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ahlulhaditht · 6 months
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mdsharyf · 1 year
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السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ
How beautiful Islam Is, we pray for Allah's peace, mercy and blessings the moment we meet a believer, even if we are strangers.
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illbebackforyou · 1 year
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الصدقة..انواعها وفضلها والحكمة من إخراجها وفوائدها
إطفاء غضب الرب بالصدقة، وخاصةً صدقة السر.
مسح الخطيئة، وتطفئ نارها كما يطفئ الماء النار.
الوقاية من النار، لقوله صلى الله عليه وسلم: (فاتَّقوا النَّار ولو بشقِّ تمرةٍ).
تُشكّل الصدقة ظلًا لصاحبها يوم القيامة فيقف فيه.
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aqsashaikh960 · 2 years
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सबसे खतरनाक बिमारी अच्छी याददाश्त है!
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themostmercifulo · 2 years
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Allah SWT NEVER said that the people of Jannah didn't commit sins.
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simplyjustkate · 3 months
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How to Change in 2024
1.CREATE A ROUTINE
Some of your best intentions fail because you don't have a system of execution.
Your new habits and behaviors must be incorporated into your routine to see changes.
Get the "Digital Time Blocking Planner" to Create a better structure in your day.
2. WAKE UP EARLY
Waking up at 5 a.m. Or earlier provides a head start and allows you to have time for activities such as:
• Exercise
• Studying the Deen
• Planning
• Being productive
• Working on a project
These activities will lead you to become the best version of yourself
How I wake up at 05:00 am:
1. Sleep early 20:00
2. To fall asleep, move and exercise
3. Plan the night before
4. Remember why you're waking up early
5. Don't hit snooze
6. It's a process, you will get there.
3.MOVEMENT AND NUTRITION
A one-hour workout is 4% of your day. No Excuses.
The food you eat significantly affects your mood, performance, and well-being.
These exercises yield the best results:
• Running
• Swimming
• Lifting weights
• Pilates
These exercises will quickly strengthen and tone your body
4.SELF-EDUCATE
Education is one thing no one can take away from you.
Online Skills you can Develop:
• Web development
• Mastering no-code tools
• YouTube
• Copywriting
• Digital Marketing
• Content Creation
• Influencer marketing
• Audience building
Practical Steps to Self-educate:
1. Sign up for Online Classes
2. Attend Seminars and Workshops
3. Read Non-Fiction Book
4. Gain Experience - volunteer or intern
5. Find a Mentor
6. Enjoy the process and don’t fear making mistakes
5.JOURNALING FOR 10MIN
Writing down your thoughts and feelings for the purpose of self-understanding, awareness and reflection.
Writing down thoughts such as:
• Your daily goals
• Reflections on negative thoughts
• Emotional processing
• Expressions of gratitude
• Find clarity
Block 10-15min everyday to write your thoughts down.
6.RELY ON DISCIPLINE
Discipline and consistency are the key to becoming the best version of yourself.
Forget about MOTIVATION,ACTION ACTION ACTION!
If you aren't good at something, work harder AND work smarter.
Build Discipline:
1. Identify what drives you
- The pain of staying the same drives me.
2. Pushing your boundary
- Doing a little more.
3. Control your emotions
- You don't feel like it, do it anyway.
4. Become 1% better every day
- Choosing to wake up early and get to work instead of scrolling on social media.
5. Big goals and small steps
- Set specific targets to reach.
Inconsistency and indiscipline is the enemy of results
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kerryweaverlesbian · 6 months
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Sam: hey Cass! I made you a drivers licence to go with your truck. Kind of a tradition between me and Dean that when you first drive by yourself you get one with your real name. Well, I guess two people isn't much of a tradition, but, here! I know it's a bit late but, y'know, there was a lot going on.
Cas: thank you that's very.............[squints at the details] the name is wrong.
Sam: Oh, well, you needed a surname and I thought Winchester would be-
Cas: No, that's fine. But my name is Cas.
Sam: Yeah, I put Cass.
Cas: No, it's Cas. With one S. My name is Castiel. Can you not- do you not know how to spell my name? Sam, if you need to borrow Jack's reading books, you just need to ask him, he'd be happy to help you.
Sam: Wh- dude I know how to spell! But we've been spelling your name as Cass-two-Ss this entire time. That's how you spell Cass!
Cas: We? As in, both of you? And - not Bobby surely? He knew how to spell my name?
Sam: Look, look, look I can prove it. [Pulls out his Blackberry that he's kept since 2009 and scrolls up a text chain with Dean] Look, "CASS said we're all boned." That's like two days after he met you.
Cas: I- this is...ah I understand. You faked this. You're doing a prank on me. Some sort of Gabriel-esque unreality game. I will not be fooled again, as I was when you showed me the video of "house hippos". Well played, Sam, but not well enough.
Sam: I'm not- urgh, [calling out] DEAN
Dean [yelling back from the kitchen] YEAH?
Sam: HOW DO YOU SPELL CASS? ONE S OR TWO?
Dean: HOW LONG HAVE YOU KNOWN HIM, MAN? IT RHYMES WITH ASS. TWO.
Sam: see? And Dean gave you that name so really, he's the authority. You're Cass.
Cas:
Sam:
Cas:
Sam:
Cass, resigned: our partnership has been built on a foundation of misunderstanding and foolishness. But still we must endure. Thank you for the card. Samm.
Samm: You're welcome. Hey. Did you just feel like a, reverberation in the universe? Like something small but significant has changed?
Cass: No.
Samm: Ah, that's a relief.
Deen: HEY EVERYBODY, COME GET SOME LUNCH.
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uyuforu · 2 months
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Uyu's Astrological Observations III
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₊˚⊹♡ It's so easy to recognize Aquarius placements on instagram, just look at James Deen's Instagram. You will instantly understand why.
₊˚⊹♡ I realized that Saturn in 7H Solar Return Chart is also about limits in relationships, and in this case you could find it hard to find someone else than your crush that year for example. Or your ex. No one seems better. If you are in a relationship, you could find that you are literally only interested in them. Which is a good thing!
₊˚⊹♡ Vertex in 7H in a Solar Return can be a sign of meeting someone that will become very important in your life.
₊˚⊹♡ The more I see people's SR Charts, the more I see many people of different age getting married between 2026-2028. (why?)
₊˚⊹♡ My Juno is in Scorpio 2H 26° (Taurus house & degree), my FS's Juno is also in Scorpio, and he is Taurus rising. His Juno is also in 2H and 2° (both Taurus placements). My Groom is in my 10H, and my FS's Groom falls in his 10H too. My FS's Briede is in Gemini, and my Briede is in my 3H. It also conjuncts my Moon.
₊˚⊹♡ Scorpio placements NEVER forget, and they can hold grudges forever. My grandma has a Scorpio stellium, she has been deceived by a friend when she was a child, and decided to NEVER again trust people too much. She never got a best friend because it.
₊˚⊹♡ The moon persona chart can really tell you about stuff you never realized or stuff you never wanted to accept about yourself.
₊˚⊹♡ Moon/ Cancer/ or Moon influences over the 7H= marrying someone younger than you, or marrying at a young age
₊˚⊹♡ Some people's Juno and Groom/ Briede happen to be the same person, but not for everyone. Juno represents your ideal partner, it has more of a spiritual link and destiny vibe. Some people marry someone they don't have any soul attachment to.
₊˚⊹♡ Saturn/ Capricorn/ or Saturn influences over the 7H= marrying someone older than you, or marrying when you are older.
₊˚⊹♡ Men attracted to women often have their Briede PC looking identical to their wife's Natal Chart.
₊˚⊹♡ My Parents had Vertex in the 5H Composite, and they had a baby (me)
₊˚⊹♡ But they also had Briede and Groom in 3H, they were indeed engaged but never married. And their 7H is empty.
₊˚⊹♡ My step mother's sun also fall in their 9H, conjuncting Chiron. My dad left my mom for her.
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₊˚⊹♡ If you want to see if it's gonna work out with someone, don't only check basic synastry, composite, etc. But also Persona Chart synastry! For example, check Boda PC Synastry, and see if your weddings are "the same".
₊˚⊹♡ Gemini Sun on Boda Persona Chart could indicate having two weddings (just a theory)
₊˚⊹♡ In my DSC Persona Chart, my FS's Natal sun fall in the 7H in that PC. My DSC PC's Juno is in the 7H too, and so also conjuncting his Natal Sun.
₊˚⊹♡ Let's talk about the Union PC, it's not something very known.
₊˚⊹♡ Uranus in my Union PC is in 9H in Aquarius, and I met my FS online first and then in a foreign country where technology is pretty advanced. It was also a sudden meeting!
₊˚⊹♡ The rising of my Union PC is Gemini 22°, and when I met my FS, our meeting was very organized, and I didn't know if it was a date or not, so I was a bit cold and detached. But we met in a foreign country, and I was speaking in a foreign language (English).
₊˚⊹♡ Groom in my Union PC is in Leo 25° (Aries), and my FS was flirty, and very showing off when we met. It's also in 3H, he was a true rizz. Also conjuncting Venus, he REALLY wanted to seduce me. He went hard, it was so obvious lmao.
₊˚⊹♡ This could also explain why my Briede in this PC is in Capricorn, and I was cold and detached lol. His rizz was a turn off.
₊˚⊹♡ Speaking of synastry in Union PC, my Sun there is in Virgo, and in my FS Union PC, Briede is in Virgo. In his Union PC, his Sun is in Leo, and in my Union PC, Groom is in Leo.
₊˚⊹♡ My FS's rising in Union PC is the same as his NC, and Cancer is over the 4H. We met in his homeland, where he was born.
₊˚⊹♡ Also, his Natal North Node conjunct his North Node in Union PC, meaning the meeting with his FS is part of his destiny.
₊˚⊹♡ Our Union also conjunct each other in Union PC Synastry.
₊˚⊹♡ My Briede in Union PC falls in his 11H, and his Groom in Union PC falls in my 11H. We met online first.
₊˚⊹♡ My father had a pretty intense and sometimes toxic relationship with his ex-wife, my step mother, and her sun was in his 8H, conjuncting Chrion... 😬
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₊˚⊹♡ My father also has Part of Fortune in the 9H and it conjuncts his MC. He travels for work.
₊˚⊹♡ My father had 3 children: my sun falls in his 12H and he was an absent father figure in my life. My brother's sun falls in his 3H, and they tell the same joke, have the same way to talk. They have a lot in common when it comes to topics to discuss. And my sisters's sun fall in his 5H, she is the favorite child.
₊˚⊹♡ My Sun conjunct my mother's Ceres, and she is very protective of me.
₊˚⊹♡ I noticed a lot of people have North Node retrogrades. It usually means they think they are going to struggle to meet their destiny. For example: my FS has scorpio 7H North Node. And he has this thought that he will never marry.
₊˚⊹♡ I don't know much about Astrocartography, but I have been studying it a little recently. I realized that my Sun DC line and North Node DC line falls on the place I met my FS ;-;
₊˚⊹♡ I also checked my FS' Astrocartography and he got his North Node DC on the place we met lol.
₊˚⊹♡ I was Scorpio rising in my SRC of the year a lot of guys wanted to be intimate with me.
₊˚⊹♡ This year SRC I am Leo rising, and I met a lot of guys who happens to have crush on me. It's insane, I feel popular ;-;
₊˚⊹♡ Im not a big fan of Moon conjunct Sun in Synastry, but because it either the best or worst relationship ever. I realized every people who have my moon sign as their sun, we never get along, they hate me while we never truly talked. But, people who have my sun sign as their moon actually annoy me lmao? I guess the sun sign feels threaten by the moon sign embodying their energy?
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sabrgirl · 1 month
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Say, ‘O People of the Book! Why do you turn the believers away from the path of Allah, seeking to make it crooked, while you are witnesses thereof? And Allah is not unmindful of what you do.’ (3:100).
it honestly breaks my heart seeing so many muslims hating on other muslims on social media— especially the hate muslim women get. when will the world change? are we not the final religion of Allah? but we’re hating on our own people like this? why so hard to be kind?
do not doubt the power of prayer. simply praying for Allah سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ to guide someone will not only work wonders, but YOU will also get the reward for praying for someone! by doing so, the angels will pray for you! but instead, it’s almost every comment section you open on a muslim video/post that there’s someone hating and judging as a way of ‘guiding’ someone. it is so heartbreaking. people have left islam. let that sink in. people have left the religion of Allah because someone decided to hate and judge them, rather than pray for their guidance and kindly advise them on the right path. what a thing to be held accountable for on the day of judgement! leading somebody astray! may Allah protect us all!
and now, i’m even seeing non-muslims hating on islam because they are seeing what muslims are saying to other muslims. instead of showing what the religion of Allah is like, what the community is like, we are turning people away and inviting people to be islamophobic. just because you thought you were guiding someone by being incredibly rude and disrespectful.
it’s also extremely arrogant. Allah has guided YOU and this is how you repay Him? YOU could have been that same person you are judging but instead Allah bestowed knowledge and guidance upon you, and you’re using that blessing to hate on other people. if you think someone can do better as a muslim, make a quick sincere du’a that Allah guides them on the right path and helps them stop doing that bad deed. and if you really want to speak to them, be. kind. you have no idea what people are going through in this life. maybe they are crying in the night because they really want to drop that bad deed and have zero hope, and your hate was the final straw to give up. have you not sinned in life? can you say right now to yourself, ‘if I die at this very second, I know that I am 100% going to jannatul firdous?’. if the answer is no, which it is, then understand that there are proper ways to advise people on the right path. we are not perfect human beings. we have all made mistakes in life. may Allah forgive us all. so understand that the next time you see someone who should be doing better in their deen and realise that the very fact that you can see a flaw in someone else means that you have been blessed with guidance and knowledge from the Gracious Allah. so use that blessing and guidance wisely and do not let it turn into a sin. do not end up sinning by hating on people and judging them so harshly by being rude on the internet or in real life and making people struggle even more with this bad deed or turn away completely as a result. this is not how our beloved Prophet ﷺ invited people to Islam, this is not how he advised people. he was the most kindest person and if we really want to be righteous, we need to follow the sunnah, follow in his footsteps. pray for the people you see that can be doing better so that your blessings increase and they can come closer to Allah and be guided. speak to them kindly. tell them respectfully why what they’re doing is wrong and kindly tell them what they can do to improve. relate your own experiences and struggles without exposing your own sins, explain things you do that help you. share useful resources to help them on their journey. start islamic pages on social media to share islamic guidance and advice. share verses from the Qur’an and kindly explain the interpretation and why Allah has made doing this good deed/abstaining from this bad deed obligatory and what benefits they have by following, what benefits they have on you. tell them that you understand that no one is perfect and that you merely mean to help them be a better muslim and see them in jannah. respectfully acknowledge that they could genuinely be struggling and make many many du’as and pray for them in your sujoods if you truly want them to be better. actually be a useful helping hand. and if you don’t want to do any of this, do not say anything at all and carry on with your day.
at the end of the day, Allah guides whomsoever He pleases to the right path (2:214). you can hate and judge all you want but at the end of the day, if Allah does not want to guide that person, they will not be guided—but where does that leave you? with more bad deeds because you weren’t kind to the creation and attempted to turn someone away from islam with your words, whether you intended to or not. we have rights upon each other. please. please be kind.
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julaibib · 1 year
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When you finally meet the half of your deen, you will understand why Allāh has made you wait and why some thing are considered haram.
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shuttershocky · 3 months
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Happy holidays. Im one of those fate fans who have followed the series for over a decade and its really hyped on playing the VN for the first time (which I already installed), but following your advice and promotion, I got into Mahoyo sweep, with the idea to start from the beginning of Nasu's work and.... My God.
I dont know how to explain it, only having started the novel half and hour ago but its... beautiful? Streamlined? Addictive? Like I could play it all night and not feel it. The way the dialogue flow, the connection of the art and the voice. Its one of the most captivating VN i had played in a decade
And i was wondering: Would it ruin or make playing the FSN worse? What I mean is that this is a remake/new product with decades of experience from Natsu and the power of the Wii/2023 pc. And FSN is from 2004, not to mention Im getting the not official but improves translation. I can't stop thinking it might be like comparing fate deen anime with ufotable UBW, if that makes sense.
So do you think it would be a problem or sour my experience of FSN if I play Mahoyo first or are they different beasts altogether?
Well my favorite VN from Type-Moon is Tsukihime, which was made in 2000 with a budget of 2 cup noodles and a dream. As long as you're not expecting Mahoyo levels of production value but instead read with the understanding of these VNs being products of their time, it can be quite fascinating to see how Type-Moon has evolved from very humble beginnings.
Plus, Fate/Stay Night is perfectly fine. It had an actual budget to work with, and its production values hold up decently well 20 years later. I doubt reading Mahoyo first would sour the experience in any way, especially since the realta nua version actually has voice acting from the now iconic cast.
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ahlulhaditht · 9 months
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Bilād al-Maghrib, Dhul-Hijjah 1444, Atlantic coast
True Dreams in the Qur'an
وأما الآية التي أوردها فهي قوله -تبارك وتعالى-: وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ مَنَامُكُمْ بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ [الروم:23]، ووجه تعلق هذه الآية بموضوع الرؤيا هو: أن النوم آية من آيات الله -تبارك وتعالى-، وذلك أن الإدراك والشعور يرتفع فيه، مع أن الروح لا تفارق البدن مفارقة تامة، كما هو في الموت، وإنما يبقى لها تعلق بالجسد، لكنه يرتفع معه الإدراك، فهذه الروح لها أحوال، وتنقلات، وتحولات، وأمور غيبية لا ندركها، فتنتقل في الملأ الأعلى، وترى أمورًا في نومها، قد تكون من الله.
As for the verse he mentioned, it is His saying - عز و جل - the Blessed and Exalted -:
} And among His signs is your sleep during the night and the day [Ar-Rūm: 23], {
and the way this verse relates to the subject of dreams is: that sleep is a sign of Allāh - the Blessed and Exalted -, and that is the perception of feeling risen, although the soul does not leave the body completely, as it happens with death, but it remains attached to the body, but perception rises with it, for this soul has conditions, transitions, transformations, and unseen matters that we do not grasp or understand.
So it moves in the highest assembly (Heaven, the world of Angels), and sees things in its sleep, which are from Allāh.
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lightup0nlight · 1 month
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🌺 ❛So whatever you have been given is just [a passing] {mataa’ | enjoyment} for this worldly life…❜ 【Surah ash-Shura 42:36】
Allah ta’ala says that every single thing that we’ve been given — any physical objects (eg. clothes, properties) and life experiences (eg. youth, opportunities) — are all {mataa’}.
{Mataa’} means something that we utilise. Our cars, houses, clothes, titles, wealth — they are all mataa’. They’re just tools, resources, not our purpose in life.
Literally in the Arabic language, it also means reaching maturity, and ready to be used. So mataa’ is something that reaches its most maturity level, can be benefited from, and put to use.
So what it means is that all these dunya materials and life experiences that we go through, whether we perceive them as good or bad, are to mature us. They’re part of our growth.
That pang of regret when we look back at the mistakes we did in life is a gift from Allah, because it may be the catalyst to make us return to Him.
Those bitter losses we experienced pushed us to prolonged sujood in our salaah, where we rediscovered a meaningful relationship with our Rabb.
The betrayal we experienced by a trusted friend teaches us to love and appreciate more of those who remain loyal, sincere and true.
Those sad moments in life that we wish never happened were also blessings in disguise, for they taught us to learn humility, compassion, and to have empathy and mindfulness towards others. Because often we cannot understand someone else’s vulnerability, unless we’ve been vulnerable in the same way even if it’s to a lesser extent.
Past experiences can still hurt in the present. But through them is how we're able to learn core values, values that sometimes we won't fully grasp until we experience them ourselves. Moments of both adversity and good times are all parts of something greater, bi idhnillah.
And so we say, alhamdulillah alaa kulli hal. All thanks and praises belong to Allah, in all circumstances.
Your sister in Deen, Aida Msr ©
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seharschronicles · 4 days
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I have been studying the Quran for years, but I didn't realize the importance of reading Seerah alongside it. I always thought that I would find the time to read a book on Seerah or watch a series by some ustadh on YouTube. However, I am doing what's important, which is reading and understanding the Quran as it's meant to be. So, I gave secondary importance to the Seerah of Prophet Muhammad (SAW).
I never had tears in my eyes hearing about the Prophet SAW, nor the desire to go to Madinah to visit him, or to be buried in Madinah so that I could be near him or see him in a dream. I could never feel all this or relate to it.
Yes, I heard lectures, felt compassion, and love for a while, but then got over those feelings and thought that maybe this is it. This is all I should be doing.
But then, Nemrah Ahmad launched her course, and like a die-hard fan of hers, I knew I was missing out on something, so I enrolled in it. Still, my thoughts remained the same: that reading and learning Seerah are additional things I would be doing. I didn't give it much importance as my entire focus was on the Quran and Ahadith.
So, I got the course, I opened the first lesson, and I started reading. And boy oh boy, did NA just drop a bomb over my head? She said, “You love to read and understand the Quran, you pray five times a day, you have a relationship with Allah, you want to go to Makkah and Madinah to seek forgiveness. You give Zakat, Sadaqat, and even stay away from sins.
So you believe that in doing so, you have enough faith to enter Jannah. Right? But it is not. It’s like taking an exam, answering all the questions correctly, giving your 100% in the test, but forgetting to write your roll number on the answer sheet. Will this make you pass your exam? No! Because there is a condition to having faith, which was told to us by the Prophet himself (SAW) years ago: "None of you will have faith till he loves me more than his parents, his children, and all of mankind.”
So, you’re telling me that if I’m reading the Quran, praying all my five Salah, doing Tasbeeh, staying away from Haram, giving Sadaqa and Zakat, but I do not have love for the Prophet (SAW) in my heart more than my parents, my children, and all of mankind, that means I have no faith?
And how can I have his love in my heart more than for the entire mankind without reading about him? Without hearing his stories? Without learning what he was like and what he did for us?
And that’s where Seerah comes in 🥹
I don’t think I will ever be able to consider Seerah as something extra now. It is a part of our Deen, our Ilm, and we must learn it as it deserves to be learned because we can only love the Prophet (SAW) when we learn about his life and the sacrifices he made for us. This is why reading Seerah should be a part of our daily lives, just like the Quran and Salah.
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aqsashaikh960 · 2 years
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Surat No 3 : سورة آل عمران - Ayat No 46
وَ یُکَلِّمُ النَّاسَ فِی الۡمَہۡدِ وَ کَہۡلًا وَّ مِنَ الصّٰلِحِیۡنَ ﴿۴۶﴾
وہ لوگوں سے گہوارے میں بھی بات کرے گا اور ادھیڑ ہوکر بھی اور وہ صالحین کے زمرے میں سے ہوگا ۔
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asma-al-husna · 3 months
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Allah calls Himself Al-Mateen— The Firm, The Steadfast— once in the Quran. Al-Mateen is the One of whom in addition to His unconquerable power, His nature is to be firm. This combination of possession of the perfect strength and complete firmness of nature means no one can ever object to His actions or prevent His orders from being carried out!
The Utmost Firm, The Steadfast and Determined One
Mateen comes from the root meem-taa-noon, which points to four main meanings. The first meaning is to be strong, firm, and hard. The second main meaning is to be solid or robust. The third to be steadfast, determined, and sure, and the fourth main meaning is to possess any quality to a strong degree. This root appears three times in the Quran in one derived form. An example of this form is mateenun (“[is] firm”).
Linguistically, mateen means something very strong and very stable; its foundation is unshakeable. Al-Qawiyy is the One who possesses the attribute of inexhaustible strength, whereas Al-Mateen is the One whose nature it is to be firm, steadfast, and determined. He is the One who can easily overcome anything through supreme firmness and strength of determination!
Al-Mateen Himself says: . . . Indeed, it is Allah who is the [continual] Provider, the firm possessor of strength. [Quran, 51:58]
The Plan of Al-Mateen
Al-Mateen says: And I will give them time. Indeed, My plan is firm [Quran, 68:45]. Allah ‘azza wajal says He lets people go free for a long time, as this is all part of His plan and according to His wisdom. This way people can decide through different events to turn to the truth of Islam or not.
Some might disbelieve and oppose Islam for years and eventually find guidance. Other times Al-Mateen gives the disbeliever a long time to live and the disbeliever carries on doing more evil, so he or she is punished more. This also means that believers have the chance to get more reward and higher ranks in Paradise through their struggles and good deeds throughout the long period of time Al-Mateen gave them. The plan of Allah is firm!
How Can You Live By This Name?
1.    Be firm in following the right path.
Let the attribute of firmness inspire you to stick to your Deen at all times and be determined to follow the straight path with understanding. The means to staying firm on Islam are: to hold on tight to the Quran and strive to understand what you read so you can apply the orders and prohibitions and motivations in your daily life, and; to do as many good deeds as you can; to study the lives of the prophets, peace be upon them, follow their examples, and think about the delights of Paradise, the torture of Hellfire and the agony of death.
Al-Mateen says: Allah will keep firm those who believe, with the word that stands firm in this world and in the Hereafter. And Allah will cause to go astray those who are dhalimun (polytheists and wrongdoers, etc.), and Allah does what He wills. [Quran, 14:27]
2. Call others to Al-Mateen.
The soul that is not active will stagnate. Giving da’wah can save you from punishment and cause Al-Mateen to make you stand firm yourself. Now then, for that (reason), call (them to the Faith), and stand steadfast as you are commanded . . . [Quran, 42:15]
Being busy with good will help you against Shaytan’s temptations to lead you astray, plus being challenged by obstacles and stubborn people on your journey of calling others to Allah can make you a stronger person in faith.
3. Study the seerah for strength.
To strengthen your Islamic identity, follow your roots: study the seerah. The Prophet salallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said: Among the people who came before you, there was a man who was taken and put into a hole dug for him in the earth, then a saw was put on his head and he was cut into two pieces, and an iron comb was used to tear the flesh from his bones, but this still did not turn him away from his religion. [Al-Bukhaaree]
4. Be confident in the plan of Al-Mateen.
Allah’s plan is mateen— know that nothing or no one can defeat His plan. Even though people might plot against you, the reality is Al-Mateen will support the believers as long as they are sincere and the ultimate victory will be theirs. So trust in Al-Mateen and strive for sincerity in each deed you do.
Al-Mateen says: And they said nothing but: ‘Our Lord! Forgive us our sins and our transgressions (in keeping our duties to You), establish our feet firmly, and give us victory over the disbelieving folk.’ So Allah gave them the reward of this world, and the excellent reward of the Hereafter . . .  [Quran, 3:147-148]
5. Keep close to firm people.
Surround yourself with people who are firm upon Islam, seek their advice and be someone who inspires others to stay firm too.
6. Ask Al-Mateen.     
Being able to be steadfast in good and bad times should be one of your daily adiyah (plural of dua)!  The Prophet salallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said about your heart:  It changes more than a pot of rapidly boiling water. [Ahmad, al-Hakim]
Memorize this dua the Prophet salallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam made and ask Al-Mateen from the bottom of your heart: يَا مُقَلِّبَ الْقُلُوبِ ثَبِّتْ قَلْبِى عَلَى دِينِكَ – Yaa Muqallibal quloob thabbit qalbee ‘alaa deenik. Which means: Oh Turner of hearts, make my heart firm upon Your religion. Be determined to get into Paradise and keep reminding yourself this world is only temporary!
Wallahu ta’alaa ‘alem.
O Allah, Al-Mateen, we know that You are the most firm. Let us benefit from the Quran and Sunnah. Make us firm in our faith, lead us on the straight path, and make us steadfast in good and bad times. Make us of those who call others to Islam and bless us with righteous company. Adorn our hearts with a strong determination to strive for Your Paradise, ameen!
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