Karam

“Never let the memories of the way things were, blind you from seeing the reality of the way things are.”

In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It’s not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.

Work without barakah has only a certain amount of benefit and impact, while work with barakah is lasting, impactful and has optimum benefit.

It’s funny how words hold so much power. They can shatter a person’s heart but can also rebuild a broken one. They have the flexibility to be wound up with music and express immense amount of emotion. They have the aptitude to take you places you’ve never imagined, when you lose yourself in a good book. They have the virtue of giving you something to ponder on and deciphering your own meaning when you read an eloquent poem. Words do hold a lot of power, that is sometimes underestimated.

Ya Allah! Give me sabr when things don’t go my way. You know what is best for me. So help me to accept what you have decreed for me and make me among Your grateful servants. Allahumma Ameen!

Thank You Allah! Thank you Allah for the mind that produced these words. Thank you Allah, for private thoughts, shared with only You, unheard. Thank you Allah for gracing me to see another day. Thank you Allah for blessing me with the ability to say… “Thank you Allah.” Thank you Allah for the air I breathe and food I eat. Thank you Allah for my pain-stricken, but still usable feet. Thank you Allah for a place I can call home. Thank you Allah for never leaving me alone. Thank you Allah for 20/Something vision that allows me to see. Thank you Allah for quickening me by your awesome command, “Be!” Thank you Allah for all the blessings great and small. Thank you Allah for enriching my life with the ability to still shoot, kick and throw a ball. Thank you Allah for placing faith, however defective, in my heart. Thank you Allah for blessing me to know where all blessings start. Thank you Allah for bringing those who love me into my life. Thank you Allah for a concerned, loving, believing wife. Thank you Allah for peace of mind and calm of spirit. Thank you Allah for sending a Messenger with a call, and for my ability to hear it. Thank you Allah for elevating me though no virtue I possess. Thank you Allah for removing from me grief, worry, anxiety and stress. Thank you Allah for friends who have stayed by my side. Thank you Allah for the strength to withstand the waves of disbelief, rising in our world like a red tide. Thank you Allah for the gift of gab which allows me to say, “Thank you Allah, every second, minute and hour of each passing day.” Thank you Allah! Thank you Allah! Thank you Allah!

Sabr, or patience, isn’t waiting in the comfort of shelter for the storm to pass. A huge aspect of patience is perseverance: pushing forward through difficulty and continuing to forge your path, even when it can be difficult to see at times. Sabr is an active act, not a passive one. It’s not easy, but it will always be well worth it.

“There are always benefits that are hidden in what you think is a trouble. And the thing about the world is that if you enter into a state with your experience of the world, in which, whenever things happen, you *just accept* them, then you will always find the benefit. You will see them always, Allah will show them to you. You will know there is a benefit.”

No one was given a blessing better or more than patience. “Patience has Ihtisab which is where you actually reckon with your Lord a reward, you are believing there is a reward coming from being patient. This brings on the Muhabbah of Allah, the love of Allah and also the abundant reward. Allah loves the patient ones, so by being patient you are incurring the love of Allah. Engendering the love of Allah. The ‘Sabiroon’ are given their rewards without any reckoning. Some rewards you get it is reckoned already whereas patience is without reckoning. No one was given a blessing better or more than patience.”

“When someone offends me, I think of it as a gift from God. He is teaching me humility.” — Ibn Taymiyyah

cursed child thoughts (spoilers)

The cedric part is so flimsy i felt embarrassed reading it. Humiliation can turn a good person into evil?? Doesnt make sense. Why make it abt cedric anyway??? Urrrggghh

It would have made more sense if they travelled through time to save the Order members. Like Fred, remus, tonks, ppl they're related to. Of all ppl... Huhhhhh..

My only relationship goal is to be with someone who motivates me to become a better person and show me the potential I don’t see in myself.

If you ever see someone and they might seem to be outwardly irreligious; not praying, not dressed a certain way, not acting a certain way. Never look down upon them because perhaps they have tears that are precious, hearts that are special, souls that are great, and maybe Allah loves them more than you and is waiting for a moment of proximity to show them that.