“I swear by the glow of the sunset, by the night and all that the night brings to life, and by the full moon, that you will move from your present existence to a different existence.”
Holy Qu'ran, Al-Inshiqaq, Surah 84:16-19
Photo captured by my lil darling in her school at dawn..
Being a wife, a mum, a motivator, an educator and also a post graduate student... I always remind myself, my children, students and friends to have good thoughts and go beyond positive thinking ..as it can motivate us to move on smoothly and calmly to achieve our dreams in life….but there are times we need to put extra strength to have good thoughts and need to take great effort to crawl beyond positive thinking…..it truly hurts but believe that it really heals if we put our love for God greater than our problems , and believe that it’s a valuable lesson to test our faith and reveal our true personality……
Watching the sunset at dusk in Penang October 2011
Loving the heart that hates us and healing the heart that hurts us is not easy to practice in our life. We feel the pressure of hatred and pain of hurtful moments when we are unwilling to open our hearts, minds and souls to let the light of love, peace and joy flow in…
if we are willing, our heart will spark the light of comfort making us taste the power of love…Therefore, love the heart that hates us, heal the heart that hurts us...as we will feel an amazing miracle unfolding…by God’s will…
Mum’s bond of love comforts in solace even in the wilderness of life..
Mum stays not only close to my side but deep in my heart, she is an amazing woman who lives in the light of love as her thoughts, speech, deeds reflects the precious love within her heart…Her smile soothes and melts all the weeds of worries, making me gather the petals of strength to face the challenges in the wilderness of life…..Truly, mum’s bond of love comforts in solace even in the wilderness of life….
Thank you mum, love you with my heart and soul.........
Photo captured by my darling daughter. Location: at a remote farm in Adelaide………..
We can never retrieve the time that slips away, no matter how much we clutch and grasp the moments, it will definitely slip and fade away…the day of judgment is definite and we all will be accountable for all our deeds, speech and thoughts….so let us touch human hearts and souls with a clear vision….
If we make a decision based on our blur vision, without noticing being so individualist in our walk of life, we can crush hearts and hurt souls when we rush to reap the harvest of joy which is just an illusion as the field is barren…but if we to open our hearts, minds and souls…our vision becomes clear and we will began to realize that unveiling the moments with the touch of love and patience, will make us grow in maturity, sincerity and trustworthy…
So, let’s move on and keep on loving, sharing, forgiving and caring to all those around us, so that we can reap the harvest of joy....touching hearts and souls .. …by God’s will…
Living in the light of true friendship is a blessed relationship as its filled with love, joy and solace. To sustain a strong friendship and making it glow can be maintained by practicing classical traditional views of maintaing good reationship In classical traditional views, friendship based on utility and pleasure will not survive, it will be stagnant, hurtful, one-sided or may even cause harm than good but friendship based on goodness is lasting as it has enduring quality.Thus, when friends possess the good attributes, the friendship survives as it is based on goodness which has love & purity, with lasting & enduring quality. However we all know that a deep sustaining, timeless friendship is really, really rare…as it’s a friendship for the sake of God which abides in purity and sealed with modesty…
Making friends in the fold of mutual understanding, trusting companionship, honest relationship for the sake of Allah is an amazing experience and a lifetime joy but only true friendship grows as the time passes, surviving through the tough and challenging moments and staying by our side in our smiles and tears. Some friends come like pieces of chocolate moist cake but as time passes when we began to indulge in it ,we will realize that it’s just an illusion and some friends are jewels bringing lasting love,overflowing with serene comfort and radiating the light of love for the sake of Allah.
There are some friends whom I put my trust , give my love and I get trust and love in return but just like the morning dew
(sunset photo captured recently from heartoheart at putra jaya, malaysia)
Do make me savor, O my Savior
The ornament Thou slash my chest
To soothe and solace my heart
And free my soul from spree,
Thy kiss breaks the spell of sweet slumber,
The pain not in vain as You heal,
On Your loyal alter my deepest wound being healed,
From wintriness to warmness I reach Your feet
Solace in Thy love do I feel,
I a slave Thou knowth best how to heal!
(nur-inn)
To reach the stage of loving God the most is our ultimate aim, but the journey to attain the stage is a road least taken and endured…….less appreciated and craved for… as it promises not roses but thorns….As we travel on the pathway of life to seek the true love, light and serenity ….from hurt to heal….from sorrow to joy ….from tensed to solace....we’ll reach a spritual threshold when our wounds will be healed by His Love…………..
This is how the secret which saints and seers were denied
was whispered to me.
(Abu Said Abil-Kheir)
(967-1049)
Your love whirls the winds as You threw
Drooping the disguise as the love grew!
When the wise saints and sages’ love rooted
Their hearts revive as sorrow looted!
(nur-inn)
Possesing the love of God is our ultimate aim but to reach this ultimate stage….we will be tested through trials and tribulations ……….when we believe and accept each breath we take, each step we move, is by His Mercy and Love, and have faith that He is with us and never forsake us, we will begin to have a strong dependency on Him and we will live a life seeking His Redha, Mercy and Love in our thoughts, speech and actions….When dependency on man can only lead to hurt, pain eventually causing sorrow to the heart, dependency on God will enablesorrow to be looted from the heart as true love of God dwells in it. As the sorrow droops….the mystical awakening occurs and unfolds leaving no room for grief, as the heart is filled with joy and contentment ….unveiling a hidden blessing…............
a spiritual awakening…..
There is no situation that would cause grief to a believer, or cause his distress, because he has grasped this secret and attained pure faith. God explains the spiritual state of the believer in these words: Those who say, "Our Lord is God," and then go straight will feel no fear and will know no sorrow. (Translation Surah Al-Ahqaf:13)
The month of Ramadan has slipped by silently…leaving us to face the days ahead….in this temporary world..struggling to fade the illusive wordly pleasure in order to taste the highest peak of goodness so that we stay on the path of righteous people but only truthful and God fearing men of high determination can reach the stage……
"It is no virtue that you turn your face to the East and the West, but virtue is that one should believe in Allah, and the Last Day and the angels and the prophets; and spend out of love for Him his wealth on relatives and orphans and the needy and the wayfarer and on those who ask and for ransom of the slaves and establish salat and pay zakat. And those who fulfil the pledges they make and steadfast In adversity and affliction and In times of struggle, such are the people as are truthful and Godfearing."(Baqarah: 177)
"Our Lord! Let not our hearts deviate now after Thou hast guided us, but grant us mercy from Thine own Presence; for Thou art the Granter of bounties without measure" (Al Imran - Verse 8)
Ramadan is an amazing month brimming with blessing from Allah for those who relatetheir speech, thoughts and deeds for the sake of Allah to attain His Love, Mercy and Redha….
Abu Huraira related that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever fasts during Ramadan with faith and seeking his reward from Allah will have his past sins forgiven. Whoever prays during the nights in Ramadan with faith and seeking his reward from Allah will have his past sins forgiven. And he who passes Lailat al-Qadr in prayer with faith and seeking his reward from Allah will have his past sins forgiven (Bukhari, Muslim).
When we meet many challenges and obstacles along the journey to bring the message of ALLAH”S LOVE and LIGHT, and on our journey to meet success, we should always put deep trust in Allah as we move on and no matter what happens, don’t turn back, just believe that Allah is testing us and He is with us.
And Allah said:
“Certainly, We shall test you with fear, hunger, loss of wealth, lives and fruits; but give glad tidings to the patient—those who, when afflicted with calamity say, “Truly to Allah we belong, and truly to Him shall we return.” It is those who will be awarded blessings and mercy from their Lord; and it is those who are the guided ones.”(Al-Baqarah 2:155–157)
…….is something very precious and meaningful to us which is also very close to our hearts, it is everyone dreams of having an ideal family, wishes to live and experience a meaning life in an ideal family. However, is our family an ideal family? Do we have the qualities of an ideal family? If we do,it is amazing and we have to maintain it, if we don’t meet those characteristic of a ideal family, then we should strive to have one.How do we categorize an ideal family? Is it by the wealth we have or the large number of family members? I strongly believe that an ideal family is a religious home blessed with love, happiness and serenity, it’s a home embroidered with responsibility and empathy, furnished with honesty, loyalty and trustworthiness.
Sunset Warmth veiled the boundless edges Slowly dimming in the evening sun Joy filled the heart Slowly glowing beyond the golden hue
Serenity veiled the boundless edges Glimmering in the evening breeze Beauty spills around Slowing glowing within the heart
Words can be expressed Revealing the beauty of Allah’s creation But no words to heave The rhythms of my heart, The melodies of my soul and The serenity of my life…………
6.55pm 5th February2010
*sunset photos taken at bukit expo, in university putra malaysia
Assalamualaikum beloved brothers and sisters, Developing a high level of positive self esteem can make us be an optimistic person who can handle daily life situations, conflicts, resisting negative pressures, dealing with trials and tribulations and eventually develop good interpersonal and intrapersonal skills as a true muslim in our daily life for the sake of Allah. Positive self esteem is believing in oneself, having self respect, allowing the love to grow in us, developing the ability to accept ourselves in a positive way and the ability to avoid depression and living a tranquil life in Allah’s Love and Light. Besides that, high level of positive self esteem is self-confidence which involves beliefs about ability and future performance. Our inner self will be self esteemed where we are able to balance love, honesty and truth to build self-confidence and be competent to cope with life’s challenges and live a worthy life for the sake of Allah.
Developing a high level of emotional intelligence is an important matter as it involves the ability to control our emotional and cognitive thoughts in a motivated, optimistic and meaningful way. The ability to recognize our own behavior and the behavior of others and the emotional strength to manage life’s situation will lead us to a successful life, inshaAllah.
A true muslim believer with a high level of emotional intelligence is a person who can touch and win the hearts of others, as he is more trusted, resilient, intrinsically motivated, optimistic, his heart filled with love and empathy, which can melt stress and conflicts in life. Thus, by possessing a high level of emotional intelligence competence can help us develop good intrapersonal and interpersonal skills and the ability to manage daily life situation successfully on our pathway to be true muslims, inshaAllah………
A home filled with barakah is a home filled with love, happiness and serenity, embroidered with responsibility and empathy, furnished with honesty, loyalty and trustworthiness.......creating a blissful atmosphere overflowing to the community around..........
May Allah grant us the ability to make our love strong, true and great
as where there is strong love, there is always endurance
where there is true love there are always blessings
where there is great love there are always miracles………………
making our homes filled with barakah, inshaAllah……..
Allah (SWT) says, “And Allah has made for you in your homes an abode.” (Surah Al Nahl: 80)
Living a life filled with LOVE can motivate us as LOVE can enhance human energy bringing success, happiness and tranquility. So we should open the room in our hearts, let the LOVE flow in, grasp the opportunity to learn the skills of LOVE to make the power of LOVE within our heart to grow and flow.
LOVE can change our lives and can be a force to make us move, to make us act upon our needs, but to heave the feeling of LOVE is not that easy, and most of the time LOVE is just said in actions. According to the great Persian Sufi Poet Rumi (1207-1273), LOVE is the most difficult concept to define, "My pen splinters when I write LOVE.”
LOVE can give us the power to touch the human hearts; it blooms without season or reason as true LOVE is always presence and it grows in the midst of sorrow or joy, tears or happiness. Kahlil Gibran, a Lebanese born American philosophical essayist, novelist and poet once said: “LOVE is the only flower that grows and blossoms without the aid of the seasons.”
Don’t wait to be loved, LOVE our own selves and pour out the LOVE within ourselves. Rumi said, “Your task is not to seek for LOVE, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”
LOVE has no boundaries as LOVE is boundless. Rumi said: "This is LOVE: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet."
True love flows naturally through spontaneous expression embroidered with warmth, comfort, serenity, truth and beauty, in tears and joy in mutual sharing, giving more that expecting, sharing more that receiving, and most of all loving for the sake of Allahas it is the way of opening up the power of love within our hearts…………………..
My special thanks to my beloved children……for all your LOVE, hugs and kisses have given me inspiration to write this message on LOVE and passion to keep on writing for the sake of LOVE for Allah.
Thank you Allah , for Your bounteous mercy, illuminating light and unconditional LOVE ….
In the Name of Allah the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Let us explore our inner selves………..are we leading a life for the sake of Allah? Do we have good intentions doing anything for the sake of Allah. Are we not aware of Allah’s presence within us, He watches each movement of our deeds and He knows each movements of our hearts. Allah will inspect our daily thoughts, speech and actions to determine whether they are truly acts of righteousness. The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said: "Deeds are judged according to the intention."
Our heart is the place where the correctness of deeds is judged. [The hadith in full:- Bukhary, Volume 1, Book 2, Number 51: Narrated 'Umar bin Al-Khattab: Allah's Apostle said, "The reward of deeds depends upon the intention and every person will get the reward according to what he has intended. So whoever emigrated for Allah and His Apostle, then his emigration was for Allah and His Apostle. And whoever emigrated for worldly benefits or for a woman to marry, his emigration was for what he emigrated for."]
Sincerity is the freeing of one’s intentions from all impurities in order to come nearer to Allah. It is to ensure that the intentions behind all acts of worship and obedience to Allah are exclusively for His pleasure.
No matter what we are doing in our struggle as acts of righteousness will be valued by Allah according to our intention. In an authentic narration, Imam Muslim narrated on the authority of Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Three categories of people will be the first to be thrown into Hell-Fire: a scholar who taught people merely to be praised as a scholar; a generous person who gave charity just to be called generous; and a person who participates in Jihad to be recognized as brave.”
The first 3 people who would be cast into the Hell Fire as informed by the prophet Muhammad (pbuh) are people we consider as doing great acts of righteousness in our eyes. They are the scholar who taught knowledge; the wealthy person who gave for his wealth in charity and the martyr who gave his life fighting in the path of God. The scholar would be thrown into the Hell Fire because when he taught the knowledge that Allah gave him, he did not do it for the sake of Allah. He wanted to be praised by people, he was not sincere in his thoughts, speech and actions. He wanted people around him to praised him as a great knowledgeable scholar. The second person who will be cast into the Hell Fire is the rich person. He gave his wealth and seek admiration from people. He wanted people to praise his generosity. The third person who would be cast to the Hell Fire is the martyr, the one whom we all assumed had died fii-sabilillah. We think he will be placed in the Jannah as we think that he has done a great deed. The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said that they would be the first groups of people thrown into the Hell.
So, let us explore our inner selves, are our thoughts, speech and actions in our struggle to uphold the dignity of Islam for the sake of Allah? Are we seeking human admiration or Allah’s redha? Let us follow the humility of the Prophet (pbuh) by the dua he used to make very often, beginning: "I seek refuge in you, O Allah, from knowledge that does not benefit and from a heart which does not fear".
May Allah place us in the group of people who always seek His redha, mercy and love.
La haula wala quwwata illa billahil aliyyul azim With love and duas always
Abu Hurayrah reported: "I asked the Prophet: 'Which Prayer is the best after the obligatory Prayers?' He said: 'Prayer during the mid of the night.' I asked: 'Which fasting is the best after that of Ramadan?' He said, 'The month of Allah that you call Muharram’" (Ahmad, Muslim, and Abu Dawud).
Mu`awiyyah ibn Abi Sufyan reported that he heard the Messenger of Allah say: "Concerning the day of `Ashura’, it is not obligatory upon you to fast on it as I do. Whoever wishes may fast and whoever does not wish to is not obliged to do so" (Al-Bukhari and Muslim).
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