After every hardship, there's relief!
You'll see the beauty of this journey.
InsyaAllah.
Till then.. persevere!
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Sometimes.. I Wonder
At times I wonder....
What's there in front of me?
Running.. walking... falling...
climbing back up again.
Run. Walk. Stumble.
Repeat the cycle. Again and again.
All for the future.
Hopes and dreams of happiness
Bliss. In this life, and the next.
A small voice inside me speak again..
Will my dreams be mine someday?
Ya Allah...
Let me be a good servant.
A servant tireless in facing life's journey
A servant who accepts all tribulations, situations
Sticks and stones of life
Ya al-'Azeem,
Let me be a servant who,
no matter how tough things are,
how hopeless things seem
will always have faith
and never give up hope
to You.
A servant who,
If I'm blessed with an easy life
will never forget You
will still humbly bow low
and serve You,
to the best of my ability
to be thankful to You
always...
for now I plead...
Oh Allah, al Ba'ith
please grant me patience and strength
grant me optimism in what I do
lend me the will to pursue my dreams...
Current feelings? Well... I'll let you guess. But please do pray for me, dear friends. Life is hectic. May Allah bless...
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Let The Love be Real!
Assalamualaikum readers...
No, this post is not about valentines day. 'Love', for me, is not just about those around you. It goes deeper than that. Because it transcends boundaries of place, time, and even dimensions.
It is a powerful feeling. It may motivate, weaken, strengthen people. It gives value and happiness to life, while, for others, brings despair and hardships.
Who do you love most?
Try ask your heart that question...
Is it yourself? Your parents? Your friends? Your future spouse? Your money?
or..
Is it Allah and His prophet, Muhammad PBUH?
In al-Quran, Allah states:
So look into your heart... check again, who do you love most? If Allah and Prophet Muhammad pbuh is not on the top list, try, try, and try to make it the one you love most. For this verse comes as a warning, that Allah will torment those who love others more than Him, and His prophet.
If you claim that you do love Allah and the Prophet most of all, what is your proof? Loving, initiates action. Imagine, telling a girl that you love her so much, then neglecting her, never giving her anything, not caring for her. Do you think the girl will believe you? The same also applies to loving Allah and Rasulullah. It requires you to act, for the rest of your life, according to what Allah and Rasulullah likes, and avoiding what they dislike.
If you think that, your heart is still far from putting Allah and Rasulullah on top, don't despair. Just resolve, from now on, to put them on top. Act, as if they are already in your heart, as the one you love most. For by action, you are training your heart, to make it a reality.
Think that it is so difficult to love Allah? Try and get closer to Him. Get to know Him more... through The Quran, through pondering on His creations, His everlasting love and care. Allah loves us so much already. Look at everything He gave us. Our body, the air we breath, the money we have... the list is endless. Yet if we love Allah, He will love us, so much more.
As for Rasulullah, remember that he really does love us. So much, that even until his last breath, he calls "ummati... ummati..." and worries about us. This man had given his whole life to ensure Islam reaches us today. He sacrifices everything, his time, his money, his energy, so that we are saved from being burnt in hellfire. Is he not worth loving?
Let us try. Let us instill love, for Allah and Rasulullah, deep inside our heart. Remind ourselves of this verse, again:
Me: I aim to go into Heaven, and meet Allah and Propher Muhammad. Don't you? Come on then.. let's work towards it!
No, this post is not about valentines day. 'Love', for me, is not just about those around you. It goes deeper than that. Because it transcends boundaries of place, time, and even dimensions.
It is a powerful feeling. It may motivate, weaken, strengthen people. It gives value and happiness to life, while, for others, brings despair and hardships.
Who do you love most?
Try ask your heart that question...
Is it yourself? Your parents? Your friends? Your future spouse? Your money?
or..
Is it Allah and His prophet, Muhammad PBUH?
In al-Quran, Allah states:
Say: If your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your wives, your kindred, the wealth that you have gained, the commerce in which you fear a decline, and the dwellings in which you delight are dearer to you than Allâh and His Messenger, and striving hard and fighting in His Cause[], then wait until Allâh brings about His Decision (torment). And Allâh guides not the people who are Al-Fâsiqûn (the rebellious, disobedient to Allâh) [at-Tawbah: 24]
So look into your heart... check again, who do you love most? If Allah and Prophet Muhammad pbuh is not on the top list, try, try, and try to make it the one you love most. For this verse comes as a warning, that Allah will torment those who love others more than Him, and His prophet.
If you claim that you do love Allah and the Prophet most of all, what is your proof? Loving, initiates action. Imagine, telling a girl that you love her so much, then neglecting her, never giving her anything, not caring for her. Do you think the girl will believe you? The same also applies to loving Allah and Rasulullah. It requires you to act, for the rest of your life, according to what Allah and Rasulullah likes, and avoiding what they dislike.
If you think that, your heart is still far from putting Allah and Rasulullah on top, don't despair. Just resolve, from now on, to put them on top. Act, as if they are already in your heart, as the one you love most. For by action, you are training your heart, to make it a reality.
Think that it is so difficult to love Allah? Try and get closer to Him. Get to know Him more... through The Quran, through pondering on His creations, His everlasting love and care. Allah loves us so much already. Look at everything He gave us. Our body, the air we breath, the money we have... the list is endless. Yet if we love Allah, He will love us, so much more.
As for Rasulullah, remember that he really does love us. So much, that even until his last breath, he calls "ummati... ummati..." and worries about us. This man had given his whole life to ensure Islam reaches us today. He sacrifices everything, his time, his money, his energy, so that we are saved from being burnt in hellfire. Is he not worth loving?
"My ummah, those who follow me, the future of their faith makes me worry till I cry!" - Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him)
Say: If your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your wives, your kindred, the wealth that you have gained, the commerce in which you fear a decline, and the dwellings in which you delight are dearer to you than Allâh and His Messenger, and striving hard and fighting in His Cause[], then wait until Allâh brings about His Decision (torment). And Allâh guides not the people who are Al-Fâsiqûn (the rebellious, disobedient to Allâh) [at-Tawbah: 24]
Me: I aim to go into Heaven, and meet Allah and Propher Muhammad. Don't you? Come on then.. let's work towards it!
Life: Overwhelmed
Assalamualaikum everyone...
Ever felt that sometimes, things get so overwhelming in life? They just started to spin around you, in one chaotic manner, piling up stress on your tired mind, more and more? Making you want to break down, as if your mind is in need of re-wiring.
Well... al-Quran is indeed the best balm for those moments. The best loveletter of all time. Here are a few nice verses to remember when you're feeling down:
Need to keep moving forward. Need to keep going. Because tougher things are, the stronger you'll be, at the end of it all. Maintain pace, increase them, if possible.
Yeah, final year is tiring. But insyaAllah, there'll be rewards for them. Besides.. Jannah ain't cheap at all. And if you consider studying to be a Jihad, then struggle forward, no matter how tough things may be. Life's matters are also tough. So much to think of, so much to settle. So many people to please and consider. Yet that's life. The older you are, the more responsibilities you will have. The more you have to consider. But insyaAllah, Allah will make you be ready for them when the time comes. Ya Allah... please make me strong. Make me strong, in facing everything, in dealing with every matter, the way You please.
I wish that somehow
You'd tell me out aloud
That on that day I'll be ok
But we'll never know cause
That's not the way it works
Help me find my way
My Lord show me right from wrong
Give me light make me strong
I know the road is long
Make me strong
Sometimes it just gets too much
I feel that I've lost touch
I know the road is long
Make me strong
I know I'm waiting
Yearning for something
Something known only to me
This waiting comes with
Trials and challenges
Life is one mystery
I beg for your mercy
My Lord show me right from wrong
Give me light make me strong
I know the road is long
Make me strong
Sometimes it just gets too much
I feel that I've lost touch
I know the road is long
Make me strong
Ever felt that sometimes, things get so overwhelming in life? They just started to spin around you, in one chaotic manner, piling up stress on your tired mind, more and more? Making you want to break down, as if your mind is in need of re-wiring.
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| Neurons... in need of re-wiring |
Well... al-Quran is indeed the best balm for those moments. The best loveletter of all time. Here are a few nice verses to remember when you're feeling down:
- Surely in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find rest. ( 13:28)
- O mankind, there has come to you a protection from your Lord and a healing for what is in your hearts, and for those who believe, a guidance and a mercy. (10:57)
- Allah is the Protector of those who have faith: from the depths of darkness He will lead them forth into light. (2:257)
- When My servants ask thee concerning Me, I am indeed close (to them): I listen to the prayer of every suppliant when he calleth on Me: Let them also, with a will, Listen to My call, and believe in Me: That they may walk in the right way. (2:186)
- "Say: Praise be to Allah, and Peace on His servants whom He has chosen (for his Message). (Who) is better?― Allah or the false gods they associate with Him? (59) Or who has created the heaven and the earth, and who sends you down rain from the sky? Yea, with it We cause to grow well-planted orchards full of beauty and delight: it is not in your power to cause the growth of the trees in them. (Can there be another) god besides Allah? Nay they are a people who swerve from justice.(60) Or, who has made the earth firm to live in; made rivers in its midst; set thereon mountains immovable; and made a separating bar between the two bodies of flowing water? (Can there be another) god besides Allah? Nay most of them know not. (61) Or, who listens to the (soul) distressed when it calls on Him, and who relieves its suffering, and makes you (mankind) inheritors of the earth? (Can there be another) god besides Allah? Little it is that ye heed! (62) Or, who guides you through the depths of darkness on land and sea, and who sends the winds as heralds of glad tidings, going before His mercy? (Can there be another) god besides Allah? High is Allah above what they associate with Him! (63) Or who originates Creation, then repeats it, and who gives you sustenance from heaven and earth? (Can there be another) god besides Allah? Say "Bring forth your argument, if ye are telling the truth!" (64) Say: None in the heavens or on earth, except Allah, knows what is hidden: nor can they perceive when they shall be raised up (for Judgment).(65)" (an-Naml: 59-63)
Need to keep moving forward. Need to keep going. Because tougher things are, the stronger you'll be, at the end of it all. Maintain pace, increase them, if possible.
Yeah, final year is tiring. But insyaAllah, there'll be rewards for them. Besides.. Jannah ain't cheap at all. And if you consider studying to be a Jihad, then struggle forward, no matter how tough things may be. Life's matters are also tough. So much to think of, so much to settle. So many people to please and consider. Yet that's life. The older you are, the more responsibilities you will have. The more you have to consider. But insyaAllah, Allah will make you be ready for them when the time comes. Ya Allah... please make me strong. Make me strong, in facing everything, in dealing with every matter, the way You please.
I know I'm waiting
Waiting for something
Something to happen to me
But this waiting comes with
Trials and challenges
Nothing in life is free
Waiting for something
Something to happen to me
But this waiting comes with
Trials and challenges
Nothing in life is free
I wish that somehow
You'd tell me out aloud
That on that day I'll be ok
But we'll never know cause
That's not the way it works
Help me find my way
My Lord show me right from wrong
Give me light make me strong
I know the road is long
Make me strong
Sometimes it just gets too much
I feel that I've lost touch
I know the road is long
Make me strong
I know I'm waiting
Yearning for something
Something known only to me
This waiting comes with
Trials and challenges
Life is one mystery
I wish that somehow
You'd tell me out aloud
That on that day you'll forgive me
But we'll never know cause
That's not the way it works
You'd tell me out aloud
That on that day you'll forgive me
But we'll never know cause
That's not the way it works
I beg for your mercy
My Lord show me right from wrong
Give me light make me strong
I know the road is long
Make me strong
Sometimes it just gets too much
I feel that I've lost touch
I know the road is long
Make me strong
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