As-salamu `alaykum wa rahmatullah
“…Indeed, Allah has set a measure for all things…” [al-Talaq: 3]
Everything has a limit, even your pains and troubles.
So long as there’s another heartbeat, there’s always another chance.
Sometimes a person is cornered by life and they think that there are only 2 options: Fight or Flight. But they forget that there is a 3rd option, which is seldom spoken of. It is to simply face forwards and stand still – let all the events fall into place, and let the Decree run its course. Relinquishing your control is at times the best thing to do, and you begin to see Who was in control all this time that you’ve been stressing out…
Don’t feel guilty to have some ‘me’ time every now and again. It’s perfectly healthy to have a moment of seclusion to relax, de-stress, and ponder over what matters to you. As the righteous used to say, ‘Take your moment of solitude.’
In the end, it will all make sense. Just wait it out with beautiful patience.
The more the heart hears of it’s Lord, the fonder it grows. The more it remembers Him, the softer it becomes. Absence may make the heart grow fonder of the creation, but from the Creator it’s utter destruction. Don’t let that distance grow.
Don’t mock the sinner out of arrogance simply because you’ve failed to understand how he/she got there. Perhaps you’ll be put through the same trial until you’re made to understand out of humility.
Pursue the khayr (goodness) and you will be taken through doors to the paths of more khayr. For one deed can result in the descent of numerous blessings.
Promises are mere clouds, but it’s the rain that’s a fulfillment.
I had e-mailed you more than a month ago regarding one of the e-books I purchased from you, but it is possible that e-mail did not make it to you. May I know how to contact you in private please?
No sister, I didn’t receive your email. Please email again here: info@fajr-literary.com
As-salaamo alaykom,
“…Indeed, Allah has set a measure for all things…” [al-Talaq: 3]
So true… the older you get the more you realise that the choises you’re always making in life for yourself and for your beloved ones are limited and none else than: “damn if you do” and “damn if you don’t”
So you realise – after having been so optimistic as a youth – that in your life you’re just containing by always trying to choose the less evil of the two evils. Standing still when you face the wind and stepping a step forward when it stands still.
It’s funny you see some people criticise others – like the teenager his mother and the followers their leaders – for not doing enough, that they aren’t ‘upholding’ the [islamic] rules and that it could’ve been so much better if if if…
And even more astonishing is that the people later remember such people as the ones who accomplished great things, reached so much and did so much for them!
I remember what a scholar said: “Why is it that everytime a true waly of Allaah lives among you, you people stone him. And after his dead you venerate him and talk good of him?”
So with all your shortcomings, sins and dissapointment, you should at least know that your current situation is the result of the best choises you made by Allaah’s Grace and that it’s only going to improve, for Allaah never forsakes His servants who worshipped Him sincerely.
“..Verily, Allah will accomplish his purpose. Indeed Allah has set a measure for all things..” [at-Talaq: 3]
I e-mailed you just now. Jazaki Allahu khair.