Sayonara Jahiliyah

In The Name of Allah, Most Gracious Most Merciful...

Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace and blesssings be upon him and his Household (Ahlul Bayt)

Updates: Salam everyone. Kaif haluk? Hopefully everyone is in the best health and most importantly the best of iman insyaAllah. It is the second week of the second semester. the subjects are getting more baffling and perplexing, not surprising. But after the first semester i found myself more collected, Alhamdulillah. (93:4) I passed my subjects in the first sem and InsyaAllah i can do it again.

oh yeah, ramadhan is finally coming! couldn't be any more happier =) Ahlan wasahlan ya ramadhan! May this holy month be a meaningful one, as in we satiate ourselves with ibadah that could elevate ourselves in His Sight, InsyaAllah (qiam, tarawih, reciting quran, supplication, etc). Equipping ourselves with these strengths, may it fortify us from our nafs and jahiliyah, insyaAllah..=D

Humans are weak beings. we have desires and wants, and sometimes all we want to do is indulge and spoil ourselves rotten. most of the time, these 'things' that we like is not in favor of Allah. Examples: spending too much time on fb, wasting time, bad talk others, wasting money on irrelevant things, maksiat, etc. These, to be blatant, are jahiliyah. I am referring to myself, especially. It feels so pathetic and pitiful to be enslaved by all these worldly things (couldn't be any more truthful to myself). When you actually know that they don't really benefit you in world or Hereafter. Astaghfirullah...

Say (O Muhammad ): "Shall We tell you the greatest losers in respect of (their) deeds?

"Those whose efforts have been wasted in this life while they thought that they were acquiring good by their deeds!" (al-Kahf:103-104)

Whatever is with you, will be exhausted, and whatever with Allah (of good deeds) will remain. And those who are patient, We will certainly pay them a reward in proportion to the best of what they used to do (an-Nahl:96)

whatever that is worldly, will perish. And what is favourable in Allah's sight will remain. therefore, it is incumbent to expend our time and energy for things that will be of pertinence to us in the Hereafter, that is: our ibadah and others that bring pleasure to Allah. 

Allah had generously mentioned in the Quran, of ways to enrich our souls:

Verily, the rising by night (for Tahajjud prayer) is very hard and most potent and good for governing (the soul), and most suitable for (understanding) the Word (of Allah). (al-Muzammil:6)

Indeed whosoever purifies himself (by avoiding polytheism and accepting Islamic Monotheism) shall achieve success,

And remembers (glorifies) the Name of his Lord (worships none but Allah), and prays (five compulsory prayers and Nawafil additional prayers). (al-A'la:14-15)

And your Lord said: "Invoke Me, [i.e. believe in My Oneness (Islamic Monotheism)] (and ask Me for anything) I will respond to your (invocation). Verily! Those who scorn My worship [i.e. do not invoke Me, and do not believe in My Oneness, (Islamic Monotheism)] they will surely enter Hell in humiliation!"(al-Mu'min:60)

Whatever that you perform in the name of Allah, is for your own good really. It is for your own purification and goodness, insyaAllah. For He said:

And whosoever strives, he strives only for himself. Verily, Allah is free of all wants from the 'Alamin (mankind, jinns, and all that exists). (al-Ankabut:6)

Whosoever does righteous good deed it is for (the benefit of) his ownself, and whosoever does evil, it is against his ownself, and your Lord is not at all unjust to (His) slaves. (al-Fussilat:46)

If you feel you don't have the inner strength to be istiqamah in your ibadah, there is always Allah to guide you. With sincerity, invoke His Help and pray for His Guidance. InsyaAllah, He will be more than willing to quench your needs.

And if an evil whisper from Shaitan (Satan) tries to turn you away (O Muhammad ) (from doing good, etc.), then seek refuge in Allah. Verily, He is the All-Hearer, the All-Knower.(Fussilat:36)

O mankind! it is you who stand in need of Allah, but Allah is Rich (Free of all wants and needs), Worthy of all praise.(Fatir:15)

May Allah bless us with the best of iman, may He accept our repentances, may He accept our deeds, insyaAllah. 

May He guide us away from our jahiliyah and whatever that led us astray.

Sayonara Jahiliyah.


InsyaAllah..

Stop. And look back.

In The Name of Allah, Most Gracious Most Merciful...

Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace and blesssings be upon him and his Household (Ahlul Bayt)

 

 

And surely, We shall try you till We test those who strive hard (for the Cause of Allah) and the patient ones, and We shall test your facts (i.e. the one who is a liar, and the one who is truthful).(47:31)

Updates: Salam everyone. Kaif haluk? Hopefully everyone is in the best of health and most importantly the best of iman. I finished my exam just last night, Alhamdulillah.. now that there's free time, i've GOT to plan wisely. there should be things to accomplish. some good and beneficial stuffs to look forward to..insyaAllah. the exams were alright insyaAllah. I have to admit feeling anxious of the results. Nevertheless, Allah is the Best Planner and I trust Him to determine what is to become of my life insyaAllah. Astaghfirullahalazim..And aseef (sorry) for leaving this blog for quite some time. Had been very busy with studies =(

after coursing through my first semester in Bachelor of Medicine/Surgery, being fed profusely with awfully complex and intricate knowledge of the human body, i came to a conclusion. humans are ungrateful and ignorant. they take things in life for granted and they complain a lot too. WE are ignorant for always forgetting that everything that we own is not truly OURS. we are created by A Great Creator, who is also Most Giving, and Most Forgiving.

O man! What has made you careless concerning your Lord, the Most Generous? (82:6)

Who created you, fashioned you perfectly, and gave you due proportion;(82:7)

It is sufficent to just observe ourselves. Have you ever wonder how your fingers could precisely apply the right force, for you to move something? To grip or reach something? To turn a page of a book perhaps? Have you ever wonder what the hand is consisted of? The nerves and vessels that supply the interwoven muscles in the hand? After knowing these complexities, i come to appreciate the littlest things. like how my fingernails are stuck to the end of each fingers. now that, is just what is visible to the eye. Subhanallah!

i learnt to appreciate and to take things easy as they go. i learnt that being impulsive is bad. setting unrealistic goals is frustrating. being judgemental is unfair. being sensible is a must. lending a hand is obligatory. time should be managed more efficiently. set my priorities right. health is to be catered for, always. and most importantly, toughening my reliance and trust on Allah Taala. now you can see how badly i need to brush up on my 10 Muwasaffat Tarbiyyah..huhu insyaAllah.

Studying Medicine, here in Auckland, in my perspective is not just about gaining knowledge, meeting people of different cultures, and definitely not just about seeing and visiting places. that is just what's on the surface. the relations, of these to the Creator is too immense. Too great, MasyaAllah i am awed. the experiences that tagged along my journey would forever be treasured. For I believe everything, from the new friendships that i made, to the exam questions that i answered has its relation to what Allah has fated for me to receive, insyaAllah...=)

So far so good. Alhamdulillah. I can only feel so, whenever i stop. And look back. 

Then only I see, how Allah is So Great at determining the course of my life. How can i not, when He was the one who created me, who knows me, and fix the fingernails to the end of my fingers...

Wallahu a'alam..