Perseverance + Failure = Success.

Bismillah,

Success is not easy... don't we all know that. learning from the past is one the best things one can do. And we as Muslims have one of the best examples aH,  The Prophet (saw). He did not give up just becuz he did not succeed the first time in calling everyone to Islam. The quraish tribe tortured and abused,  afflicted,  agonized,  annoyed, beat, distressed,  injured,  mangled, oppressed,  pained,  persecuted,  racked, smited,  tormented,  whipped,  wounded the Muslims and all those who believed just becuz they had unwavering faith and belief in Allah! 



When the Prophet (saw) went to taif thinking that maybe their residers would accept Islam... he was driven out by kids throwing stones at him- so much so that his feet were filled with blood and they made the slich sound as basketball shoes do... imagine!! Despite this -he did not give up.  

who are we then to give up on life and failure?? 

See your goal

Understand the obstacles

Create a positive mental  picture

Clear your mind of self doubt

Embrace the challenge

Stay on track

Show the world you can do it

"dont hold ur head low just cuz uve failed- hold it high~ cuz one day:: your destined to fly"

Failure squared = Success

"Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It's quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn't at all. You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it, So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because remember that's where you will find success." 

- Thomas J. Watson

~*Sidra Afzal*~

God's tests purify your soul

“Know for certain that all forms of grief or heartache that pass by you are because He loves you and is therefore testing you, or He loves you and is therefore purifying you from your sins.”

- Shaykh Salih Al-Maghamsi

Israf

  بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

" This life indeed is a test - especially for the ones living in the West."


It's ok to acknowledge that- but the thing we should do is try our best- is  to control our nafs from wordly desires. This whole life for us is a test. when we go shopping and to see all that "stuff" glittery-glam-sequins and shines.. man we want it all- from the the heels to the best deals on the wheels. 

Going to the mall results in israf... What is israf? Israf is the wastage of money for no apparent reason... you know the moms... they don't need it but they'll get it cuz its on sale...lol    




يَا بَنِي آدَمَ خُذُوا زِينَتَكُمْ عِنْدَ كُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ وَكُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا وَلا تُسْرِفُوا إِنَّهُ لا يُحِبُّ الْمُسْرِفِينَ

"O Children of Adam! Take your adornment (by wearing your clean clothes) while praying and going round the Ka'bah, and eat and drink but waste not by extravagance, certainly He (Allah) likes not Al-Musrifin(those who waste by extravagance)."

(Aayah No. 31, Surah Al-A'raf, Chapter No. 7, Holy Qur'an).

وَلا تُسْرِفُوا إِنَّهُ لا يُحِبُّ الْمُسْرِفِينَ

"And waste not by extravagance. Verily, He (Allah) likes not Al-Musrifin (those who waste by extravagance)."

We should try to refrain from buying things that we want and not need; mistaking things we want for things we need. 

The Prophet (saw) said to live like a traveler and ones life processions should as of a traveler.. as humans we tend to forget- al insaanu mina nisyaan. but we should remembere money isn't happiness nor is stuff from this world gunna ever be compatible with the reward for those who believe and abide forever in Jannah. May Allah accept our prayers and make us one from those whose eternal life is Jannah.

 Ammen.


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سُبْحَانَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ الْعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُون َ ; وَسَلامٌ عَلَى الْمُرْسَلِينَ ; وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ.

{~*S.S*~}

Taqdeer {short poem by me}

Bismillah,

One of these days
I know someone will say
How is it??
There's no how because it is is
Allah says be and it is
Everything 4 us is written
Taqdeer
When we will die
When we will sigh
How we will be
How we will see
To whom we will say hi
To whom we say bye
To who we will reject
To who we will deject
Who we will meet
Who we will greet
If we praise Allah
If we thank Allah
All
The mystaqbal future
The Madi past
The Hal now
Is all written down
So we shoudnt frown
Becuz it's all written down
The way everything is and will be
We have no way to know
Ilmul ghaib - 4 Allah is Alimal ghaib
It's all written dear
Our taqdeer

~*Sidra Afzal*~

Never leave anything for tomorrow

Bismillah,
Do not fall into the trap of, "You will get closer to God tomorrow." It is a deception of the devil, because tomorrow may never come.  Pray as if it is your last prayer...Pray before your prayer is prayed....

Do all things today when you have the chance, and what you have left 4 tomorrow, say Insha Allah, I will get another chance to do them tomorrow! For your soul is in Allah's hand... And all is written- taqdeer. 

~*Sidra Afzal*~

Google vs Quran

Bismillah,

ya ya ... never fear shaikh Google is here...But is he really?

The internet is a dangerous place..you've all heard 

that- but what you havent heard is the answer to 

your question...what to we do without google? what 

do we then refer to for our daily life problems and

as such?

Muslims have been bestowed the best amongst all books.

The Holy Qur'an.

 The Quran is the word of Allah.

Think of it --Kallammul-llah--.

The Qur'an is complied of Allah's Words.

What our Creator has said to us.

The One Who has our soul in His hand has informed us.

It is way better than anything Google can ever give us- never compatible- For it is the word of Allah.

 Not from self proclaimed alima and alimahs who "feel" something should be done a certain way.  Granted, Google can provide us with much information .. but who knows if it liable or not? on the other hand Quran is a book from God that has never been even slightly changed unlike the others before it. Let me correct myself- it not just a book. it is The Book. the book in which Guidance is given and warning are given. The book in which tells us the eternal abode of those who believe and those who disbelieve.

The most amazingest thing in this world which belongs to Muslims and they know not of its intense value.The Holy Quran.

  iA ill be posting more about it.  

http://www.quranflash.com/en/quranflash.html

"In the end of  the day i too- are just one of you"

~*Sidra Afzal*~

Believe in Allah

“Be with Allah and trust Him. If He has taken from you what you could never imagine losing, He will give you that which you can never imagine owning.”