One day will come when we will realize that while we remained sitting in the train, everyone walked ahead of us. We thought we were learning, but we really didn't. We thought we were teaching, but what did we gain?
One day will come when we finally will realize that all this time we pointed fingers without realizing and forgot to look at the mirror ourselves.
One day will come, when everyone except us would have benefited .
One day will come come, when we will think of starting over again. When we'll realize that all those lessons were for us and not for them anyway.
In the end the battle was ours. And while everyone fought their way and shone, we were still sitting in the borderline waiting for something that wasn't going to happen.
We didn't know but one day will come when we will.
What I mean is, most often we forget, what we do is for us. what we say, is for us to follow first. It has become easy for us to share statuses n qoutes and sayings for the world to benefit. Question is, how much are we paying heed.
We learn so much. Isn't it time to think and act differently? ;)
Each one of us is unique. Allah SWT has gifted each one of us with different talents. Embrace your talent. And let it grow.
Why?
Each one of us are created for a specific purpose. Perhaps that talent we are gifted with is the tool. Question yourself everyday, "What is my 'specific' purpose in life?" and you'll never be at peace.
Why?
Because there is so much to do. This world is in ruins. Shine, and shape this world. Don't let it shape you. ;)
Beautifully compiled video for anyone who is going through trials upon trials.
The simplest and most straightforward explanation of a believer's life: Perception of how one looks at things. Every trial is only a means to get closer to Allah SWT, to be purified to go to the most purest of places (Jannah), and expiation of sins. Thats it. Nothing else matters.
Alhamdulillah for every trial and for every ease in this worthless Dunya. :')
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SplxgG6rx5o
Some transcription from the video:
Pain and suffering only becomes negative if it creates a
barrier between you and Allah SWT
But it becomes positive, a motivation for you when it brings
you back to Allah SWT.
And this is when every individual who is going through pain
and suffering needs to realize that this point of pain is not that Allah SWT
wants to punish you but rather this is a call form Allah SWT, “O MY SLAVE, COME
BACK TO YOUR LORD!” O my Slave, this is a reminder for you that I want to bring
you back to Me.
And this is one of the wisdoms of trials and tribulations
that while we call each other on the phone, while we text message each other,
the calling of Allah SWT comes through trials and tribulations.
And you can react in one of two ways: Either you can deal
with the pain at that moment and decide to get closer to Allah SWT. Or you can
decide to just restrict that pain to yourself, not do anything about it, and
then you will see, what it does to your deen. And this is the last stage of the
cycle of isolation. That once you are isolated, you will see that eventually
your deen starts to disappear. The content of your salah, the khushu in it, it disappears.
Your ability to recite Quran is no longer there. Your ability to fast during
the day, it gets taken away. What did you do differently? What you did was, you
gave yourself into shaitan. And shaitan's promise is that he will lead you
astray. He will lead you away from the path of Allah SWT.
So in times of trials and tribulations, you need to seek out
the believers. You need to seek out the righteous. And let them be your guide
and help to Allah SWT.
There is actually a blessing inside trials that we don’t perceive.
The simplest trial that an individual will go through is that he is walking on
the road, and he gets pricked by a thorn, and cause him to say ‘ouch!’ but its
only for a split second. The Prophet SAW said, ‘That no individual is pricked
by a thorn, except that Allah SWT purifies him with a sin for it”
Trials and tribulations are a means of purification. They
are a means of purifying you so you can go to the purest of places.
The punishment of Allah is not out of anger or wrath, but
rather is a means of cleansing you of your sins. It’s a preparation so that you
can go to the noblest and purest places- Al firdaus al ala.
And this is why Allah swt sends trials and tribulations.
So don’t sit there and wonder why Allah put you in the
situation you are in. There is no way you gonna figure it out. But Allah says
in the Quran that Allah will make it absolutely clear. Why certain things happened
to you in this world. If He tells you now, the test wouldn’t be the test.
Allah azza wa jal is choosing the most closest to Him
because Allah SWT not only wants to give them the high darajah, and not only
wants to give him that high station, and high rank in front of Him, but Allah
SWT wants to also make him an example for other people, and he wants to make
them people who actually produce and show that they have got a reason to go to
jannah.
The Prophet SAW said, “ A believers affair is strange, when
Allah blesses him with something good, and he thanks Allah, He enjoys the
goodness Allah has given him. And allah rewards him. By thanking Allah he is
getting more reward from Allah. And then when Allah takes something away, and
replaces it with hardship, he makes sabr, and is getting so much reward from
Allah. The reward Allah will give the people who make sabr, will have no limits
and no bounds. (bi ghairi hisaab)
Allah sends hardship to get you in track. You haven’t made
dua in a long time. Rush back to Allah.
Sometimes, we only come the hardway. We
have to be stuck between a rock and a hard place, to remember Allah SWT. And He
opens the way for that. He sends us hardships to perfect us.
Tonnes of benefits in these hardships. The hardshop comes and
its good for you. Because its pain. But pain is weakness leaving the body they
say. If it doesn’t break you it makes you stronger.
Don’t we know the stories of the Anbiya AS. They were the
ones that were tested the most. Yet they never turned away from Allah SWT.
A little bit of difficulty comes, and we straight away ask ‘What
have I done wrong? I prayed my 5 prayers. I give charity. I do this. I do that.
Why has Allah picked on me? ‘
Why not us?
If allah SWT tested the anbiya, why cant He test us?
Allah swt says in surah baqarah 156, “Who, when afflicted with calamity, say: "Truly! To Allah we belong
and truly, to Him we shall return."
In every tribulation you have in life, you can either turn
back t Allah swt or you can turn away.
Allah gives difficulty to purify the muslims. And just like
a diamond comes out of a coal, after heat and pressure, thus the believer comes
out of his trials and tribulation. Purified and beautiful and invaluable. This
is the state of the believer.
So number 1: Allah tests the believers to purify them
Number 2: Allah SWT purifies the sins of the muslim in the time of
tribulation if he is patient.
Number 3: Allah SWT wants to bring his slaves closer to Him. Through
trials and tribulations. Allah wants you to be close to Him. He wants you to
increase in the Ibadah. He wants you to remember him more.
In that state of trial and tribulation, you feel weak, you
feel helpless. And thus you turn back to Allah SWT.
And this is what He wants.
He tests you not to punish you. But He
tests you to strengthen that relationship in your life that you need the most.
The relationship with Allah SWT.
These are just three benefits of trials and tribulations and
this is the first step in changing our perception with how we deal with the
trials and tribulations. These trials and tribultions in this world are limited.
And nothing. When an individual understands this, he will be able to surpass
and succumb everything. You just have to change your perception. On how you
view those trials and tribulations.
Allah never takes away anything from his slave except that
he replaces it with something better either in this life or the hereafter...
