I opened 2 gifts this morning, they were my eyes.
“Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.”
— Democritus
In lov’ ’ith this instagram account @quran_bismillah🤍
Tell yourself kinder truths.
Tell yourself kinder truths. You are not failing at life; you are reeling, sure, but you are succeeding at surviving.
KEEP MOVING.
— Maggie Smith, Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change (Atria/One Signal Publishers, October 6, 2020)
وَلَـلۡاٰخِرَةُ خَيۡرٌ لَّكَ مِنَ الۡاُوۡلٰ
Indeed what is to come will be better for you than what has gone by
- Surah Ad-Duhaa (93:4)
اعتنِ بصلاتِكَ فإحداهُنَّ ستكون الأخيرة.
Take care of your prayers because one of them will be the last
THE BEST PROJECT YOU’LL EVER WORK ON IS YOU.
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The issue is not (merely) carrying out an act of worship, rather, the issue is; protecting it from that which nullifies it.
- Imam Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahillah), Uddatus Sabireen, 1/66
i think love is revolutionary because when done right, it allows for accountability, for growth, for healing, for laughter, for joy, for connection, for touch, for coming home. maybe it is foolish of me, even a little stupid to think of it as such but when done right, when honoured, when fulfilled, when prepared and boiled and served well, it truly does magic, it truly changes lives, it nourishes, it feeds, it gives hope, hope, so much of it.
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إِن يَعْلَمِ اللَّهُ فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ خَيْرًا
If Allah knows there is anything good in your hearts,
يُؤْتِكُمْ خَيْرًا مِّمَّا أُخِذَ مِنكُمْ
He will give you better than that which has been taken away from you,
وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ
And He will forgive you. And Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
— Surah Al-Anfal [8:70]
Shaykh ul-Islām ibn Taymiyyah [رحمه الله] said:
“Every person who holds himself to account due to his sins, [who] hates his sins, tries to remove them from himself and abandons them for Allāh’s sake, [then he] shall increase in integrity, piety, righteousness and forbearance.”
Majmū al-Fatāwa Ibn Taymiyyah, 10/767
The word ‘Taqwa’ means abstaining from Allāh's prohibitions
Sufyān ath-Thawri [رحمه الله] said:
“Nothing breaks the back of Iblees [Satan] more than the statement Lā ilāha illAllāh [None has the right to be worshipped in truth except Allāh].”
Siyar A’lām an-Nubalā’a, 7/260 | Al-Imām adh-Dhahabi [رحمه الله]
And whoever desires the Hereafter and strives for it, with the necessary effort due for it (i.e. do righteous deeds of Allah's Obedience) while he is a believer (in the Oneness of Allah Islamic Monotheism), then such are the ones whose striving shall be appreciated, thanked and rewarded (by Allah).
Qur'an, Surah Al-'Isrā, 17:19
Strength isn’t always shown in what you can hold on to, sometimes it’s shown in what you can let go of.
Imaam an-Nawawi رحمه الله said:
“Reciting the Qur’aan is the most important of adhkar, which should be done regularly. No day or night should be without reciting and it may be attained by reciting a few verses.”
كتبا الأذكـار للنـووي ١٢٢٥/٢
I completely disagree that everyone is replaceable. although you can replace a ‘role’ someone fills in your life, you can’t replicate the special connection you had with that person, their personality, the love, the memories. some people are irreplaceable and I find it gross how our generation acts like everyone is so disposable. you will never find lasting love or happiness treating people like toys you can throw away or lose and replace with a shiny new one like it’s nothing.