Pleasingly-Pretty

When you allow yourself to be too attached to someone, you become weak, overly sensitive, and bruise too much easily. It is not worth it.

Is the shaytaan too smart, or we are too dumb to keep falling to its old tricks all time?

Hate no one, no matter how much they’ve wronged you; live humbly, no matter how wealth you become; think positively, no matter how hard life is; give much, even if you’ve been given little; keep in touch with the ones who have forgotten you; forgive who has wronged you; and do not stop praying for the best for those you love.

Instead of asking for a bookmark, this time round, I asked for a heartmark.

Hidup ini - hanya soal diterima atau ditolak. Jadi, jangan pusing lama-lama, jangan galau berkepanjangan; kerana ada yang patut kita lebih cemaskan, benar-benar lebih layak kita khuatirkan:

Apa itu? Ditolak atau diterima masuk syurga.

O Allah! When I lose my hopes and plans, help me to remember that your love is greater than my disappointments, and your plans for my life are better than my dreams.

As much as you can, keep dunya (worldly life) in your hand—not in your heart.

That means when someone insults you, keep it out of your heart so it doesn’t make you bitter or defensive.

When someone praises you, also keep it out of your heart, so it doesn’t make you arrogant and self-deluded.

When you face hardship and stress, don’t absorb it in your heart, so you don’t become hopeless and overwhelmed. Instead keep it in your hands and realize that everything passes.

When you’re given a gift by God, don’t hold it in your heart. Hold it in your hand so that you don’t begin to love the gift more than the giver. And so that when it is taken away you can truly respond with ‘inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi rajioon’: ‘indeed we belong to God, and to God we return’.

…if you do feel that you are distant from Allāh, then fix the problem. Don’t create another problem. Repair the relationship and fix the issue.

He who seeks guidance from the Creator and then consults with the creation (people) and then once he comes to a decision that he is confident in and goes forward with, such a person will never regret and have no remorse about the decision that he makes.

The concern that is there that - “I’m not good enough, I’m not pious enough, I’m not righteous enough” - it doesn’t make any sense. Allāh is Allāh. He is accessible to you. All you have to do is go get clean, make wuḍū’, face the qiblah, Allāhu akbar, and you are talking to Allāh. Done deal.

Waiting patiently is easier than regretting tremendously.

Whosoever relieves from a believer some grief pertaining to this world, Allah will relieve from him some grief pertaining to the Hereafter. Whosoever alleviates the difficulties of a needy person who cannot pay his debt, Allah will alleviate his difficulties in both this world and the Hereafter. Whosoever conceals the faults of a Muslim, Allah will conceal his faults in this world and the Hereafter. Allah will aid a servant (of His) so long as the servant aids his brother.

Kita perlu belajar bersyukur. Bersyukur dengan apa yang kita ada. Keep in mind. Apa yang Allah bagi sekarang, inilah yang terbaik buat masa ini.

When life gives you lemons, you can either sulk and feel sorry for yourself. Or you make lemonade.