OH DEAR SOUL

When will you feel that God exists
Based on knowledge, you do believe
But your soul does not feel the existence of the Only God
Fear of Him is not within you

And yet God has reminded us
Be fearful of Him wherever you are
If God consciousness is not within you
Surely Fear of God is not in your heart either

O dear soul when will it be
For you to feel that God is Great
When will you feel His Supremacy
Remembering Him, loving Him
His greatness is so obvious
Why don't you feel it
Why aren't you terrified

His blessings occur at every single moment
Don't you see it ? so that you learn to be grateful
O dear soul, when will you get to see through it?
O when will it be, time is not waiting for us

Time will go on
Come on, hurry up and purify your soul
If you die while your soul is unaware
Your soul won't be accepted by Allah
O dear serene soul
Do return to your God
With a joyful heart and pleasing in His sight.
Thus, join the group of My servants
And do enter My paradise
When you are not called by God
There is no place in Paradise for you
Hell awaits you

Nauzubillah min zalik

RASULULLAH'S EDUCATION

Rasulullah's education is one and only
With high ambition and determination
La syarqiah wala gharbiah
Neither east nor west

It is an Islamic cord
Insya Allah with Prophet's sunnah
The male and female interactions
are strictly controlled

It is not for a salaried profession
It is not to be given
But to be self supporting
To become an ardent worshiper
worshiper of Allah

To become a slave is out of the question
To be a spoke person of their own congregation
Once they are separated from their madrasah
To spread the wings of the congregation

So they can fly all over the country
To extend the words of the Prophet
To aggrandize the words of Allah
So they become people of taqwa

To train the students like their own children
Teachers and leaders are like fathers
There is love and care for one another
To develop an Islamic congregation
In which everyone has their own roles
Based on their characters and talent

 

Hadith on Charity

PLEASE DO NOT ABANDON ME O ALLAH

 

O Allah, please do not abandon me
Even though I have often been disobedient towards You
I can’t live without You
If You leave me, I will lose everything
If I am with You, I will have everything
I am reluctant to lose You
Let me lose everything else but not to the extent of losing You
If I don’t lose You, I do still have a chance of recovering everything that I have lost
Please help me O Allah, Your humble and weak servant who has often been disobedient towards You
Please save me O Allah
Under Your salvation
Please protect me
Under Your care
Who else is there to take care of me
If not You, who is responsible for everything
I do often worry, that You will abandon me
I am very hopeful O Allah
Please do not leave me
My whole life will crumble
That is my faith in You O Allah
Please do not abandon me
Abu Wadud
After Asar
04-04-1999

 

WHO IS THE REAL HERO?

Not everyone who has made a name for himself is a hero
Not everyone who has a name and glamor with many fans is a hero
A person who is strong is not necessarily a hero
A person who is brave is also not necessarily a hero
If everyone who is brave is considered as a hero
The bravest who kill himself
Is he considered as the best hero?
He is the most condemned!
He is the most unfortunate and disgraced!
Who is actually the real hero?
Is he someone who is able to swim across the ocean?
Someone who conquers the space?
The true hero as what our Prophet has mentioned
Someone who is willing to fight his own nafs

CHARITY

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