Endlessly surfing YouTube, CNN and Facebook?
Someone is thanking you for the revenue you generated FOR THEM while you were distracted and draining your own resources.
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Stick To It to be Successful
Sahih International
The believers are only the ones who have believed in Allah and His Messenger and then doubt not but strive with their properties and their lives in the cause of Allah . It is those who are the truthful.
Muhsin Khan
Only those are the believers who have believed in Allah and His Messenger, and afterward doubt not but strive with their wealth and their lives for the Cause of Allah. Those! They are the truthful.
Shakir
The believers are only those who believe in Allah and His Messenger then they doubt not and struggle hard with their wealth and their lives in the way of Allah; they are the truthful ones.
Dr. Ghali
Surely the believers are only the ones who have believed in Allah and His Messenger; thereafter they have not been suspicious, and have striven with their riches and their selves in the way of Allah; those are they (who are) sincere.
Quran -49:15
Doubts and Wavering
Friday, March 8, 2013
Sun - A Punctual non-Procrastinating Device
"Allah is He, who created the sun, the moon, and the stars (all) governed by laws under His commandment." (7:54)
http://www.moonsighting.com/quranmoon.html
Sun and Moon Serving Mankind?
"It is He who made sun a lamp, and moon a light and measured stages so you know number of years and count (of time)." (10:5)
Signs of God
"Among His Signs are the Night and the Day and the sun and moon. Prostrate not to the Sun and the Moon but Prostrate to Allah Who created them if it is Him ye wish to serve." (41:37)
Distracting and Neglecting Yourself?
Sahih International
And be not like those who forgot Allah , so He made them forget themselves. Those are the defiantly disobedient.
Some people who call themselves atheists haven't actually found Allah, they haven't discovered Him ...they are searching constantly .
Some atheists do not like the God concept.
Every Morning...
“Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up, it knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're the lion or a gazelle-when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.
― Christopher McDougall, Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
Muslim looks at rising sun - says "Alhamdullilah, the Sun looks beautiful."
Atheist - "Wow, the Sun looks beautiful."
Muslim doubting God - " :( I am not sure, let me contemplate this....how, this, what, why, I doubt."
In short a muslim that doubts God is wasting his time.
A muslim that doubts God will never be able to at peace with himself. When he takes an atheistic stand he will wonder if Islam is right and vice-versa.
Also he will miss the satisfaction obtained from his ingrained habits of Salat, Zakah, Fasting, being grateful and being nice in a moment of anger for the sake of God.
In short a muslim that doubts God is wasting his time.
A muslim that doubts God will never be able to at peace with himself. When he takes an atheistic stand he will wonder if Islam is right and vice-versa.
Also he will miss the satisfaction obtained from his ingrained habits of Salat, Zakah, Fasting, being grateful and being nice in a moment of anger for the sake of God.
Belief in God
Belief in God is an act of the soul, of the heart.
The mind and the limbs and the faculties of hearing and speech are simply followers.
Keep the mind is busy with secular things and the heart busy with belief.
The mind and the limbs and the faculties of hearing and speech are simply followers.
Keep the mind is busy with secular things and the heart busy with belief.
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Wasting Time
"Wasting time is worse than death; death separates you from this world whereas wasting time separates you from Allah(SWT)"#MASICNA2012
Atheism, Evolution and Common Sense
Evolution appeals to the intellect but God appeals to the common sense.
But what has shaped my intellect?
Also what about those who are too poor to get access to education in evolutionary biology?
Is atheism only for the elite?
But what has shaped my intellect?
Also what about those who are too poor to get access to education in evolutionary biology?
Is atheism only for the elite?
"GOD is beyond scientific method" by @MohamedAbutaleb
God and Parents
Can a child get ahead materially without acknowledging his parents? Without being thankful to them?
Without giving them due respects? Without giving them due rights?
Yes.
Parents may ignore your hurtful words, forgive them and sometimes help you in your lows.
A human's relationship with God is the similar to his relationship with his parents.
One doesn't need to acknowledge the existence of God to get ahead materially.
Without giving them due respects? Without giving them due rights?
Yes.
Parents may ignore your hurtful words, forgive them and sometimes help you in your lows.
A human's relationship with God is the similar to his relationship with his parents.
One doesn't need to acknowledge the existence of God to get ahead materially.
What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?
Passive Procrastination
Passive Procrastination can lead to wrong conclusions such as:
- This is too hard
- I am not capable
Trust / Tawakul
Trust/Tawakul is an act of the heart , not a lack of action of the mind and the limbs.
Trust/Tawakul is an act of the heart, and not a license to retrieve actions.
TrustTawakul is an act of the heart, not a lack of use of the faculties of hearing, talking and movement.
Trust/Tawakul is an act of the heart, and not a license to retrieve actions.
TrustTawakul is an act of the heart, not a lack of use of the faculties of hearing, talking and movement.
"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason,and intellect has intended us to forego their use"
The Only Enemy
Muhsin Khan
O you who believe! Enter perfectly in Islam (by obeying all the rules and regulationsof the Islamic religion) and follow not the footsteps of Shaitan (Satan). Verily! He is to you a plain enemy.
Shakir
O you who believe! enter into submission one and all and do not follow the footsteps of Shaitan; surely he is your open enemy.
Satan Speaking like a Human
I do not know if this page is authentic, however worth a read.
http://www.imamreza.net/eng/imamreza.php?id=8630
http://www.imamreza.net/eng/imamreza.php?id=8630
Satan is Hardworking and Consistent, Are You?
Muhsin Khan
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Muhsin Khan
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Dr. Ghali
From the evil of the constantly slinking whisperer
Muhsin Khan
O you who believe! Enter perfectly in Islam (by obeying all the rules and regulationsof the Islamic religion) and follow not the footsteps of Shaitan (Satan). Verily! He is to you a plain enemy.
Shakir
O you who believe! enter into submission one and all and do not follow the footsteps of Shaitan; surely he is your open enemy.
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Some Useless Productive Activity
“Anything which is not included in the remembrance of Allah is useless and futile except for four things; playing with one’s spouse, training one’s horse, walking between two targets (while aiming arrows), and learning how to swim”. (al Jami’ al Saghir)
Muslim "Yogi"
"It is not asceticism that you should not possess anything; rather, ascetism is that nothing should possess you,"
"Asceticism in this world is not to prohibit what is lawful or to leave wealth alone; rather, asceticism in this world is that you should not have more confidence in what is your hand than what is in the hand of God"
Source: http://www.al-islam.org/imam-ali-s-first-treatise-on-islamic-ethics-and-education-qorbani-lahiji/8.htm
“Detachment is not that you should own nothing, but that nothing should own you.”- Ali (radii allaho anho)
Detachment is when the dunya remains in our hand – not in our heart. Yasmin Mogahed
"Asceticism in this world is not to prohibit what is lawful or to leave wealth alone; rather, asceticism in this world is that you should not have more confidence in what is your hand than what is in the hand of God"
Source: http://www.al-islam.org/imam-ali-s-first-treatise-on-islamic-ethics-and-education-qorbani-lahiji/8.htm
“Detachment is not that you should own nothing, but that nothing should own you.”- Ali (radii allaho anho)
Detachment is when the dunya remains in our hand – not in our heart. Yasmin Mogahed
Monday, February 25, 2013
A Reason to Complete Your Tasks Quickly
I came hastily to you, oh Allah, so that you will be pleased with me (Taha 20/84).
Saturday, February 23, 2013
The Perils of taking Muslim Heroes besides the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him
To much of their chagrin, some people who have allowed their faith to revolve around people and not principle will inevitably have crises of faith when the people they view as the incarnation of application or knowledge fall from grace or change their views.
AbdulRahman Chao
Coupling Practicality with Islam
Manners coupled with faith is like a fragrant flower with sweet nectar.
AbdulRahman Chao
Plus it keeps people puzzled and guessing where the sweet fragrance, besides the flower aroma, is coming from.
Deliberating on Details
A person who cannot appreciate the basics of the deen but only through esoteric minutia within the deen is feared to never find the sweetness of faith.
AbdulRahman Chao
Our Delicateness and Vulnerabilities
One simply does not simply understand the true meaning of surrendering to Divine Providence until one realizes that he or she is as helpless at times of ease in equal or greater measure to one's helplessness in times of need.
AbdulRahman Chao
Satisfaction Obtained from Overcoming Hurdles
Scratching an itch is very satisfying. It is only so because there was an itch. Had there been no itch, there would be no satisfying feeling. In many ways, the satisfying after-feeling of relief when one looks back at the challenges brought by life itself can only be achieved after conquering pain, trails and tests. After all, had there been no challenge, there would be no feeling of victory.
AbdulRahman Chao
Inner Critisizer?
"Slow birds need to fly earlier than the early bird." or "Dumb Birds Fly First" - Chinese Proverb
Courtesy: AbdulRahman Chao
If your inner editor/ inner critic always uses a negative tone accept the criticism instead of sushing, hushing and subdueing it.
Tell your inner critic that you are going to compensate the 'dumbness' and 'slowness' by starting early.
Also, remember you may not be slow or dumb; creative and smart people do procrastinate and come up with good ideas at the last minute making it seem like you arrived late.
So you could have afterall, misdiagnosed your dumbness and slowness.
However use the 'starting early defense' to defeat the inner critc.
Swinging between Islam and Atheism?
The sudden theological shifts some people undergo from one polar extreme to the other proves to none other than themselves that the fanatical fervor they demonstrated at either extreme was simply done to overcompensate for their theological imbalances.
AbdulRahman Chao
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Pairings
Sahih International
And of all things We created two mates; perhaps you will remember.
Muhsin Khan
And of everything We have created pairs, that you may remember (the Grace of Allah).
Pickthall
And all things We have created by pairs, that haply ye may reflect.
Yusuf Ali
And of every thing We have created pairs: That ye may receive instruction.
Shakir
And of everything We have created pairs that you may be mindful.
Dr. Ghali
And of everything We created pairs, that possibly you would be mindful.
Sahih International
Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
Muhsin Khan
Verily, with the hardship, there is relief (i.e. there is one hardship with two reliefs, so one hardship cannot overcome two reliefs).
Pickthall
Lo! with hardship goeth ease;
Yusuf Ali
Verily, with every difficulty there is relief.
Shakir
With difficulty is surely ease.
Dr. Ghali
Surely with difficulty comes ease.Quotes related to Hard Work in Islam
- Rasul Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “The Momin dies with his sweat on his brow.” [An-Nasai] * (Momin=doer, muslim who puts knowledge into action)
- Verily We have created man into toil and struggle. (90: 4)
- He, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam said: "Whoever follows a path in the pursuit of knowledge, Allaah will make a path to Paradise easy for him." (Al-Bukhaari)
- “Man can get only what he strives for” (53/39) (Although this refers to hereafter, it is still inspiring )
Related Links
http://forum.daffodilvarsity.edu.bd/index.php?topic=10044.0
How Studying Hard May Keep You Away from Haraam...
He, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam said: "Whoever follows a path in the pursuit of knowledge, Allaah will make a path to Paradise easy for him." (Al-Bukhaari)
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