This made me smile today. =) Sometimes we are the cause of our own problems, right?
Its funny how we humans take everything for granted. Even our breathing, try to hold it for more than a minute and you'll fail. Last night we had a power outage for a few minutes. I was in the garage when everything went black. Subhanallah i can only imagine the kind of life blind people live in...
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"ACTIONS ARE BASED UPON INTENTIONS"
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Funny how a little intention can change everything. Reminds me of some lyrics from Native Deen's Intention song.
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Many times I have found my intentions
Are not what I want them to be
I know I start on the right direction
But Shaitan starts talking to me
And I forget that without my niyyah, I'm just wasting my time
My intentions cannot bring the reward, when they're out of line
So I pray to Allah to help me, to do everything for Him only
Doesn't matter if the people despise me
Cause with Allah I can never be lonely
May Allah give us pure intentions! Ameen
When was the last time you thought about the day of judgement? The last time you sat down and wondered, Am I going to be from the people of Jannah? Or the people of Jahanam? When was the last time that you sat down and cried, "Ya Allah! I know I've sinned and transgressed..but i know how merciful you are! Ya Rab forgive me..."
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When was the last time you wondered, "Which hand will I recieve my book?" When was the last time you thought, "I have two angels literally sitting on my shoulders writing down every thought, act, and word that I say."
I was reading a few friendship quotes last night so I decided to see what our great scholars had to say about it...
"Two friends are like two hands, one washes the other." Al-Ghazali
"If you wish to mention the faults of your friends, mention your own faults first." Ibn Abbaas
"The hyprocrite looks for faults, the believer looks for excuses." Ali
I read a few others but these were my favorite, especially the first one. It's really true actually, friends are like hands that was each other. We shouldn't be constantly looking at the short comings or faults of our each other. Rather, try to over look these. If they're something major, you can try to talk to him/her and advice them kindly. That way you're helping them wash that unwanted part off.
Often I find the hardest thing for me when it comes to writing is starting something off. Unless I’m really motivated by something I have trouble sometimes getting a pen or typing of the first sentence. A poem, a story, an article, whatever. Sometimes I feel that my brain just doesn’t want to cooperate with me. So to prepare for those times I have a whole notebook of prompts for both my stories and poems. Of course I don’t always need them but they do tend to be pretty helpful every once in a while…
Well to get to my point, I was looking through my book of prompts when I came up to one that really caught my attention. “Open the book that unveils the hearts.” My thoughts practically ran away and settled down on reading the Quran. So I took out my copy and sat down and started to read. Ironically, I was reading Surah Al-Israa’ (The night journey) and I came up to verses 45 and 46.
“And when you recite the Quran, We put between you and those who believe not in the hereafter, an invisible veil.” “And we have not put coverings over their hearts lest that they should understand it, and in their ears deafness. And when you make mention of your Lord Alone in the Quran, they turn on their backs, fleeing in extreme dislike.” –Surah Al-Israa’ Verses 45+46
Subhanallah, I could only think, Ya Allah Don’t Place any Veil over my heart! The Quran is simply amazing. I might have read those verses many times but I haven’t gave much attention to the deep meaning up till then. So every time I pick up the Quran, I’m already anticipating and wondering what new thing will I learn this time?
