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| Ya Allah, You have saved me again! |
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| Aabidah |
| 08/08/02 at 06:17:47 |
| [slm] No matter how far away I get, You find a way into my heart again, And Shine Your Light upon it. Ya Allah, You have saved me again! I stray off the straight path, And take a turn to the right or to the left, Doesn't matter which direction, Ya Allah, You have saved me again! My heart darkens with the could of sin settling upon it, My heart hardens with the guilt of sin weighing heavily upon it, My heart saddens with how much it has lost, Ya Allah, You have saved me again! As the days go by, I can feel my eyes dry, Tears stream down no more as they used to, Once soft and wet cheeks are now hard and dry, Ya Allah, You have saved me again! Sitting in the room thinking of my death, A fear creeps in my heart of what my future will hold, All the sins rushing back to remind me how I've wasted my life, Ya Allah, You have saved me again! My eyes start to water and my eyelids close slowly, As a tear rolls down my cheek, it is only the beginning, As my once hard cheeks are now moistened with tears, Ya Allah, You have saved me again! My heart is trembling and is aching with pain, It realizes how much it has missed, And how hard and dark it has become, Ya Allah, You have saved me again! My heart softens as the Light of Allah shines upon it, Now shedding tears of remorse, but more of gratitude, As He has brought me back to my path, Ya Allah, You have saved me again! Ya Allah, You have opened my eyes, my mind and my heart, Ya Allah, You gave back feeling, emotion and life back to my once dead heart, Ya Allah, You allowed my dry eyes to shed another tear, and kept them flowing, Ya Allah, You have saved me again! Sometimes we get so involved in our lives and of dunya that we forget what our true purpose in life is, worhipping Allahu SubhanaHu Wata'ala. We take our deen for granted, thinking that just because we were born Muslim, we will always be and we'll get better someday. But, it's not always going to be that way, for Allah decides whom to guide and whom to lead astray. It is time to praise Allahu SubhanaHu Wata'ala for creating us as Muslims and granted us the honor for being one. Sometimes, no matter how much we go off the straight path, Allah has Mercy on us and Guides us back. We are so insignificant compared to the rest of all creation and there are so many better people than us, yet Allah has chosen us and grants us another chance to become better Muslims. Alhamdulillah, ya Rabb! Start today, ask Allah for help, and let's set our goals to be better Muslims and fulfill our purpose of life. I'm referring to everyone in general, all the Muslims, when I use "we,us,our", so if anyone is offended, please forgive me. May Allah also forgive me for my mistakes, and help us become better Muslims striving only to please Him. Ameen. [wlm] Betul |
| Re: Ya Allah, You have saved me again! |
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| AyeshaZ |
| 08/08/02 at 15:03:11 |
Walikum Aslam wrb, JazakumAllahu Khair sis for the reminder and naseeha. May Allah also forgive me for my mistakes, and help us become better Muslims striving only to please Him. Ameen. Ameen :) |
| Re: Ya Allah, You have saved me again! |
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| sista |
| 08/11/02 at 18:38:22 |
| [slm] I remember one of Sheikh Haytham Tamim's classes in which he gently pointed out to us: "Allah is GUIDING you. So let Him." Many a time I used to come home and just burst into tears because I felt that not only had I failed in worldly things, but also in my deen :'( But really all I had to do was consider this: who do I trust, and who am I trying to please? People want me to be good at everything, Allah just wants me to be myself. People wants me to be perfect, Allah just wants me to TRY to stay on the path to perfection. People let me struggle alone, Allah guides me, supports me, stays by me always, and carries me through hardship. "But Islam is so hard - there's so many things you have to do." I would think, and suffer the consequent restlessness and stress. But it was a lie anyway, because Rasullullah [saw] the True and Truly Inspired, said that this deen is easy. "Ok, so how do I tell my mind that?" my inner voice would moan. Simple - you fulfil the intention and start the action, Allah completes the action and starts you on the road to ihsan. There is a beautiful hadith qudsi regarding this: The Prophet [saw] said, "Allah, Exalted is He, said, 'Whoever shows enmity to a friend of Mine, I shall be at war with him. My servant does not draw closer to Me with anything more beloved to Me than the religious duties I have obligated upon him, and My servant continues to draw closer to Me with voluntary deeds so that I love him. When I love him, I am his hearing with which he hears; his seeing with which he sees; his hand with which he strikes; and his foot with which he walks." [Bukhari, no.6502] Hmm. I now realise I just repeated your advice in a rather less elegant fashion :D Well, no matter, its my long-winded, wishy washy way of saying, "I wholeheartedly agree, and jazakallahu kheiran!" ;D [wlm] :-) |
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