February 2012
267 posts
“Beauty isn’t about having a pretty face. It’s about having a pretty mind, a...”
– (via islamiyet)
“I dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do.”
– Haruki Murakami (via misswallflower)
“When your companion becomes angry and says something that is unwarranted, you...”
– Ibn Al-Jawzi (rahimahullah) [Sayd al-Khaatir] (via pearlsofislam)
اللهم باعد بيننا وبين خطايانا كما باعدت بين المشرق...
wordsofsolace:
“O Allah, distance us from our mistakes as You have distanced the East from the West.”
“Eating your own words is a good diet to lose some ego.”
– (via abdulbary)
“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient...”
– Dr. Seuss (via smilewhenithappens)
“If you want to identify me, ask me not where I live, or what I like to eat, or...”
– Thomas Merton (via misswallflower)
The Sahaabah would never abandon correcting...
byyourmercyallah:
And we have people who now say “let’s agree to disagree” subhana’Allah!!
فَاصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا
aromaa:
Endure all adversity with patience, beautiful patience.
Al-Quran (Kalam Allah)
1) WE ALWAYS ASK: Why was I TESTED?
AL-QURAN ANSWERS: "Do men think that they will be left alone saying,'We believe', and that they will not be tested? We did test those before them, and Allah will certainly know those who are true from those who are false." [29:2-3]
2) WE ALWAYS ASK: Why I never get what I wanted?
AL-QURAN ANSWERS: " It is possible that you dislike a thing which is good for you, and that you love a thing, which is bad for you. But Allah knows, while you know not." Surah Al-Baqarah [2:216]
3) WE ALWAYS ASK: Why was I burdened this way?
AL-QURAN ANSWERS: "Allah does not place a burden to a soul greater than it can bear. It gets every good that it earns, and it suffers every ill that it earns." Surah Al-Baqarah [2:286]& " So verily, with every difficulty there is relief: (repeated) Verily, with every difficulty there is relief." Surah Al-Insyirah [94:5-6]
4) WE ALWAYS ASK: Why am I losing hope?
AL-QURAN ANSWERS: "So lose not heart, nor fall into despair: For you will be superior if you are true in Faith." Surah Al-Imran [3:139]
5) WE ALWAYS ASK: How can I face it?
AL-QURAN ANSWERS: " O you who believed! Persevere in patience and constancy; vie in such perseverance; strengthen each other; and fear Allah that you may prosper." Surah Al-Imran[3:200] & "And seek(Allah's) help with patient, perseverance and prayer: It is indeed hard, except to those who bring a humbly submissive (to Allah)." Surah Al-Baqarah [2:45]
6) WE ALWAYS ASK: What do I get from all these?
AL-QURAN ANSWERS: "Indeed, Allah has purchased from the believers their lives and properties (in exchange) for that they will have the garden (of Paradise)..." Surah At-Taubah [9:111]
7) WE ALWAYS ASK: To whom could I depend?
AL-QURAN ANSWERS: "(Allah) suffice me: there is no god but He: On Him is my trust- He the Lord of the Throne (of Glory) Supreme." Surah At-Taaubah [9:129]
8) WE ALWAYS ASK: But I can't take it anymore!
AL-QURAN ANSWERS: "...and never give up hope of Allah's Soothing Mercy; truly No one despairs of Allah's Soothing Mercy. except Those who have no faith." Surah Yusuf [9:87]& "Despairs not of the Mercy of Allah: for Allah forgives All sins for He is Often- Forgiving, Most Merciful." Surah Az-Zumar [39:53]
knowledgeprecedes:
“If you can be unknown, be so; it doesn’t matter if you are not known and it doesn’t matter if you are not praised. It doesn’t matter if you are blameworthy according to people if you are praiseworthy with Allah, the Mighty and Majestic.” - Al-Futhayl ibn Iyyadh, al-Bayhaqi, Al-Zuhd Al-Kabir p100.
“Knowledge is not measured by how much is...
The softest of hearts
knowledgeprecedes:
It is reported that Makhûl – Allâh have mercy on him – said,
“The people with the softest hearts are those who sin the least.”
Abû Nu’aym, Hilyah Al-Awliyâ` Vol. 2 p344.
It is reported that ‘Awn b. ‘Abdillâh, the ascetic and jurist, said,
“Sit with the repentant, for they have the softest hearts.”
Abû Nu’aym, Hilyah Al-Awliyâ` Vol. 2 p192.
