This boy’s just too cute.
This boy’s just too cute.
A Husband said to his Wife: “50,000 years before the sky was introduced to the sea, Allah wrote down your name next to me.” ♥
“And if you should count the favors of Allah, you could not enumerate them. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful. And Allah knows what you conceal and what you declare.” (Qur’an, 16:18-19)
Taken by Luis Henrique Unterleider.
What is your heart looking at?
Often what makes us fall into despair is focusing on the wrong things. For example, if we’ve sinned, we focus on the sin, rather than the Most Merciful. If we’re broken, we focus on the break instead of Al Jabbar, the One who mends. If we are in pain, we focus on the pain itself, instead of on the One who removes all pain. If we are wounded, we focus on the wound instead of on the One who heals all wounds. If we’re scared, we focus on the fear, instead of the Protector. And if we’re facing a problem, we see the problem, but not the One who can solve it. We see the lion, but not the lion tamer. We see the imperfections of dunya, but not the perfection of Allah. We see the immediate, but not the Tomorrow, the tree, but not the fruit, the thorn, but not the rose. All our pain, all our despair, all our hopelessness, stems from looking at the creation, instead of the Creator. Ask yourself: what is your heart looking at?
-Yasmin Mogahed
In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful. Of Hope, InsyaAllah.
“Those (angels) who sustain the Throne (of Allah) and those around it sing Glory and Praise to their Lord; believe in Him; and implore forgiveness for those who believe:
‘Our Lord! Thy reach is over all things in Mercy and Knowledge. Forgive, then, those who turn in repentance and follow Thy Path; and preserve them from the Penalty of the Blazing Fire!
And, O our Sustainer, bring them into the gardens of perpetual bliss which Thou hast promised them, together with the righteous from among their forebears, and their spouses, and their offspring - for indeed, Thou alone art Almighty, truly wise
And preseve them from (doing) evil deeds: for anyone whom on that Day (of Judgement) Thou will have preserved from (the taint of) evil deeds, him will Thou have graced with Thy Mercy: and that, that will be the triumph supreme!’” [Ghāfir 40:7-9]
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“O ye who have believed! Remember Allah with much remembrance!
And glorify Him morning and evening.
He it is Who sends blessings on you, as do His Angels, that He may bring you out from the depth of Darkness into Light: and He is Full of Mercy to the Believers.” [Al-‘Aĥzāb 33:41-43]
- As shared by Sister Ruqaiyah Jacqueline Ng
Do not run away from strong winds because they come to lift you higher and higher. Allah in His infinite wisdom is drawing you closer to Him through Trials. There is a powerful and amazing thing about tawbah (repentance) and turning back to Allah (swt). We are told that it is a polish for the heart. What’s amazing about a polish is that it doesn’t just clean. It makes the object that is polished even shinier than it was before it got dirty. If you come back to God, seek His forgiveness, and refocus your life and heart on Him, you have the potential to be even richer than if you’d never fallen at all. Sometimes falling and coming back up gives you wisdom and humility that you may never otherwise have had
— Yasmin Mogahed
