Tranquillity of the heart

In the midst of our hard times, we tend to lose our grip and fall, but Allah is Most Merciful, He sends beautiful souls to remind us of Him and we try to rise and walk again….

When I fall, I rise, then I make mistakes and hurt myself, I move on as life is a learning process, I try again with hope in Allah, I am weak, but I am thankful as He is my strength..

Just created this montage after I got an inspiring message of advice from a beautiful in heart friend of my mine which has actually revived me on my research journey….Alhamdulillah..

Opening our hearts to His light

God is Merciful indeed…He guides whoever He wishes in His Nur.

I was reading again the writings of  non-Muslims’ beautiful thoughts about an outstanding Muslim Turkish thinker. I begin to reflect….no matter how successful you are, how knowledgeable you are, how intelligent you are…you will not be saved if you don’t believe in truth….when a person closes his heart to God’s light, he will stay in the darkness, he will not receive God’s mercy, he will not be saved by the light of belief…

I just met two of my friends, in my work place who have opened their hearts to the light of belief and came to Islam..it is touching to hear their stories…When a person opens his heart to God’s light, he will receive God’s mercy...and he will be saved with the light of belief.. which is the light of God…

I flashed back, many years ago, how I came to Islam,  how God saved me…. and how recently God tested me being a single mum, how God brought me to Istanbul Foundation for Science and Culture, how Bediuzzaman Said Nursi saved my belief through Risale I Nur  and Quran which is healing my wounded heart and making me stand again to face the world for the hereafter...

and recently how my youngest daughter said to me “Ummi, I love you, and I want you to know, as long as Allah wishes, I will always be with, you. Ummi you are the strongest woman  I have ever seen in my life, I want to be as strong as you, Ummi….let us together seek Allah’s love ..I love you , Ummi for the sake of Allah..”

Now I have reached the final route of my PhD research journey...As for me, I am weak but God is strong, He is my strength…Thank you Allah for your endless Love and Mercy….

Here is a photo of her taken during our hiking trip to watch the sunset from one of the neighbouring hills near our home at the wetlands….

                                                 THIS IS WHAT LOVE CAN DO!!!

"Women are capable of great heroism."-Ustad Nursi

…and above the sky, the sun is awake..

The smiling tulips which greeted me at Istanbul were gone in the winds..the summer sessions never promise us endless warmest nights..the winter brought the snowing night flacks with white hopes in the darkest night,  but the worldly days never shared  lasting sweet promises ..so just focus on our love for Allah, our aims are for the hereafter…so…just move on, TRUST  in His promises, because ABOVE THE SKY, THE SUN IS AWAKE….

"I WILL SHOW THE WORLD THAT THE QURAN IS A SUN THAT NEVER SETS!"- Ustad Bediuzzaman Said Nursi.

At Istanbul Foundation for Science and Culture,
31st December, 2014

Stay strong in the storm

Risale I Nur, The Words page :403

Watching  Double rainbow at dusk..Masha Allah

When the light of love for the sake of Allah fades from one's heart, their mercy and compassion fades away too..but we should keep on moving, and when it hurts, run to Allah… with hope and faith, don't let their change of personality change your own personality, so keep on smiling and be the sun that warms hearts, be the rainbow that colours souls & be the stars that empowers minds. Holding on to Allah all the time can make us strong….we have gone through the hard way painfully but Allah brought us back to Him in a beautiful way…so what else do we want when we have Him as our true lover… making us stay strong in the storm and feel serene in His light of Love.

And a message for my darling children, we will always stay strong for each other, mum will always  du'a  that Allah will build a home for us with Him in Jannah, so my darlings dry your tears, there is a beautiful world ahead of us....

Women are capable of great heroism.

Sharing a  beautiful advice from a beautiful soul as an inspiration for me and all my sisters, who are striving as strong and compassionate mothers, working and studying, living and striving in the name of Allah to seek His love, Mercy and Pleasure.

It's taken from a beautiful extract from "A conversation with women,my blessed sisters of the hereafter" by Bediuzzaman Said Nursi...

"The self-sacrifice that goes with compassion wants nothing in return and expresses true sincerity, and so is of the greatest importance at this time. Yes, the fact that wanting nothing in return, a mother will sacrifice her life to save her young from danger, as the demand of her nature and with true sincerity, shows that women are capable of great heroism. Through developing this heroism, they may save their lives both in this world and in the hereafter."