Death is inevitable. Everyone, you and me, we all will die. The only difference is, in which state of iman and taqwa are we in when that time comes.
I pray to Allah the All-Mighty so that when the angel of death is infront of me, I am doing something good. Be it on the prayer mat tasting the deliciousness of khusyuk, reciting the Quran, taking care of my husband/children/family..
And forsake me from the evil temptations of satan.
When I saw the youngsters speeding their 'action man' ways on their modified motorbikes on the highways, I feel full sympathy for their lack of thinking- "what if he slipped and with that, not only killing himself, but other innocent motorists"- i call this manslaughter. I dont know how others think about reckless driving.
Repeatedly God has reminded us to do good things upon ourselves and others. I dont count reckless driving as one. Neither drug abuse, nor alcohol, nor pornography. These obvious nasty things are are pointblank satans ways to fulfill their promise- which is to drag us all into hellfire with them. well. i guess the more, the 'merrier'. For, there is definitely NO JOY watsoever there. period.
The best way to hopefully be in a mu'mineen way the day we die, is to maximize the time we spent doing good things when we are alive. If... lets say.. 90% of the day is spent serving God, hence, there are 90% chance that we will die in that state- and this is not a bad number. And also, hopefuly, 90% of the content of our book of judgement are on the Right shoulder. amiin :)
Till then, I pray that the youngsters who've lost their ways, will find their way back to Allah. Those who have sinned (inc myself astaghfirullah) will still have TIME for taubat. And hopefully we all will be given another chance for Ramadhan. amiin.
Sunday 11 July 2010
Thursday 1 July 2010
DAY 10: hardworking (p/s:im a married woman!)
Dear friends
Utmost apologies for this horrendous 1 month gap in my blog entry. I have been extremely busy as a newlywed (which apparently involves receptions, visiting relatives, meeting up with friends, honeymoon (thankfully there's sth fun here too in the getting married process). But amidst all that, I am thankful that life is blessed with Allah's Rahmah. Married is a blessing, and to everyone out there who's contemplating getting married now that you've found 'the right one', stop contemplating- GO FOR IT! You dont wait until there's millions bucks in the bank, have a simple ceremony. You'll iAllah get more barakah from it :)
Onto today's topic, HARDWORKING. Some malays are cursed with a disease called LAZINESS. This could be due to a few things;
1. We are superbly used to be in the receiving end. Scholarships, bumiputera's advantages, etc etc
2. Upbringing and culture that promotes complacency, excessive relaxation,and time wasting (such as in bad mouthing others and lounging in front of tele)
3. going back to sleep after Subuh, or worse, waking up late everyday, and missing subuh all together!
4. forgetiing Allah and not praying to ask Him for a better personality and excitement in the task we are doing now- hence, hardwork will come to place.
I am not saying hardwork here means leaving all else except for work. NO. Hardwork is perseverence, which means, not giving up easily when challenged with failure. Do remember that with every hardship comes relief, and this is a promise from God The Almighty Himself. Hardwork does not mean blindly labouring ourselves in a task without praying for Allah's blessings and reward.
Islam teaches us balance in life. Which means, neither excessive work, nor extreme laziness. Strike that balance, and with that, iAllah we will get Allah's blessings.
Til then, please put on effort, mind and heart at the task today. Be it selling kuih at a stall, cooking for your family, or serving others as a government officer. And put a smile on that face, will ya? It's wayyyy better than any anti-aging cream out there ;)
Salam :)
Utmost apologies for this horrendous 1 month gap in my blog entry. I have been extremely busy as a newlywed (which apparently involves receptions, visiting relatives, meeting up with friends, honeymoon (thankfully there's sth fun here too in the getting married process). But amidst all that, I am thankful that life is blessed with Allah's Rahmah. Married is a blessing, and to everyone out there who's contemplating getting married now that you've found 'the right one', stop contemplating- GO FOR IT! You dont wait until there's millions bucks in the bank, have a simple ceremony. You'll iAllah get more barakah from it :)
Onto today's topic, HARDWORKING. Some malays are cursed with a disease called LAZINESS. This could be due to a few things;
1. We are superbly used to be in the receiving end. Scholarships, bumiputera's advantages, etc etc
2. Upbringing and culture that promotes complacency, excessive relaxation,and time wasting (such as in bad mouthing others and lounging in front of tele)
3. going back to sleep after Subuh, or worse, waking up late everyday, and missing subuh all together!
4. forgetiing Allah and not praying to ask Him for a better personality and excitement in the task we are doing now- hence, hardwork will come to place.
I am not saying hardwork here means leaving all else except for work. NO. Hardwork is perseverence, which means, not giving up easily when challenged with failure. Do remember that with every hardship comes relief, and this is a promise from God The Almighty Himself. Hardwork does not mean blindly labouring ourselves in a task without praying for Allah's blessings and reward.
Islam teaches us balance in life. Which means, neither excessive work, nor extreme laziness. Strike that balance, and with that, iAllah we will get Allah's blessings.
Til then, please put on effort, mind and heart at the task today. Be it selling kuih at a stall, cooking for your family, or serving others as a government officer. And put a smile on that face, will ya? It's wayyyy better than any anti-aging cream out there ;)
Salam :)
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