【Ten Thoughts to Ponder: Moments of Reflection and Faith】
1.Remember that your Lord forgives those who ask Him for forgiveness, and He accepts the repentance of those who repent, and He accepts those who come back to Him.
2. Show mercy to the weak and you will be happy; give to the needy and you will be well; do not bear grudges and you will be healthy.
3.Be optimistic, for Allah is with you, and the angels are praying for forgiveness for you, and Paradise awaits you.
4. Wipe away your tears, think well of your Lord, and chase away your worries by remembering the blessings that Allah has bestowed upon you.
5.Do not think that this world is ever perfect for anyone. There is no one on the face of the earth who gets all that he wants or is free from all kinds of distress.
6.Be like a tall tree with high aims; if a stone is thrown at it, it simply lets its fruits drop.
7. Have you ever heard that grief brings back what has been lost, or that worry corrects mistakes? So why grieve and worry then?
8. Do not expect trials and calamities, rather expect peace, safety and good health, if Allah wills.
9. Extinguish the flames of hatred from your heart by forgiving everyone who has ever hurt you.
10. Ghusl, wudu ', siwak and being organized are effective medicines for all kinds of distress and worry.
*_✨Surely, I have rewarded them this day because they were patient, that they are the achievers. ✨_*
*🌷Allah Subhanahu wa taala teaches us in the Qur'an that people with Sabr (Patience) and Tawakkul (complete reliance upon Allah) will always have beautiful and blissful endings. 🌷*
*💛The concept of Sabr is beautiful but it's not easy, it means to stay silent even when your heart is burning, it means to trust Allah's plan even if things don't go as you want. 💛*
*🎀But remember, Sabr always pays off when your heart is in a shield with Tawakkul. 🎀*
*🌌Sabr means accepting the decree of Allah without any regrets🌌*
*💖It is understanding that only He has the knowledge of the unseen and knows what is BEST for us. 💖*
*🌻With Sabr everything will flow into your life in due time. Nothing early and nothing late. All at the PERFECT TIME InShaAllah. 🌻*
*🌼Things you've always dreamt about will all fall in place at the right time and in the most beautiful manner but before them falling into place you need to cling onto what befalls you with Sabr.🌼*
*🌴With a mindset of Sabr and Tawakkul you can get through everything in life with a lot of peace InShaAllah.🌴*
*🌸Be content, cause InShaAllah You'll see all your dreams and wishes come true according to the will of Allah Subhanahu wa taala very sooon🌸*
*♥️And Indeeed Allah Subhanahu wa taala loves those who are PATIENT (who observe Sabr) ♥️*
*_🌻Is He [not best] who responds to the desperate one when he calls upon Him and removes evil and makes you inheritors of the earth? Is there a deity with Allah ? Little do you remember.🌻_*
*❤️Indeeed, Allah Subhanahu wa taala is the Lord of the worlds. He is your Lord and He is my Lord. He is the Creator of the heavens and the earth and every single thing that possess in it.❤️*
*✨The Lord who forgave Adam (AS) for falling into temptation, is also your Lord✨*
*✨The Lord who saved Ibrahim (AS) from the raging fire, is also your Lord✨*
*✨The Lord who saved Nuh (AS) and the believers from the great flood, is also your Lord✨*
*✨The Lord who sustained Hajar on the hills of Makkah, is also your Lord✨*
*✨The Lord who protected Yusuf (AS) from his desires, is also your Lord✨*
*✨The Lord who granted Yaqoob (AS) Beautiful patience, is also your Lord✨*
*✨The Lord who cured Ayyub (AS) from his illness, is also your Lord✨*
*✨The Lord who spoke to Musa (AS) through the burning bush, is also your Lord✨*
*✨The Lord who honoured Maryam (AS) above all other women, is also your Lord✨*
*✨The Lord who listened to Yunus (AS) in the belly of the whale, is also your Lord✨*
*✨The Lord who consoled Muhammad (SAW) after the loss of his loved ones, is also your Lord✨*
*💗SubhanAllah! AllahuAkbar! Our Lord is the most kind, most merciful, most loving, most generous, most forgiving, most compassionate, most giving, most responding, our ultimate protector, the sole sustainer, the most consoling, most hearing, most seeing and the knower of the unseen💗*
*💙Never, never ever lose your trust and faith in Allah Subhanahu wa taala. Don't let anything on this earth shake it. No matter what the situation is, turn back to your Lord, trust Him and have complete faith in Allah Subhanahu wa taala through it all.💙*
*💓InShaAllah He'll bring you out of all your difficulties like He always has done for you and the others. Move forward with unshakeable faith in Him and InShaAllah you'll witness beautiful miracles.💓*
“The Qur’an is an intercessor whose intercession will be accepted and an opponent whose testimony will be accepted. Whoever puts it in front of him, it will lead him to Paradise, and whoever puts it behind his back, it will drive him to Hell.”
[Ibn Hibbaan (124), Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani]
You wish to cleanse the grief and the distress and heartache. The Qur'an will cleanse them for you.
Allah ﷻ says
وَنُنَزِّلُ مِنَ ٱلْقُرْءَانِ مَا هُوَ شِفَآءٌۭ
And we have sent down of the Qur'an that which is a healing
وَرَحْمَةٌۭ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
And a mercyfor the believers
[17:82]
Ibn Kathir رحمه الله writes "It is sent down by the All-Wise, Worthy of all praise, is a cure and a mercy for the believers, meaning that it takes away whatever is in their hearts of doubt,hypocrisy, shirk,confusion and inclination towards falsehood. The Qur'an cures all of that. It is also a mercy through which one attains faith and wisdom and seeks goodness."
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We must be people of the Qur'an! Reciting, understanding and acting upon it. For this Qur'an will instill the Noor of Allah ﷻ in our hearts. This Qur'an will open our hearts and remove the darkness from it. This Qur'an will lead us to Jannah!
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But we must be people who recite, for only those who recite can understand and only those who understand could ever act upon its words!
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The Qur'an provided comfort for Muhammad ﷺ and it too provides comfort for us in every context!
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When Prophet ﷺ was in the cave and Abu Bakr رضي الله عنه was worried.
When you have sorrow!
لَا تَحزَن إِنَّ اللهَ مَعَنا
Don't be sad, Allah is with us!
[9:40]
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May Allah ﷻ make the Qur'an the guiding light of our lives and make it a means for our entry into Jannah.
Ibn Kathir (rahimahu Allah) states that this is one type, the worst form, of abandonment. Of the other forms, he says:
“When he would recite the Qur’an to them, they would talk nonsense or speak about something else, so that they would not hear it. This is a form of forsaking it and not believing in it is also forsaking it, and neglecting pondering about it and understanding it is a form of forsaking it, and leaving behind the knowledge of it and complying with its orders and avoiding its prohibitions is from forsaking it, and turning away from it to any other thing such as poetry or sayings or singing or amusement or talking, or taking a path other than it is from forsaking it.”
*The Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the worlds?*
_They behave as if they will not have to account for what they gain in this life......_
▪ Do these people not fear the resurrection and standing before He Who knows the hidden matters and the innermost secrets, on a Day that contains great horror and tremendous fright?
Their attitude is singularly strange.
▪ The mere idea of being raised to life again on that great Day, when all mankind shall stand as ordinary individuals in front of the Lord of the universe, awaiting His just judgment, without support from any quarter, should be enough to make them change course.
▪ But they persist, as if the thought of being raised to life after death has never crossed their minds.
No! Rather, the stain has covered their hearts of that which they were earning.
Al-Mutaffifin : 83.14
The reason for their inability to see the obvious truth or respond to it: is that “the sin has covered their hearts,”
▪ Indeed, the hearts of those who indulge in sin become dull, as if they are veiled by a thick curtain which keeps them in total darkness, unable to see the light.
▪ Thus, they gradually lose their sensitivity and become lifeless.
The Prophet ﷺ said
*“Verily! When a man commits a sin, it throws a black spot over his heart. *
*If he repents, his heart is polished; but if he persists in his practice, the stains increase.” *
[Ibn Jareer, At-Tirmidhī, Al-Nasai and Ibn Majah.]
▪ Explaining this Ayah, Hasan Basri said,
_ “It is a case of one sin on top of another until the heart is blinded and dies.” _
Thus, we have learnt the situation of transgressing unbelievers, as well as their motives for transgression and rejection of the truth.
