Unconditional Love

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim....

Salam. Kaif haluk? insyaAllah everyone reading this is in the best of health. let us just take a few seconds, to look at ourselves, appreciate the ease that we are now feeling, be thankful for still having our loved ones with us,  appreciate the things around us that was given by Him out of love, and say a sincere Alhamdulillahi rabbil alamin...La ila ha illallah...Subhanallah...Allahuakbar....=)

when we were brought to existence: the second when the sperm and the ovum of our parents meet and fertilised, that was when our 'journey of love' started. the journey of 9 months that we go through, in our mothers' wombs tells it all. let me tell you that the probability of a slight error or fault occurring during that crucial 9 months is so great it could affect the baby significantly. to name a few disorders: autism, down syndrome, klinefelter, colour blindness, hemophilia, sickle cell disease etc.  Subhanallah..and when you came out in such perfect shape, please dont tell me you cant feel the love He showered and pampered you during that period. here you are devoid of any impairment, flaws or disability. Ya Allah...this is love...

everyone wants to be loved. almost all the songs and movies and novels ever created were dedicated to love. truly somebody who had learnt the LOVE in context of his relationship with Allah, will feel ultimate contentment within his soul...MasyaAllah...but what a pity, most people today have quite a distorted view of what is TRUE LOVE. love is good, when you are devoting it to rightful halal persons, such as your parents, siblings, friends...but the love that is rife today is far from the 'halal' love. 

the love that we obviously know is the human-to-human love. but what about human-to-Creator love? Allah had been accompanying us since the day we were brought to existence. He spoiled and indulged us with so many gifts and love. He gave us food and shelter. He sent us people to love. He gave us EVERYTHING. does HE deserve our love, more than anybody in our lives? well??=)

Be fair. To Allah and to yourself.

1. In school, you can often redo your exam if you fail. In the hereafter, if one fails there is no going back.

2. In school, you often do not know what questions will be asked. In the hereafter, there are only 3 questions: Who is your Lord? What is your Deen? And who is this man who was sent to you? But the answers are answers you live by.

3. In school, we stay up at night to prepare for the exam the next day. So too in Allah's exam, we should be staying up in night prayers.

4. In school, we pray and hope and work for an outstanding mark. So too should be our attitude towards Allah's exam.

5. In school, when we get a great mark, we erupt with happiness. So too will the believers erupt in happiness when they get their books in their right hands. Work for it.

6. In school, when we get a bad mark, sadness can be seen on our faces, and we dislike to face others. So too in the hereafter. Protect yourself from that.

7. During a school exam, you cannot ask anyone for help. In the hereafter, you can prepare from now to get assistance from Allah's Messenger, the Quran, and other ways of intercession.

8. In school, when exam time draws near, we banish distractions to focus on what is really important. In Allah's exam, isn't death within 1 heart beat? Banish distractions and focus.

9. In school, until exam results come out, we worry about the result. In Allah's exam, we don't know what our result will be, so we spend our days in hope and worry until the results come out.

By Muhammad Alshareef