(via praise-allah)
(via praise-allah)
It suddenly hit me
One of the reasons I havent been posting or active much on the blog is because of my academic life.
It consumes a lot of my time to be quiet honest.
But with the large amount of work that I have to deal with on daily bases, you cannot help but feel stressed. Both mentally and physically exhausted.
At one point, I couldnt help but think whether the path I chose was the right one.
I made the decision to study within this field, I wanted this, my parents gave me the entire freedom, no one pressured me to enter any field, it was ultimately my decision.
But, I asked, what if what I want, is different than what Allah has planned for me?
All those questions repeat while you are under pressure. You cannot help but question it.
So I had to ask Allah, in my prayer and duaa whether I made the right decision or whether I should find a way out & thats when it hit me. This hectic lifestyle was good for me. I am naturally restless. I have to be busy at all times, if I dont, I find something, anything whether good or bad to keep me occupied.
So this ‘hectic’ and ‘stressful’ life made me study, gain knowledge, maintain all my prayers so Allah is happy with me, and when things get rough or good, I can always turn back to Allah. If I was occupied ‘living my life’, I would get distracted, I would indulge in the fun this life brings, and this will lead me no where.
Who knew that something that made me stress this much was benefiting me? SubhanAllah indeed.
One small action
I heard this story of one of the people in town that I found quiet beautiful.
Back home, in the residential areas we are surrounded by many mosque masha Allah. My home is between 2 mosques, one on the right, and one on the left. There are many tiny little mosques in this little town.
There was this man, who lived with the same situation, many mosque are surrounding his home, and usually, its the closest mosque you chose to go and pray in. However, he choose to go and pray in a different mosque, further away from home.
His wife got curious and asked him why? This is how he replied:
No one attends fajir prayer with the imam there, because they have alternative mosques. If the authorities saw that there is no one attending prayers there, they wouldnt see the point of appointing an imam and he can lose his job. He needs someone to pray with, it would encourage him.
Its those simple acts that counts, the choices you make, whether they are big or small, they all count. But its hard to witness a muslim do something small but quiet beautiful and wonder, why dont I do something quiet beautiful like that?
Al-Quran (Kalam Allah)
1) WE ALWAYS ASK: Why was I TESTED?
AL-QURAN ANSWERS: "Do men think that they will be left alone saying,'We believe', and that they will not be tested? We did test those before them, and Allah will certainly know those who are true from those who are false." [29:2-3]
2) WE ALWAYS ASK: Why I never get what I wanted?
AL-QURAN ANSWERS: " It is possible that you dislike a thing which is good for you, and that you love a thing, which is bad for you. But Allah knows, while you know not." Surah Al-Baqarah [2:216]
3) WE ALWAYS ASK: Why was I burdened this way?
AL-QURAN ANSWERS: "Allah does not place a burden to a soul greater than it can bear. It gets every good that it earns, and it suffers every ill that it earns." Surah Al-Baqarah [2:286]& " So verily, with every difficulty there is relief: (repeated) Verily, with every difficulty there is relief." Surah Al-Insyirah [94:5-6]
4) WE ALWAYS ASK: Why am I losing hope?
AL-QURAN ANSWERS: "So lose not heart, nor fall into despair: For you will be superior if you are true in Faith." Surah Al-Imran [3:139]
5) WE ALWAYS ASK: How can I face it?
AL-QURAN ANSWERS: " O you who believed! Persevere in patience and constancy; vie in such perseverance; strengthen each other; and fear Allah that you may prosper." Surah Al-Imran[3:200] & "And seek(Allah's) help with patient, perseverance and prayer: It is indeed hard, except to those who bring a humbly submissive (to Allah)." Surah Al-Baqarah [2:45]
6) WE ALWAYS ASK: What do I get from all these?
AL-QURAN ANSWERS: "Indeed, Allah has purchased from the believers their lives and properties (in exchange) for that they will have the garden (of Paradise)..." Surah At-Taubah [9:111]
7) WE ALWAYS ASK: To whom could I depend?
AL-QURAN ANSWERS: "(Allah) suffice me: there is no god but He: On Him is my trust- He the Lord of the Throne (of Glory) Supreme." Surah At-Taaubah [9:129]
8) WE ALWAYS ASK: But I can't take it anymore!
AL-QURAN ANSWERS: "...and never give up hope of Allah's Soothing Mercy; truly No one despairs of Allah's Soothing Mercy. except Those who have no faith." Surah Yusuf [9:87]& "Despairs not of the Mercy of Allah: for Allah forgives All sins for He is Often- Forgiving, Most Merciful." Surah Az-Zumar [39:53]
I love when he says: Thank you for bringing me home
I cannot be thankful enough.
