reminder to self

"If you never thank Allah after every smile,

Then you have no right to blame Him for every tear."

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oh so true.

for He knows what we know not

“God is a meticulous clockmaker. So precise is His order that everything on earth happens in its own time. Neither a minute late nor a minute early. And for everyone without exception, the clock works accurately. For each there is a time to love and a time to die.”  -- Shams of Tabriz

- The Forty Rules of Love, Elif Shafak -

appreciate what we do have

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but sometimes we have to let go to appreciate what there is to hold on to.

Allah is the best of planners

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sometimes, we just need something to happen to be reminded of God's grand scheme of things.
After all, He is the best of planners. (Surah Al-e'Imran, Ayat 54)

like for me, today happened.

and i'm still delirious from the awesomeness of it all. syukur alhamdulillah. :))

story will have to wait till tomorrow.
for now, this lady needs her sleep.

toodles everyone!

be persistent in doing the things He loves

"If you desire Allah to be persistent in granting you the thing you love, be persistent in doing the things He loves."


- Imam Ahmad Ibn Hanbal -

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need to remind myself time & again.

again & again & again.
:(

Pursue a path in search of knowledge, God will make easy for you a path to paradise.

"If anyone removes (one of the) anxieties of this world from a believer, God will remove (one of the) anxieties from him on the Day of Resurrection; 

if one smooths the way for one who is destitute, God will smooth the way for him in this world and the next; 

and if anyone conceals the faults of a Muslim, God will conceal his faults in this world and the next. 

God helps a man as long as he helps his brother. 

If anyone pursues a path in search of knowledge, God will thereby make easy for him a path to paradise."

(HR Muslim)

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Dear Allah,

please help me in all of the above.

Thank you.

of trials and tribulations

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Do not try to run away from trials & tribulations, but endure them with patience. They cannot be avoided, and there is nothing for it but to endure them with patience. How can you expect the whole of this world, and all that has been created therein, to undergo change and transformation just to suit your convenience?

The Prophets are the best of all creatures, yet they have always had to suffer afflictions and so it is for their followers, those who tread in their footsteps as they walk along their highway, emulating their example.

- Shaykh Sayyid Abdul Qadir Jilani -

as always,

trust Allah

&

have faith.

:)

gratitude towards Allah

"Allah’s generosity is connected to gratitude, and gratitude is linked to increase in his generosity. The generosity of Allah will not stop increasing unless the gratitude of the servant ceases."

- Ali Bin Abi Talib (R.A.) -

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patience is a virtue

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i need to learn to be (MORE) patient.

help me please ya Rabb.

help me be MORE thankful to You.

"Then which of the favours of your Lord will you deny?" 
(Surah Al-Rahman)

prioritise Allah

"When Allah is at the center of your priority in life then you are at the center of Allah’s providential care."

- Hamza Yusuf -

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daily reminder

Nobody can remove hurt except Allah. Even if someone tries to cause you any hurt, stay firm in your belief and remember that no one can cause you any pain if Allah does not desire it for you. 

“And if Allah touches you with hurt, there is none who can remove it but He; and if He intends any good for you, there is none who can keep back His support; He brings it to whom He pleases of His servants; And He is the Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."

- Qur’an, Surah Yunus; 10:107 -

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truthfulness leads to righteousness

An emperor in the Far East was growing old and knew it was time to choose his successor. Instead of choosing one of his assistants or his children, he decided something different. He called young people in the kingdom together one day. He said, “It is time for me to step down and choose the next emperor. I have decided to choose one of you.”


The kids were shocked! But the emperor continued. “I am going to give each one of you a seed today. One very special seed. I want you to plant the seed, water it and come back here one year from today with what you have grown from this one seed. I will then judge the plants that you bring, and the one I choose will be the next emperor!”


One boy named Ling was there that day and he, like the others, received a seed. He went home and excitedly told his mother the story. She helped him get a pot and planting soil, and he planted the seed and watered it carefully. Every day he would water it and watch to see if it had grown. After about three weeks, some of the other youths began to talk about their seeds and the plants that were beginning to grow.


Ling kept checking his seed, but nothing ever grew. Three weeks, 4 weeks, 5 weeks went by. Still nothing. By now, others were talking about their plants but Ling didn’t have a plant, and he felt like a failure. Six months went by-still nothing in Ling’s pot. He just knew he had killed his seed.


Everyone else had trees and tall plants, but he had nothing. Ling didn’t say anything to his friends, however. He just kept waiting for his seed to grow.


A year finally went by and all the youths of the kingdom brought their plants to the emperor for inspection. Ling told his mother that he wasn’t going to take an empty pot. But she persuaded him to go and be honest about what had happened. Ling felt sick to his stomach, but he knew his mother was right. He took his empty pot to the palace. When Ling arrived, he was amazed at the variety of plants grown by the other youths. They were beautiful-in all shapes and sizes. Ling put his empty pot on the floor and many of the other kids laughed at him. A few felt sorry for him and just said, “Hey nice try.”


When the emperor arrived, he surveyed the room and greeted the young people. Ling just tried to hide in the back. “My, what great plants, trees and flowers you have grown,” said the emperor. “Today, one of you will be appointed the next emperor!” All of a sudden, the emperor spotted Ling at the back of the room with his empty pot. He ordered his guards to bring him to the front. Ling was terrified. “The emperor knows I’m a failure! Maybe he will have me killed!”


When Ling got to the front, the Emperor asked his name. “My name is Ling,” he replied. All the kids were laughing and making fun of him. The emperor asked everyone to quiet down. He looked at Ling, and then announced to the crowd, “Behold your new emperor! His name is Ling!” Ling couldn’t believe it. Ling couldn’t even grow his seed. How could he be the new emperor? Then the emperor said, “One year ago today, I gave everyone here a seed. I told you to take the seed, plant it, water it, and bring it back to me today. But I gave you all boiled seeds which would not grow. All of you, except Ling, have brought me trees and plants and flowers. When you found that the seed would not grow, you substituted another seed for the one I gave you. Ling was the only one with the courage and honesty to bring me a pot with my seed in it. Therefore, he is the one who will be the new emperor!”


The Prophet taught, “Truthfulness leads to righteousness, and righteousness leads to Paradise. And a man keeps on telling the truth until he becomes a truthful person. Falsehood leads to Al-Fajur (i.e. wickedness, evil-doing), and Al-Fajur (wickedness) leads to the (Hell) Fire, and a man may keep on telling lies till he is written before Allah, a liar.”
[Sahih al-Bukhari, Vol. 8:116]

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do right by others, speak the truth, and others will do right by you. :)

Allah is sufficient for us

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“Say: Allah is sufficient for us, and He is Al-Wakeel (the best disposer of affairs); We have placed our trust in Allah.”
(hasbunAllaha wa ni’mal Wakeel)

daily reminder: call on Him

“… Say: ‘What has My Lord to do with you if you do not call on Him?’”

The Holy Quran; Surah al-Furqan: 77

- our Lord is near, always, but only if we call on Him.

(Source: subhanallah)

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ingat 5 perkara sebelum 5 perkara

"Take advantage of 5 matter before 5 other matters:

your YOUTH, before you become old,

your HEALTH, before you fall sick,

your RICHNESS, before you become poor,

your FREE TIME before you become busy,

and your LIFE, before your death."

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Have a blessed Friday all.

:)

always ask to be in Allah's good grace, insya-Allah

"If Allah wishes a person well, he will learn to behave properly and give up his bad habits, but if Allah wishes him ill, he will go on living in the old same way, and so be a loser in this world and the hereafter."

- Sheikh Abdul Qadir al-Jilani -

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May we always be in Allah's good grace. Ameen.

may we always be under Allah's loving mercy

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Are we one of them?

remembrance of Allah is the greatest (thing in life)

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"Prayer restrains from shameful and unjust deeds;

and remembrance of Allah is the greatest (thing in life)"

- holy quran (29:45) -


sembahyang lah kamu sebelum kamu disembahyangkan.

stop making excuses for procrastination

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HOW TRUE.

Only He knows best

"Do not detest the misfortunes that befall you,
for what you detest may be the cause of your salvation
and what you like may be the cause of your ruin."


 - Hasan Al-Basri -

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