[FONT="]To get the most beautiful flower you must carefully avoid thorns[/FONT] [FONT="]Likewise to get to Jannah you must carefully avoid sins.[/FONT] [FONT="]– Sheikh Ahmad Musa Jibril[/FONT]
[FONT="]“And whoever does a wrong or wrongs himself but then seeks forgiveness of Allah will find Allah Forgiving and Merciful.”[/FONT] [FONT="]Quran (4:110)[/FONT]
There will come upon the people a time when their hearts will be derelict of the Qurān; they will find neither sweetness nor pleasure by it. If they fall short of doing what they have been commanded to do, they will say: Allāh is most forgiving, merciful (He will forgive us), and if they do what they have been forbidden from doing, they will say: we will be forgiven, we haven’t committed any shirk with Allāh. Their affairs will all be based on [false] hope, having no truth and sincerity with it. They will wear the skins of lambs over hearts of wolves. The best of them in his religion will be someone who compromises.
"We have an obligation to one another, responsibilities and trusts. That does not mean we must be pigeons, that we must be exploited. But it does mean that we should look out for one another when and as much as we can; and that we have a personal responsibility for our behavior; and that our behavior has consequences of a very real and profound nature.
We are not powerless.
We have tremendous potential for good or ill. How we choose to use that power is up to us; but first we must choose to use it.
We're told every day, 'You can't change the world.' But the world is changing every day. Only question is...who's doing it? You or somebody else?"
“People think dreams aren't real just because they aren't made of matter, of particles. Dreams are real. But they are made of viewpoints, of images, of memories and puns and lost hopes.”
Sometimes, when the situation seems too big, too complicated, too unbearable, hand it over to Allah :arabic4:. * His capabilities are boundless.
When you find yourself at a loss for words, you just don’t know what to say; ask Allah :arabic4: to guide your tongue. * His words are inexhaustible.
When you find your courage challenged, your strength waning and you don’t even know if you will be able to get out of bed to face another day in a seemingly dirty, dark, death-wishing dunya. Ask Allah :arabic4: to lift you up. * His strength will more than suffice you.
If you are feeling that the menacing clouds of tribulation gathering over the Sea of Despair are harbingers of yet another gut -wrenching storm, take time to pray. * You will find that the light of truth will shine its life-giving rays through those clouds, caressing your heart, quickening it and allowing you to live, love and laugh for another day.
"Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy - in fact, they are almost incompatible; one emotion hardly leaves room for the other."
- Robert A. Heinlein, "Stranger in a Strange Land"