tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87340051244802148262024-03-05T21:13:08.085-08:00Light to EternityYour purpose of life? Navigate, you can, only with guidance, these strange waters of danger and suspense.
And, yes, if you've got any questions, we're ready to help :).Sincere Legacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08264517206959275197noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734005124480214826.post-71305619414375164672018-11-29T06:31:00.001-08:002018-11-29T06:31:41.224-08:00Practicing Islam Today<p dir="ltr">Many a times we assume that just because we are Muslims life will be a bed of roses for us, when in fact it is the opposite. </p>
<p dir="ltr">The Prophet of Allah (saws) has warned us that during the end of times holding on to faith would be like holding on to fire.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Anas bin Malik reported that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:<br>
<i>“The people will see a time of patience in which someone adhering to his religion will be as if he were grasping to burning coal.”</i><br>
(Tirmidhi-2260)</p>
<p dir="ltr">We have to put all our effort if we are to please Allah. This world is full of difficulties and it is important to understand why we have been put in such difficult situations. As we exert ourselves during these hard times we come to realize: this world  is temporary and what is in store is going to be worth it.</p>
<p dir="ltr">If things are ugly for you then it has been uglier for those before you and you must have witnessed worse things happening to those who are around you so remember to remain grateful.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Allah says in the glorious Quran Ch.: 29 V: 2<br>
<i>“Do the people think that they will be left to say “We believe” and they will not be tested?”</i></p>
<p dir="ltr">After having established that the times are difficult for one to pursue his/her faith what must one do? <br>
What must be the plan of action?</p>
<p dir="ltr">•<b>Remind yourself the purpose of your existence</b>: the reason Allah created you was to worship Him alone. Other things that you do are to aid you to achieve this primary goal.</p>
<p dir="ltr">•<b>A company that will remind of Allah</b>: the example of a good companion is that of a perfume seller and a bad one is that of a blacksmith. Also the Prophet (pbuh) said a man is on the faith of his companion.</p>
<p dir="ltr">•<b>Build yourself</b>: Be better than what you were yesterday. Add a good deed in your habit list or eliminate a bad deed because even stagnant water gathers moss and becomes a hub for mosquitoes to breed in.</p>
<p dir="ltr">•<b>Keep yourself busy</b>: As the saying goes “An idle mind is a devil’s workshop.”</p>
<p dir="ltr">•<b>Be proud of your faith</b>: Don’t ever, ever be apologetic of you Deen. Because of the limited knowledge that we have we may not understand every aspect or injuction of Islam, but surely, beyond any shadow of doubt there is some wisdom behind every commandment of Allah. Umar (RA) said: Izzah (honour) is through Islam. If we seek honour through any other means than Islam, we will only be degraded.</p>
Sincere Legacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08264517206959275197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734005124480214826.post-81119018341657335092017-03-29T00:31:00.002-07:002017-04-12T09:07:32.983-07:00Catharsis<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Assalamu alaikum/Hello! Yeah, long, long time, absolutely no see đ. Here's a (hopefully) thought-provoking piece. Enjoy!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>Catharsis</i>... The word has a ring to it, doesn't it?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">What is catharsis? If you're a literature or a philosophy student, you probably at least have a rough idea of the concept. If you don't know, doesn't matter - here it is. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It literally means:</span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">1-The process of releasing
and thereby providing relief from strong emotions<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">2-Purgation which is
purification or cleansing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I will give you two examples
to explain the concept.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">#1. A worker is
scolded by his/her boss for some reason (maybe not completing the assigned task
on time, etc.).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">He/she is extremely
frustrated and on the way back home, he/she is stomped by some random person
and gets into an argument or physical fight.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Some would call this
cathasis: the argument being that individualâs way of releasing his/her
emotions.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">This is a very basic instance
of catharsis. If one is to read and observe there are many complex situations
in which catharsis takes place.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The second instance is a true
story.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">#2.There is a young 9
year old girl who has seen her dad shoot her mom and this has affected her
greatly both emotionally and mentally. She is psychologically affected, highly
disturbed, and grows up with a strong baggage of emotions. At least once in a
month she climbs high walls and yells and abuses, owing to fits.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Catharsis!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Do you think in these cases
the emotions were released?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">No, they were not; in
fact these were a result of the accumulation of further negative emotions.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The individual in the first
case argued or fought and collected more negative emotions and the girl climbs
on the wall every month to release her emotions.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">It is important to
remember that two negatives repel; however, a negative and a positive attract.
A negative release of emotions will only accumulate more negative emotions
which might just result in a vicious cycle and spread more hate.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">What happens if the same
emotion is released in the positive form?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Through such a form of
release people will benefit themselves as well as others.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Today most people
practice catharsis negatively and the end result is destruction of generations
and nations.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Allah says in the
Glorious Quran (Ch: 41 V: 34)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">âAnd not alike are the
evil and the good. Repel evil with that which is BEST, when lo! He between whom
and you is enmity would be as if he were a warm friend.â<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">When one keeps doing
well to another in spite of being harmed, then not only the one harming is
forced to stop and think about his actions, but the victim of this harm
realises a higher moral level, and broadens his/her view of most things.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Let us be so good that
people feel ashamed and guilty to harm us!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">It might seem a
difficult thing to begin with, but it is the solution given by Almighty and so
one can easily trust on the results.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Imagine the kind of change it
would bring in the world.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">*Disclaimer*<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">This is just one of the ways
of solving problems and catharsis. I do not claim it is the only way.</span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Sincere Legacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08264517206959275197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734005124480214826.post-6354357538105114622017-02-08T07:04:00.003-08:002017-02-08T07:04:48.598-08:00Leave that which does not concern you<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Abu
Hurairah(R.A) said that the Messenger of Allah,(SAWS) said: â<i>Part</i><i> of perfection of oneâs Islam is his leaving
that which does not concern him</i>.â </span><i><span style="font-family: "Arial Black",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(Tirmidhi)<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">What happens when you are curious to
know about things that do not concern you?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">You are constantly distracted by the things others are
doing and in the process you lose your focus thus reducing your productivity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Lack of attention, concentration, loss of time while
digging for information, and even dissatisfaction if you are unable to acquire
that information.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">You begin judging people based on what you have heard
which could possibly be a lie.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This also makes people indulge in backbiting and
slandering about others - both of which come under major sins.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">You become more careless of your own sins, youâre
lulled into complacency.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">With
the rise in the use of social media, which gives a platform to share personal
information, though it is quite a beneficial
medium to share messages and connect people, however, has become a great cause
of concern as people are constantly indulging in other peopleâs lives. And therefore
this has produced a whole new level of an unproductive community.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Allah swt
too filters information for us and provides us only that which we need. If we
analyze the first 6 verses of surah Yusuf, we would be amazed as to how Allah
has chosen to give us information in a particular format, letting us know a few
things while not letting us know some things which are not very important for
our imaan.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in surah Yusuf (Ch:12 V:1,3,6)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #002060; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">1-âAlif, Laam, Raa, these are the verses of the Clear
Book.â<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #002060; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">3-âWe relate to you the
best of stories in what we have revealed to you of this Quran, and you were, before
it, among the unaware.â<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #002060; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">6-ââŠ.Indeed, your Lord
is KNOWING and WISE.â<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Subhan
Allah! This is so amazing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When we look
at the first verse âAlif, Laam, Raaâ do we know its meaning? No.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But in the
second half of the same verse Allah says, verses of Clear Book. Misleading!?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Third verse
says it is one of the best story we have revealed and you were unaware.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Let us
understand it:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Allah is
only telling us those things that are important ,the meaning of âAlif, Laam, Raaâ is not imortant in terms of our
faith, as Allah explains this in another Surah, Surah Ali Imraan (Ch 3: V 7)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">âIt is He
who has sent down to you, the Book; in it are verses Muhkam (precise), they are
foundation of the book-and others Mutashabih (unspecific). As for those in
whose hearts is deviation [from truth], seeking discord and seeking an
interpretation [suitable to them]âŠâ<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">So here
Allah is teaching us not to probe in things that do not concern us and Allah
has given us a practical example in surah Yusuf. So we were unaware of the
story of Yusuf (A.S) and Allah related it to us as it would help our imaan
grow. So we realize us that Allah is selecting necessary information and
relating only that to us. And Allah also choses to use two of his attributes i.e.
KNOWING and WISE which further elucidate the beauty of the message that though
Allah knows everything He is wise enough to give us only that which we need.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Lastly, Hasan
Al-Basri said: âO son of Adam! You are nothing but a number of days, whenever a
day passes then part of you is gone.â<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">So why waste
your precious time in those things that do not even concern us or benefit us in
any way?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">TIME is like
a sword if you do not cut it, it will cut you!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And Allah
knows the best. May Allah rectify our characters ad increase our Imaan.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sincere Legacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08264517206959275197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734005124480214826.post-35011949799072247072015-10-22T17:38:00.001-07:002015-10-22T17:38:11.716-07:00Un-blinker Yourself<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-size: large;">Peace be on you all!</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yeah, we know, and we're terribly sorry, and we won't even begin on how late we've been this time.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-size: large;">We have this one request from you - please show some response, ask some questions, etc. to help us assess how we're getting on here. It'll <i>really</i> be appreciated, InShaaAllah.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now, with the post.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-size: large;">Consider this scenario: you're offered a promotion, a pay raise, and you're not bad with responsibility -- would you decline this proposal? Given that you are right-headed, that is.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-size: large;">No, most probably you'd be overly eager to accept it. Unless you're genuinely lacking.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now, aren't we all terrific fools, that when God gave us final clues for answers, full debriefing, <i>and</i> unparalleled greatness after that, we're still clung on to the previous, primitive short-term goals?</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-size: large;">Allah blessed us: with morals of justice, we run behind 'equality'. He gave us a clear path to world peace and we're blindly inching forwards on the street of provincial peace. He showed us Eternal Bliss <i>but</i> we're obsessed with a terminal period.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-size: large;">And after all, we're all pumped up and confident (over-?) about matters that lurk in the darkest patches of our ignorance.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tsk-tsk, indeed "...mankind was created weak." (Al-Quran 4:28) http://quran.com/4/28</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-size: large;">Every once in a while, we <u>must</u> retrospect, to purify and protect our precious intentions from the callers towards Evil.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-size: large;">May Allah Protect us and Purge us all. Aameen.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-size: large;">Peace be to all those who follow the Guidance.</span></span></div>
Sincere Legacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08264517206959275197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734005124480214826.post-18193069102232701382015-05-25T07:40:00.001-07:002015-05-25T07:40:46.622-07:00Rafting<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Peace be upon you. Here you go. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Youâre white water rafting, against the current. The water
sprays on you, the whole of you, and you still have to plough through with your
only paddle. And, of course, youâre alone.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But this isnât the worst part. Rather, every bit adds up to
stand towering over you as a challenge.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Yet the huge rocks that jut out of the raging tousles â some
that youâre able to see before you just go crashing into them, and, some not â
are the ones giving you a <i>tough</i> time.
So, some you steer around, a few you go over, and the rest you hurtle into.
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Now, ladies and gentlemen, this rafting of yours isnât just
sport. Whatâs it, then? Any guesses?</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The hurdles that you meet, and will encounter, are the rocks
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">âFor indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.â 94:5.</span></span></span></div>
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Sincere Legacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08264517206959275197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734005124480214826.post-32658810989115660472015-03-19T06:20:00.001-07:002015-03-19T06:20:12.604-07:00Not Excused!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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ÙÙÙۧ ÙÙŰŹÙÙ۱ÙÙÙۧ ÙÙŰȘÙÙÙÙÙۧÙÙۧ<br />Then He inspired it to understand what is right and wrong for it;</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The soul was given the knowledge, the criterion. Did we just hear our brains counter, "Ignorance is bliss"? Well, is it any ignorance if you've all the knowledge you need to not be excused?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">If a machine was made perfect (if, that is, by humans) and programmed efficiently, and given 'artificial intelligence', and yet it erred while running, what's to blame? Not the fashioner, no, he was quite thorough in his work.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Actually, we're all caught. We can't say, 'We didn't know'/'We didn't understand it at all'/ etc. When the Message came to us, we felt our heart tug us towards it. The Right or the Left won. Or will, if Allah Wills.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">All in all, the bottom line is - we can't skitter behind excuses that will never be applicable to us. We must embrace the Truth when it comes, for it will come, by the Will of Allah.</span></div>
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Sincere Legacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08264517206959275197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734005124480214826.post-81952113647289269512015-01-22T04:41:00.003-08:002015-01-22T04:41:45.499-08:00Eco-friendliness: Our duty.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The smoke clouding up with a hue of blackish grey.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Out those toxins; never enough to seethe.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Unhealthy, hybrid foods replace the better nutrition,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">To feed the numerous masses, to produce weaker generations.</span></div>
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Sincere Legacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08264517206959275197noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734005124480214826.post-73229446444781705332014-12-30T04:19:00.001-08:002015-01-22T04:43:00.642-08:00We felt; it's wrong?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Peace be upon you.</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We have some write-ups in the making, please pray for us, and that we find time (and mind) to produce great read-worthy articles.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">They held the showing of emotion, verily, even the harbouring of sentiment, a negative, a fallacy.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Did they never see the machines they 'made'? Did they ever find in them any genuine feeling? Was their creation not amateurish or was it authentic expertly? Now, were they so far too arrogant to ridicule the creations of the Master, the Creator, the Fashioner of all art?</span></div>
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Sincere Legacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08264517206959275197noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734005124480214826.post-65760956826940662512014-11-30T07:01:00.002-08:002015-01-22T04:44:28.563-08:00Freedom Pub. Ltd.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Peace be upon you!</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We're sorry to have defied our 'monthly' term. Whoops! But please pray that from now on we are disciplined. We're human, by the way. (Hah!)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">They told you modernity granted you freedom. Well, quite generously. But maybe, just maybe, you've heard, "There's a limit to everything." We may not agree in all absolute facets, but in this life, and for us humans, yes.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">'But I've got freedom', some may object. 'I can do everything I want to.' Actually, you can't. You can do only what you can. </span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">That aside, owing to freedom and my downright fascination, may I eat fire? May I? Please..?</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Logically, I may not. Because it's detrimental.</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And thus, here, for us, there are limits. And we must wisely accept them.</span><br />
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Sincere Legacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08264517206959275197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734005124480214826.post-6774016404500877642014-10-11T08:07:00.001-07:002014-10-11T08:15:13.069-07:00Where's the Ω?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Peace be upon you! Welcome back to our monthly blog.</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Let's proceed.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The universe is orchestrated with a symphony of balance, every being dancing to the Divine programming. And Justice is just one prominent note in the harmony. If God Himself wasn't the One of Most Justice, Most Truth, Most Mercy, Most Forgiveness, and Most Love, then how in the cosmic possibilities could we mere humans, a race with inherent weakness, have come to discover, or "invent", as some of us might prefer, them?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">So how, in the awesome universal justice, could anyone expect this near constricted world to be the alpha and omega of human existence?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Now, we all know that there were many such heads with seats of power that blew off a million other heads for vested interests, a grudge, some fear, you name it. And they died like the others died. Death is justice?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I'll talk maths. We all started off as the same--a million Xs. Suppose I got power (normal; this isn't physics) of 2 units. And owing to this, I took away 1 unit of your freedom. Like we started, we must also end equal. As x+2 is not equal to x-1, and supposing we both die now, it ends up like x+2=x-1 which isn't true for it's really x+2â x-1. So this must not be the omega. This is not the end.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">For the sake of justice and equality, thank God for the Judgement Day!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Peace be to all those who follow the Guidance.</span></div>
Sincere Legacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08264517206959275197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734005124480214826.post-7802109072878224872014-09-15T00:07:00.001-07:002014-09-15T00:08:02.630-07:00Falsity<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Peace be upon you.</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Here, now, with blood flowing like river-water, wounds drying like mud under the sun, we needn't say much to explain the atrocities being inflicted upon our brethren in humanity. Lord, <u>please <i>now </i>save</u> Palestine!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Only a coward bombs the unarmed mass,</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>To occupy a land that's another's home,</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Hailed for their cowardice, injustice in guise,</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Israel, turning Palestine into unfelt tombe.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Babies they kill, chivalry profess,</span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>To 'defend', to re-capture their "Promised Land",</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>And shout out their wounds, their bruises, some scratch,</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>While a nation they grind beneath their stand.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Our bretheren they kill,</span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Humanity, slay,</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>For injustice in our world,</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Will we still pay?</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Fund those cool brands,</span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>The crowns of all industry,</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Or fund genocide or kill--</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Identical equality.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">When the hailed crown's but stolen,</span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Robbed from their very host,</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>We go blind and dissociate,</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Well, why do we smother conscience,</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">When the better of us royals resign,</span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>And morality, anti-hexastar, support,</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">If not for religion, least for virtue,</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">O Allah! Lord of all,</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">O Allah! If not for Your Aid,</span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Misguided, useless, senseless is undermine,</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>O Allah! Piety we beseech,</i></span><br />
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Sincere Legacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08264517206959275197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734005124480214826.post-10991873847377805562014-07-11T09:38:00.002-07:002014-07-11T09:45:55.793-07:00The Month of Guidance<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Peace be upon you, who has been following this blog since a long, long time. And to those of you who haven't, too.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The Holy month of the Muslims is up and high, bright and sanctifying. Why are we making this the subject of this month's post? This period has dozens of deeds which can be, and are, the source for scores of great benefit: physical, spiritual, mental, and many more, you name it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Firstly, fasting in Ramadaan, the fourth pillar of Islam, is observed by the Muslims as a means for attaining god-consciousness and piety, as mentioned in the Quran, 2:183. "O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become righteous." Also, as the verse says, this deed was enjoined upon nations of the past, so it stands not as a new idea for the masses of humanity.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Someone made a statement as follows,"If one can control his food, he can control anything." So secondly, it empowers the one who's fasting with self-control.</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Hence, it is easier to perform acts of worship with the full presence of mind and total control of will. If one's good enough. And if he's not, well, this is a great time to make or break habits!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Fasting helps the physical human body to gain a lot of boons. The digestive system is given rest, and as with everything, a rested system is more productive. It can be a means of weight control. More health benefits can be found on <a href="http://www.allaboutfasting.com/benefits-of-fasting.html">http://www.allaboutfasting.com/benefits-of-fasting.html</a>. Et cetera, et cetera.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">More importantly, an average, sensitive human being recognizes and sympathizes with the condition of the poor, those who haven't the means of looking forward to even breaking their fast, out of no fault of their own. This helps social relations and societal development through brotherhood.</span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Elevated by spirit, by creed: the glow.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This month of restraint, of superior control,</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">By the slaves of the Almighty, those incandescent coals.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Eat not, thou, from dawn to dusk,</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Be the time an aeon, or the trifling brusk.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">For the Pleasure of thy Lord, fast this time,</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">So you'd feel his hunger, thy brother with no dime.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This deed for Him shall yield you nobility:</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Care, character, God-consciousness, piety.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A pillar of your edifice; break, not, it down,</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Erect it firmly; may salvation, there, be your crown.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A sinning soul, myself; now I'd conclude,</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Not, may we have hallucinations of mere food.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Taqwa, instill into our hearts, O Lord!</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And forgive us all sins; our Destiny Thy accord!</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Peace be to all those who follow the Guidance.</span></div>
Sincere Legacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08264517206959275197noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734005124480214826.post-71795357690917243262014-06-15T04:36:00.001-07:002014-06-15T04:43:40.316-07:00Thy Account<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Greetings to you of peace again!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">One of us just got wondering... And, here's the wonder.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">If you're a student, (okay, let's say an average, normal student) you'd be worried about your result. When's that? At the end of the respective Academic Year. The confectionery store's book keeper lays down the incomes and outflows at the end of the day. The general store's accountant pens it, let's say, at the end of the week. And the universal (or rather, more accurately, international) corporate world sums and solves its accounts at the end of the business year. </span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">You see the trend? Everything important is accounted for at the end of its term.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Now, would you count your life important? Whether you do or you don't, it does stand significant. And, just another proof is before you: you'll have to account for your tenure at the end of your life and later, to the One who Created you. Let's not deny this obvious fact and be doomed forever. Remember--The Almighty would certainly not create all this magnificence for sheer play.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Peace be to all those who follow the Guidance.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Our society is abundantly plagued with corruption, murder, shamelessness, and even our youngsters brewing in disrespect, cheating, moral abuse, let alone the elders, just to state a few. And Satan was debarred from the Gardens due to this one feeling which propelled an act: Pride. How do we hope to advance while stripping our characters of instrumental qualities?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">God Created us all with a balance: if Jake is blind, he's got an extra of another feature, say his hearing; if Ahmad is low in verbal interaction, another one of his qualities certainly hails a thumbs-up, for instance his writing or techno- skills. When you're treated to a hats-off demeanor, remember well that another of your qualities is perfectly deficient, so you have no reason to rocket-off the Earth. Everyone is the protagonist of their own story (well, maybe everyone except John Watson), but each person also deserves a respectful treatment, don't they? Put yourself in their shoes and examen just how much you'd relish being treated like a filthy rag. Not that your or their condition is permanent - today you may soar, tomorrow you could dive.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">What really marks us </span><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">above the rest is the faith that we cultivate within us, the extent to which we serve our purpose, how conscious are we of our Creator, what breed of character do we culture within our souls. And even with that, the noble one would fear for himself a treachery from himself, when all the purity might be diseased with the plague of evil. Pride is the cloak of God Almighty, and derailing indeed are we if we see it fitting upon ourselves to don the Exalted One's attribute, not to mention its forbiddance may bring the greatest calamities upon our heads.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">You're afflicted with a heart-wrenching difficulty. So is your brother, your sister, your friend, your every relative, and each soul upon the face of the Earth. You're no special solicitation of God's Wrath, and it's probably not even His Anger that you experience, but rather a test. Note the absence of 'simple'. He Tests most those whom He Loves. So brace yourself in the wake of the tempest and place your trust in Him. Soon, it shall pass, with His Will, and you'll rise above your flaws. Yes, you will, if He Wills.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A small reminder, for me and for you...</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Storms shall rise</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In your voyage at the seas,</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">So prepare, don't blame,</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">For destruction's for those tease.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A blade sharpens the blunts,</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A whetstone a sword,</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">With this dip you'll climb further,</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Why, then, question the Lord?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Battles will rage,</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">You're armed with sword and shield,</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">When nothing you did lack,</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Why in the cosmos yield?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Kiss the dust--</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">None but you to blame,</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Deny the gawking truth,</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Implore great defame.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The knife's in your palm,</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Slay yourself or defend,</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Now is the time for choice,</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The morrow's too late to mend.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">May Allah (the Exalted, High) buttress our mettle, our trust in Him, our acts only for Him. He's the solution to your and my distress. May He forgive us all our sins, and enter us into the best of His slaves.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Peace be to all those who follow the Guidance.</span></div>
Sincere Legacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08264517206959275197noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734005124480214826.post-63015331120004093992014-03-09T22:04:00.000-07:002014-03-15T02:29:37.397-07:00The Overlooked Piece<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Peace be to you, again. We apologize for the lapse in timing between our last post and this one. Hope to keep you engaged in awesome ideas! Now, the post...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In our daily lives we delve, unthinking, un-contemplating of
the One Who Created us, of the One Who Forwards all the<span lang="EN-GB"> favours</span> that we call our own, of
the Only One Who Deserves to be thanked in every moment of our lives. Yet we
conveniently forget all the rights He Has upon us. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And when does the double-edged sword stick in our wounds?
When weâre afflicted with a certain âcalamityâ, and call out to Him earnestly,
like Heâs all we care of. For Heâs all thatâs left. And we move further to call
upon our âfulfilled dutiesâ to Him, of our loyalty to His Might, of the
firmness our attestation to His Existence. Really, pledging loyalty to God does
<u>not</u> only entail belief in Him when weâre at the end of our tether, when
all mortals have dissociated themselves from us, when imminent destruction looms before
our eyes. And most undoubtedly it implies throwing off His mention into the air
when the dog is having its day, doesnât it? How truly ungrateful we are!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">What more reason do we need to remember Him whenever we can
besides the undeniable fact that He Created us, and left us not to âmanage on
our ownâ; rather, He Fed us, clothed us, protected us, promoted us, and He
Knows best what all else! But yet, we don the cloak of pride and refuse to turn
to Him. Then why <i><u>do</u></i> we complain when the repercussions strike?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">He has, undoubtedly, very Wisely said this in the Quran,
Surah Mulk, â<i>Or who is it that will give you sustenance if He should
withhold His Sustenance? Nay, they persist in disdain and aversion.â (67:21)<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">But youâll say that you did not realize He did all these
acts. Only had you obedient eyes that noticed the subtleties of your
provisions, you would remark the impossibility of it without His play therein.
And donât excuse yourself by saying anything like, âI cannot be so observantâ
or âYouâve got to be kidding about Himâ, etc. You <u>can</u> see it, and this <u>is</u>,
surely, the truth.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">He Deserves to be praised, and if we do not give the
religion foremost priority that it is rightful of, we shall surely witness
the blind pitfalls in our lives.</span></div>
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Sincere Legacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08264517206959275197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734005124480214826.post-12525073294346092522014-02-10T03:37:00.001-08:002014-06-15T04:49:37.690-07:00Ponder...?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Good Life again everybody! The pristine greeting of peace we bestow on you once more!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Now, to business... Haven't you ever wondered why we are so constricted of mind? Here is what we present to you from Islam:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">With what an admirable wonder does the curious child spend that enormous amount of time scrutinizing the creations of God! Although his simple mind, he just happens to find the enigma in a symphonic ripple of water, the impeccable rays of sunlight, the strangeness of another person's eye. An aspect that we abominable adults just happen to overlook. So conveniently. Oh, but we're so busy studying/working/gossiping/<wbr></wbr>whatever-ing that it works itself up as a pretty plausible excuse for not being "childish". Or does it?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Almighty God Created us to worship Him, and the purpose can be achieved even in everyday acts of normality. The morning train houses airy windows to a brilliant sky alight with the entrancing young sunlight, if only you were extraordinary enough to see. And the biology class teaches you the impeccably flawless programming of God in microscopic genes. And the astronomy class reminds you that the Empire of God does not NEED your cooperation to function; that's only needed for your own salvation. And so many infinitely more evidences, if only YOU were to see...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Peace be to all those who follow the Guidance.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Peace.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Let me narrate an incident to youâŠ</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I ran late for my appointment with my manager, had forgotten
the documents in question, and all things were going wrong, when I passed a
seaside. Oh! With what beauty the sun shone its mighty rays, the water
glistened with hues of all colours, and the passage of time slipped out of my
mind as I stopped and drifted into admiring natureâs commendable magnificence.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Just then, as if by total magic, a tree trunk was sawed
without a woodcutter! Then the trunk was progressed into planks of wood which
rose as if some invisible power had cast a levitating spell on them. Forming
floorboards, the base of a boat was made. Then came the body, the mast, the
bow, etc. etc, and all throughout, I gaped in aweâŠ</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">That was formation, now came running our manufacturer-less boat.
Some unknown creatures (UFOâs?!) originated from absolutely thin air, their
creation so perfect that I could espy no flaw. Without a hint of hesitation or
a flash of illiteracy, one of them grabbed the helm and stirred the vessel away
at 365 kmph with an enormous spray of water at its heel, leaving the bank and
casting me into a shower of utter astonishment.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Now if I asked you if you believe my narration (to be true),
youâd say I had to be travelling a fairyland to witness such events. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">THAT is absolutely my point, brother/sister. Such ordeals
are no occurrences in our <b>realistic</b> world, or even worlds. Wood cannot
saw itself up, planks cannot assemble themselves independently, nor can live
creatures originate from thin âairâ, let alone nowhere.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">According to whole logic, there must be a woodcutter, a
worker to assemble the boards, (forget the polishing!), etc. etcâŠ</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">So, logically, there must be a Maker for you, for me, for
the eyes with which you now see this document, for the mind that reads the
text, for the earth whose paths you walk, for the INVISIBLE but present air you
breathe which keeps you alive, the universe that keeps its secrets as
instructed, etc. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">So, yes, there is a God, and I bear testimony that there can
be none but only one of such kind, or else all gods would have gone away with
what they created, leaving the cosmos in a stark ruin, quite contrary to its
present state. -- (Al-Quran)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In conclusion, I advise you: Brother/Sister, go out, ponder
over His creation, and look for the Truth. You will find it one day, if He
wills. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Peace to all those who follow the Guidance (the Noble
Quran).</span><span style="font-family: "Corbel","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Allah have mercy on their souls {Aameen}</span></div>
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