than they give us. This is all part of being grateful to Allah, Al-Shakur.
The Qur'an invites us to contemplate His blessings. The ulama' tells us that gratitude for the blessings of Allah is the surest door to love of Allah and in sincerity in worshiping Allah.
We thank Allah for everything and we ask Him to grant us sincerity in worshiping Him and His love. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. JazakAllahu khairan.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
You love people because of the beauty in their beings (physically or in terms of their character), and because they have done beautiful actions to you. This beauty of whoever you love is only a shadow of the beauty of Allah's attributes, and every kindness of what the people have shown you is only a shadow of the kindness of Allah.
Therefore, we should realize that our love should be purely for Allah.
"...But those who believe are far more intense in love for Allah..." Qur'an al-Baqarah 2:165
Whatever blessings you might be enjoying right now, those are from Allah. Allah is the Bestower of all gifts. If you count the blessings of Allah you will never able to count His blessings ever.
Nothing you hope and desire for is something that you find from other than Allah. You will find anything you want with Allah. So, ask Allah to give, and give to others without restrain. Allah does not force us to ask Him but He gives. Allah is Al-Karim. We bring people their needs without them even asking. We return favors of people, giving back more than they give us. This is all part of being grateful to Allah, Al-Shakur.
The Qur'an invites us to contemplate His blessings. The ulama' tells us that gratitude for the blessings of Allah is the surest door to love of Allah and in sincerity in worshiping Allah.
We thank Allah for everything and we ask Him to grant us sincerity in worshiping Him and His love. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. JazakAllahu khairan.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
Friday, February 11, 2011
Small Voices of Egypt 25January Revolution--Their Voices Were Heard
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
"O you who believe! Seek help with patient and perseverance and prayer: for Allah is with those who patiently persevere." Qur'an Al-Baqara 2:153
May Allah Most High continues to bless Egypt and grant Egypt a strong and righteous leader. Ameen.
The Nile
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
"O you who believe! Seek help with patient and perseverance and prayer: for Allah is with those who patiently persevere." Qur'an Al-Baqara 2:153
May Allah Most High continues to bless Egypt and grant Egypt a strong and righteous leader. Ameen.
The Nile
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Even The Kids!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
I was out today walking around Tahrir Square, Cairo, where all the protesting are taking place. I was probably the only foreign looking person walking but there was no danger because Egyptians generally are pleasant towards foreigners and more so towards Malaysians. Whenever I walked past some Egyptians, they would speak a few Malaysian words to attract my attention and occasionally I would snap a few pictures and they would ask me to snap their pictures.
Egyptians in general have a special liking towards Malaysians which stems from the relationship they (or their fathers or grandfathers) had with Malaysians about 40 years ago in the era of the assassinated President Anwar Sadat, when Malaysia aided them with man forces during their October 1973 war against Israel. The Egyptians were victorious.
Life is not going to be normal again in Egypt but there are signs that it will be better, inshaAllah. You can see the true Egyptians--courageous and brave, paving the way. Even small children are coming out with their moms to participate in this historic moments! MashaAllah.
May Allah give support and victory to the Egyptians and strengthen the Ummah of Muhammad, Allah bless him and grant him peace. Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. JazakAllahu khairan.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
I was out today walking around Tahrir Square, Cairo, where all the protesting are taking place. I was probably the only foreign looking person walking but there was no danger because Egyptians generally are pleasant towards foreigners and more so towards Malaysians. Whenever I walked past some Egyptians, they would speak a few Malaysian words to attract my attention and occasionally I would snap a few pictures and they would ask me to snap their pictures.
Egyptians in general have a special liking towards Malaysians which stems from the relationship they (or their fathers or grandfathers) had with Malaysians about 40 years ago in the era of the assassinated President Anwar Sadat, when Malaysia aided them with man forces during their October 1973 war against Israel. The Egyptians were victorious.
Life is not going to be normal again in Egypt but there are signs that it will be better, inshaAllah. You can see the true Egyptians--courageous and brave, paving the way. Even small children are coming out with their moms to participate in this historic moments! MashaAllah.
May Allah give support and victory to the Egyptians and strengthen the Ummah of Muhammad, Allah bless him and grant him peace. Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. JazakAllahu khairan.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
Don't Be Naked
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
The rule of modesty applies to both men and women and the need is the same for both.
"Say to the believing men that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty: that will make for greater purity for them: And God is well acquainted with all that they do."
"And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their husband's fathers, their sons, their husband's sons, their brothers or their brother's sons, or their sister's sons, or their women, or the slaves whom their right hands possess, or male servants free of physical needs, or small children who have no sense of the shame of sex; and that they should not strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden ornaments.
And O ye Believers! turn ye all together towards God, that ye may attain Bliss."
Quran An-Nur 24:30-31
Modesty is not only a good form and refined manners, it also guards our spiritual good. Our brief life on this earth, private, public and social life, should focus on our spiritual welfare, so that we may attain the real success and bliss. Someone who is concerned about the next life will take the rulings of modesty very seriously.
Even when we are in private, we should observe modesty because Allah Most High is more deserving of our shame. A man asked the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, about being naked when alone. The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said that he should be more ashamed before Allah than he is ashamed before people. Allah, not only He knows everything, hears everything and sees everything, hidden and apparent, but He is also present. People who are aware that Allah is present in everything, they are the people who are ashamed to disobey Him.
May Allah grant us success in this life and the next. Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. Jazakallahu khairan.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
The rule of modesty applies to both men and women and the need is the same for both.
"Say to the believing men that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty: that will make for greater purity for them: And God is well acquainted with all that they do."
"And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their husband's fathers, their sons, their husband's sons, their brothers or their brother's sons, or their sister's sons, or their women, or the slaves whom their right hands possess, or male servants free of physical needs, or small children who have no sense of the shame of sex; and that they should not strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden ornaments.
And O ye Believers! turn ye all together towards God, that ye may attain Bliss."
Quran An-Nur 24:30-31
Modesty is not only a good form and refined manners, it also guards our spiritual good. Our brief life on this earth, private, public and social life, should focus on our spiritual welfare, so that we may attain the real success and bliss. Someone who is concerned about the next life will take the rulings of modesty very seriously.
Even when we are in private, we should observe modesty because Allah Most High is more deserving of our shame. A man asked the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, about being naked when alone. The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said that he should be more ashamed before Allah than he is ashamed before people. Allah, not only He knows everything, hears everything and sees everything, hidden and apparent, but He is also present. People who are aware that Allah is present in everything, they are the people who are ashamed to disobey Him.
May Allah grant us success in this life and the next. Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. Jazakallahu khairan.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Leave The Excess Baggage
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
Even if we don't have billions or millions, we generally have a lot. If you can have 3 full meals a day, you have a lot. If you can dine out at least once a month, you have a lot. If you waste food, you have a lot. If you can add to your wardrobe every year, you have a lot. If you can afford not to wear all the clothes in your closet for more than a year or you have forgotten that you have such and such garment in your closet, you definitely have a lot!
Remember, this is not a place where we are going to be in it forever. This is a place that we are passing through. InshaAllah, out eternal abode will be Paradise.
"Be in this world as though you were a stranger or a wayfarer." (Bukhari)
We take from this world in order for it to be a provision for the next world. We take from this world to help us in obedience of Allah and for the pleasure of Allah. Anything you don't need to draw closer to Allah is excess baggage. It is something that you have to leave behind or it would slow you down on your journey to Allah.
Imagine you are in a middle of a revolution and you are ordered to leave the country to a safe place but you are only allowed to take a baggage weighing no more than 10 kg with you. You have to leave the rest of your belongings behind. Are you going to jump up and down and say "I have to bring my room or my house with me!" No, you wouldn't. You have to manage with such a little or they will leave you behind.
The self (nafs) has the ugliness of greediness and stinginess. And so we buy and we hoard things. We don't give or don't give enough. We should learn to curb our desires and practice to give everyday before Allah test us with what many people are facing around the world--poverty.
How much can you buy with less than 50 cents a day to feed your family? Perhaps a few pita bread. This is not an uncommon thing for many families to survive on this little where I am at.
May Allah make us means to help those in need for His sake. Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. Jazakallahu khairan.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
Even if we don't have billions or millions, we generally have a lot. If you can have 3 full meals a day, you have a lot. If you can dine out at least once a month, you have a lot. If you waste food, you have a lot. If you can add to your wardrobe every year, you have a lot. If you can afford not to wear all the clothes in your closet for more than a year or you have forgotten that you have such and such garment in your closet, you definitely have a lot!
Remember, this is not a place where we are going to be in it forever. This is a place that we are passing through. InshaAllah, out eternal abode will be Paradise.
"Be in this world as though you were a stranger or a wayfarer." (Bukhari)
We take from this world in order for it to be a provision for the next world. We take from this world to help us in obedience of Allah and for the pleasure of Allah. Anything you don't need to draw closer to Allah is excess baggage. It is something that you have to leave behind or it would slow you down on your journey to Allah.
Imagine you are in a middle of a revolution and you are ordered to leave the country to a safe place but you are only allowed to take a baggage weighing no more than 10 kg with you. You have to leave the rest of your belongings behind. Are you going to jump up and down and say "I have to bring my room or my house with me!" No, you wouldn't. You have to manage with such a little or they will leave you behind.
The self (nafs) has the ugliness of greediness and stinginess. And so we buy and we hoard things. We don't give or don't give enough. We should learn to curb our desires and practice to give everyday before Allah test us with what many people are facing around the world--poverty.
How much can you buy with less than 50 cents a day to feed your family? Perhaps a few pita bread. This is not an uncommon thing for many families to survive on this little where I am at.
May Allah make us means to help those in need for His sake. Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. Jazakallahu khairan.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Allah Is Kind To You, So Be Kind
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
Allah divided His Mercy into 100 parts, and distributed one part in His creation. 99 parts are left for the Day of Judgment. Allah reminded His mercy again and again in the Qur'an.
If someone gets off mark, and if Allah loves this person, He might give him a few problems. He realizes his mistakes and comes back to Allah. This is Al-Tawwab who guides him to come back to Him and once he comes back, He accepts his repentance.
Allah's door is never closed. Whatever mistakes we have done, however much we are ashamed of them, we should never ever think that we cannot come back to Allah. The people that Allah loves are not the ones who think they are perfect. So, seek forgiveness from Allah a lot and mend our ways.
"...O My servants, you commit sins by day and by night, and I forgive all sins, so seek forgiveness from Me and I shall forgive you..." (Muslim)
"O Son of Adam, as long as you invoke Me and ask of Me, I shall forgive you for what you have done, and I shall not mind. O Son of Adam, were your sins to reach the clouds of the sky and you then asked forgiveness from Me, I would forgive you. O Son of Adam, were you to come to Me with sins nearly as great as the Earth, and were you then to face Me, ascribing no partner to Me, I would bring you forgiveness nearly as great as it [too]." (Tirmidhi)
Allah, Al-Ghaffar, is the One who conceals and covers our sins. He shows the beautiful and covers the ugly. Cover people's faults and Allah will cover our faults. Part of covering people's faults is to pretend not to see their faults. This is the most important ingredient in any successful relationship--pretending not to see the fault of the other person. In the Day of Judgment, for some people Allah will acquaint their sins in private and forgive their sins. For some others, Allah will transform their sins to good deeds.
Despite our sins, Allah keeps our Iman, the most precious thing that one can have in this life. Allah, Al-Halim, is not quick to get angry at us when we slip and gives us chances after chances. This is His love and kindness to us. When we open the Qur'an, we might feel frightened when Allah talks about Hell. Allah frightens us with the description of Hellfire so we turn to Him for forgiveness and avoid those actions that can take us there. Allah wants us to enter Paradise. We show this hope to others and wish the best for people and strive to make them better than they are.
May Allah make us means to goodness for everything. Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. Jazakallahu khairan.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
Allah divided His Mercy into 100 parts, and distributed one part in His creation. 99 parts are left for the Day of Judgment. Allah reminded His mercy again and again in the Qur'an.
If someone gets off mark, and if Allah loves this person, He might give him a few problems. He realizes his mistakes and comes back to Allah. This is Al-Tawwab who guides him to come back to Him and once he comes back, He accepts his repentance.
Allah's door is never closed. Whatever mistakes we have done, however much we are ashamed of them, we should never ever think that we cannot come back to Allah. The people that Allah loves are not the ones who think they are perfect. So, seek forgiveness from Allah a lot and mend our ways.
"...O My servants, you commit sins by day and by night, and I forgive all sins, so seek forgiveness from Me and I shall forgive you..." (Muslim)
"O Son of Adam, as long as you invoke Me and ask of Me, I shall forgive you for what you have done, and I shall not mind. O Son of Adam, were your sins to reach the clouds of the sky and you then asked forgiveness from Me, I would forgive you. O Son of Adam, were you to come to Me with sins nearly as great as the Earth, and were you then to face Me, ascribing no partner to Me, I would bring you forgiveness nearly as great as it [too]." (Tirmidhi)
Allah, Al-Ghaffar, is the One who conceals and covers our sins. He shows the beautiful and covers the ugly. Cover people's faults and Allah will cover our faults. Part of covering people's faults is to pretend not to see their faults. This is the most important ingredient in any successful relationship--pretending not to see the fault of the other person. In the Day of Judgment, for some people Allah will acquaint their sins in private and forgive their sins. For some others, Allah will transform their sins to good deeds.
Despite our sins, Allah keeps our Iman, the most precious thing that one can have in this life. Allah, Al-Halim, is not quick to get angry at us when we slip and gives us chances after chances. This is His love and kindness to us. When we open the Qur'an, we might feel frightened when Allah talks about Hell. Allah frightens us with the description of Hellfire so we turn to Him for forgiveness and avoid those actions that can take us there. Allah wants us to enter Paradise. We show this hope to others and wish the best for people and strive to make them better than they are.
May Allah make us means to goodness for everything. Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. Jazakallahu khairan.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
Monday, February 7, 2011
What Makes You Beautiful?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
Imagine, you are very young and your older siblings are jealous of you and they throw you in a well. You then get picked up by strangers and taken far away and sold into slavery. Imagine you are now a little older and people slandered you and accused you of wrongdoing and despite your innocence, you were imprisoned, and you stayed in prison for the next 20-30 years. Imagine you become very powerful in the land and have the power to punish those people who have wronged you.
Can you forgive those people and see the kindness of Allah? A beautiful person can.
This, you can find in the story of Prophet Yusuf, peace be upon him, in Surah Yusuf.
'They said: "By Allah! Indeed Allah has preferred you above us, and we certainly have been sinners. He (Prophet Yusuf) said: "No reproach on you this day, may Allah forgive you, and He is the Most Merciful of those who show mercy!' Quran Yusuf 12:91-92
'And he (Prophet Yusuf) said: "O my father! This is the interpretation of my dream aforetime! My Lord has made it come true! He was indeed good to me, when He took me out of the prison, and brought you (all here) out of the bedouin-life, after Satan had sown enmity between me and my brothers. Certainly, my Lord is the Most Courteous and Kind unto whom He wills. Truly He! Only He is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.' Qur'an Yusuf 12:100
When Prophet Yusuf, peace be upon him, recounted Allah's favor, he did not bring up what his brothers had done to him. He never said Allah took him out of the well but said Allah took him out of prison. He concealed and covered his brothers' mistakes and not let his brothers dwell in their wrong against him. Such is a beautiful person.
His beauty caused havoc in the hearts of the ladies to a grand banquet of the wife of the Aziz, a prominent and powerful figure of that society. The ladies were just about to cut the fruit with their knives, when, behold! Prophet Yusuf was brought into their midst, they lost self control and cut their fingers!
Two men came to the prison about the same time as Prophet Yusuf. Both these men felt not only that Prophet Yusuf had wisdom, but that he was kind and benevolent, and would give of his wisdom even to strangers like themselves. They therefore told him their dreams and asked him to interpret them. Prophet Yusuf gave the interpretation of their dreams, which came true--one man was executed and another man was released to serve the King. Prophet Yusuf asked the man to mention him to the King but he forgot and so Prophet Yusuf stayed in prison for another few years. Years later when this man came back to ask Prophet Yusuf for the interpretation of the King's dream, the magnanimous Prophet Yusuf had not a word of reproach, but got straight on with the interpretation.
Prophet Yusuf had a great share of Allah's beautiful attributes, and Allah made him beautiful.
May Allah enable us to realize His beautiful Names. Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. Jazakallahu khairan.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
Imagine, you are very young and your older siblings are jealous of you and they throw you in a well. You then get picked up by strangers and taken far away and sold into slavery. Imagine you are now a little older and people slandered you and accused you of wrongdoing and despite your innocence, you were imprisoned, and you stayed in prison for the next 20-30 years. Imagine you become very powerful in the land and have the power to punish those people who have wronged you.
Can you forgive those people and see the kindness of Allah? A beautiful person can.
This, you can find in the story of Prophet Yusuf, peace be upon him, in Surah Yusuf.
'They said: "By Allah! Indeed Allah has preferred you above us, and we certainly have been sinners. He (Prophet Yusuf) said: "No reproach on you this day, may Allah forgive you, and He is the Most Merciful of those who show mercy!' Quran Yusuf 12:91-92
'And he (Prophet Yusuf) said: "O my father! This is the interpretation of my dream aforetime! My Lord has made it come true! He was indeed good to me, when He took me out of the prison, and brought you (all here) out of the bedouin-life, after Satan had sown enmity between me and my brothers. Certainly, my Lord is the Most Courteous and Kind unto whom He wills. Truly He! Only He is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.' Qur'an Yusuf 12:100
When Prophet Yusuf, peace be upon him, recounted Allah's favor, he did not bring up what his brothers had done to him. He never said Allah took him out of the well but said Allah took him out of prison. He concealed and covered his brothers' mistakes and not let his brothers dwell in their wrong against him. Such is a beautiful person.
His beauty caused havoc in the hearts of the ladies to a grand banquet of the wife of the Aziz, a prominent and powerful figure of that society. The ladies were just about to cut the fruit with their knives, when, behold! Prophet Yusuf was brought into their midst, they lost self control and cut their fingers!
Two men came to the prison about the same time as Prophet Yusuf. Both these men felt not only that Prophet Yusuf had wisdom, but that he was kind and benevolent, and would give of his wisdom even to strangers like themselves. They therefore told him their dreams and asked him to interpret them. Prophet Yusuf gave the interpretation of their dreams, which came true--one man was executed and another man was released to serve the King. Prophet Yusuf asked the man to mention him to the King but he forgot and so Prophet Yusuf stayed in prison for another few years. Years later when this man came back to ask Prophet Yusuf for the interpretation of the King's dream, the magnanimous Prophet Yusuf had not a word of reproach, but got straight on with the interpretation.
Prophet Yusuf had a great share of Allah's beautiful attributes, and Allah made him beautiful.
May Allah enable us to realize His beautiful Names. Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. Jazakallahu khairan.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
Sunday, February 6, 2011
We Don't Know Much
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
Knowledge is a very special gift from Allah. Allah gives knowledge to whoever He wills. When He loves a person, He draws him close to Him and teaches Him. The All-Knowing loves the learned, not a learned of academia, but a learned of realities.
"...He (Allah) knows what happens to them in this world, and what will happen to them in the Hereafter. They don't encompass His Knowledge except that which He wills..." Qur'an al-Baqarah 2:255
Allah is the All-Knowing. We should not be quick to judge people or anything that is happening because we don't know much. We should not think that we know it all, rather we should be humble to Allah. We surrender to Allah's knowledge, wisdom and destiny.
When Khidr, peace be upon them, killed a boy, Prophet Musa, peace be upon him, saw this as a cruel act. But Allah knew the reality of that child and what would be better for his righteous parents.
"And as for the boy, his parents were believers, and we feared lest he should oppress them by rebellion and disbelief. So we intended that their Lord should change him for them for one better in righteousness and nearer to mercy." Qur'an Al-Kahf 18:80-81
May Allah give us the ability to use our knowledge to draw nearer to Him. Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. Jazakallahu khairan.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
Knowledge is a very special gift from Allah. Allah gives knowledge to whoever He wills. When He loves a person, He draws him close to Him and teaches Him. The All-Knowing loves the learned, not a learned of academia, but a learned of realities.
"...He (Allah) knows what happens to them in this world, and what will happen to them in the Hereafter. They don't encompass His Knowledge except that which He wills..." Qur'an al-Baqarah 2:255
Allah is the All-Knowing. We should not be quick to judge people or anything that is happening because we don't know much. We should not think that we know it all, rather we should be humble to Allah. We surrender to Allah's knowledge, wisdom and destiny.
When Khidr, peace be upon them, killed a boy, Prophet Musa, peace be upon him, saw this as a cruel act. But Allah knew the reality of that child and what would be better for his righteous parents.
"And as for the boy, his parents were believers, and we feared lest he should oppress them by rebellion and disbelief. So we intended that their Lord should change him for them for one better in righteousness and nearer to mercy." Qur'an Al-Kahf 18:80-81
May Allah give us the ability to use our knowledge to draw nearer to Him. Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. Jazakallahu khairan.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Reaching Human Perfection
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
Allah is beautiful and He loves beauty. Beauty is in the Names of Allah. So whoever seeks to be beautiful, he should draw himself close and near to the Names of Allah.
Human perfection is a mirroring of Divine perfection. It is not the true mirroring because we don't know the reality of Allah's Names. Allah is beyond our imagination but Allah has described Himself with words, which in our limited way, we are able to emulate. In emulating the meanings of the Names of Allah, we are drawing ourselves close and near to Allah.
Allah expects us to strive towards perfection and beauty and there is no perfection or beauty except in His Names. So our perfection and our beauty is to strive to emulate Allah's Names, not merely just to be aware of the words.
For example, we are taught to begin everything with بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم (In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate). These are not mere words that we utter or write. There should be this feeling of great love of our Lord, the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate, deep in our hearts when we say these words. This love will necessarily drive us to be just like His Names.
"Those merciful, the All-Merciful will show mercy to them. Show mercy to those on earth, the One in Heaven will show mercy to you." (Tirmidhi)
A person who is devoid from wanting to be like the Names of Allah, he doesn't know perfection and excellence. Someone who knows the perfection in Allah's attributes, how can he not wanting to have a share in this. A student who has a great teacher, he would want to be like him.
"Should I not tell you of the best of you?...Those who when they are seen, Allah is remembered." (Bukhari in al-Adab al-Mufrad, Ahmad)
May Allah guide us and give us success to reach the highest level of human perfection. Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. Jazakallahu khairan.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
Allah is beautiful and He loves beauty. Beauty is in the Names of Allah. So whoever seeks to be beautiful, he should draw himself close and near to the Names of Allah.
Human perfection is a mirroring of Divine perfection. It is not the true mirroring because we don't know the reality of Allah's Names. Allah is beyond our imagination but Allah has described Himself with words, which in our limited way, we are able to emulate. In emulating the meanings of the Names of Allah, we are drawing ourselves close and near to Allah.
Allah expects us to strive towards perfection and beauty and there is no perfection or beauty except in His Names. So our perfection and our beauty is to strive to emulate Allah's Names, not merely just to be aware of the words.
For example, we are taught to begin everything with بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم (In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate). These are not mere words that we utter or write. There should be this feeling of great love of our Lord, the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate, deep in our hearts when we say these words. This love will necessarily drive us to be just like His Names.
"Those merciful, the All-Merciful will show mercy to them. Show mercy to those on earth, the One in Heaven will show mercy to you." (Tirmidhi)
A person who is devoid from wanting to be like the Names of Allah, he doesn't know perfection and excellence. Someone who knows the perfection in Allah's attributes, how can he not wanting to have a share in this. A student who has a great teacher, he would want to be like him.
"Should I not tell you of the best of you?...Those who when they are seen, Allah is remembered." (Bukhari in al-Adab al-Mufrad, Ahmad)
May Allah guide us and give us success to reach the highest level of human perfection. Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. Jazakallahu khairan.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Is There A Caller?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends,
I pray that you are well.
Allah hears everything and His hearing covers everything. Whether you say or do something in secret or in the open, Allah hears them.
"It is the same (to Him) whether any of you conceal his speech or declare it openly; whether he lie hid by night or walk forth freely by day." Qur'an Ra'd 13:10
Relationship is communication. Our communication with Allah is to call upon Him. The connection between a slave and His Lord is that the slave knows his Lord hears him. The slave who knows his Lord hears everything, he speaks to Him a lot. He doesn't cease talking to Allah wherever he is.
"Verily, Allah gives respite until when the first third of the night departs, He descends to the lowest heaven and says, "Is there a seeker of forgiveness? Is there a repenter? Is there an asker? Is there a caller? until the break of the dawn." Related by Muslim
Imagine that you have a very rich man walking next to you and ask you to tell him what you want and that he would give it to you. You would tell him what you want. Why? Because he is going to listen to you.
This is your Lord, the All-Hearing. He created you to speak to Him. He created your lips to speak to Him. And everyday He asks, is there anyone asking, so He can answer. So ask Allah for everything. Even when you tie a shoelace, ask Him to help you to tie the other shoelace. This is the way of the knower of Allah. They ask Allah for everything because they know He hears them and they know He is the All-Powerful and they are the all needy. This knowledge pushed them to talk to Allah a lot and to ask Allah a lot.
Allah knows when we have been wronged, mistreated or oppressed. Our knowledge of the All-Hearing gives us strength. We know that we don't have to file a complaint with someone because the One who we want to complain to knows what is happening. We don't worry about revenge and defending ourselves because Allah sees and hears those who are wronging us. We suffice ourselves with Allah.
Allah hears us when we call upon Him. So we too must hear when He orders us. The way of the believer is we hear and we obey. Allah gives us hearing to hear His address and to hasten to His worship. We listen to Allah through the revelation. So the hearing that we have is the hearing of obedience to Allah, not the hearing of sound waves. Hearing is the greatest gift that Allah bestows on a person. So use
this blessing to listen to the Qur'an and guidance.
May Allah give us strength to obey Him. Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. Jazakallahu khairan.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends,
I pray that you are well.
Allah hears everything and His hearing covers everything. Whether you say or do something in secret or in the open, Allah hears them.
"It is the same (to Him) whether any of you conceal his speech or declare it openly; whether he lie hid by night or walk forth freely by day." Qur'an Ra'd 13:10
Relationship is communication. Our communication with Allah is to call upon Him. The connection between a slave and His Lord is that the slave knows his Lord hears him. The slave who knows his Lord hears everything, he speaks to Him a lot. He doesn't cease talking to Allah wherever he is.
"Verily, Allah gives respite until when the first third of the night departs, He descends to the lowest heaven and says, "Is there a seeker of forgiveness? Is there a repenter? Is there an asker? Is there a caller? until the break of the dawn." Related by Muslim
Imagine that you have a very rich man walking next to you and ask you to tell him what you want and that he would give it to you. You would tell him what you want. Why? Because he is going to listen to you.
This is your Lord, the All-Hearing. He created you to speak to Him. He created your lips to speak to Him. And everyday He asks, is there anyone asking, so He can answer. So ask Allah for everything. Even when you tie a shoelace, ask Him to help you to tie the other shoelace. This is the way of the knower of Allah. They ask Allah for everything because they know He hears them and they know He is the All-Powerful and they are the all needy. This knowledge pushed them to talk to Allah a lot and to ask Allah a lot.
Allah knows when we have been wronged, mistreated or oppressed. Our knowledge of the All-Hearing gives us strength. We know that we don't have to file a complaint with someone because the One who we want to complain to knows what is happening. We don't worry about revenge and defending ourselves because Allah sees and hears those who are wronging us. We suffice ourselves with Allah.
Allah hears us when we call upon Him. So we too must hear when He orders us. The way of the believer is we hear and we obey. Allah gives us hearing to hear His address and to hasten to His worship. We listen to Allah through the revelation. So the hearing that we have is the hearing of obedience to Allah, not the hearing of sound waves. Hearing is the greatest gift that Allah bestows on a person. So use
this blessing to listen to the Qur'an and guidance.
May Allah give us strength to obey Him. Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. Jazakallahu khairan.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
Allah Is Sufficient
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
Our faith are tested by many things--at times we are tested by hardships or calamities, and at other times we are tested by the good things of this life. Whether we pass or fail the test, in the end, we will return to our Creator, and our life will be appraised of its true value.
كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ ۗ وَنَبْلُوكُم بِٱلشَّرِّ وَٱلْخَيْرِ فِتْنَةًۭ ۖ وَإِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ
"Every soul shall have a taste of death and We test you by evil and by good by way of trial. To Us must you will be returned." Qur'an Al-Anbiya' 21:35
If we truly understand this, we will know where our focus should be--it is not the creation but the Creator.
The world and nothing of this world is worth fighting about. We will one day leave this world and this world cannot help us in our graves and it too will perish. Allah is sufficient for us.
Abdullah ibn 'Umar, Allah be pleased with both father and son, used to say: In the evening do not expect to live until the morning, and in the morning do not expect (to live until) the evening. Take advantage of your health before times of sickness, and take advantage of your life before your death. (related by Bukhari)
May Allah not leave us alone even for a blink of an eye and save us from the trials a tribulations of this life and the next. Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. Jazakallahu khairan.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
Our faith are tested by many things--at times we are tested by hardships or calamities, and at other times we are tested by the good things of this life. Whether we pass or fail the test, in the end, we will return to our Creator, and our life will be appraised of its true value.
كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ ۗ وَنَبْلُوكُم بِٱلشَّرِّ وَٱلْخَيْرِ فِتْنَةًۭ ۖ وَإِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ
"Every soul shall have a taste of death and We test you by evil and by good by way of trial. To Us must you will be returned." Qur'an Al-Anbiya' 21:35
If we truly understand this, we will know where our focus should be--it is not the creation but the Creator.
The world and nothing of this world is worth fighting about. We will one day leave this world and this world cannot help us in our graves and it too will perish. Allah is sufficient for us.
Abdullah ibn 'Umar, Allah be pleased with both father and son, used to say: In the evening do not expect to live until the morning, and in the morning do not expect (to live until) the evening. Take advantage of your health before times of sickness, and take advantage of your life before your death. (related by Bukhari)
May Allah not leave us alone even for a blink of an eye and save us from the trials a tribulations of this life and the next. Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. Jazakallahu khairan.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
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