Seeing everything from our personal point of view can lead us to hate other unendingly. We can easily remove this hate by simply imagining and understanding what the other person feels and thinks like. This can help us understand their situation and our hatred can turn into sympathy. Additionally, understanding them can help us help… Continue reading Understanding Others can Help us Remove Hate for Them
Category: Contemplation
Future Comes Fast
It is easy to procrastinate today, thinking that we have enough time in our hands. Similarly, it is easy to make wrong decisions today, be unjust to others etc. thinking that tomorrow is far ahead. However, when we simply look behind and think about the last few years, they seem like a blink away from… Continue reading Future Comes Fast
Expecting the Best From Allah
Our emotion of fearing our future can lead us to become anxious and make up haunted stories of our future in our mind. However, these are the times that really put our trust upon Allah to the test. They make us kneel in front of Allah, beg Him and cry our heart out to Him.… Continue reading Expecting the Best From Allah
Different Points of View
When we do anything, make any decision etc., a major contribution in that is how we see things from our own point of view. And every person has their own personalized points of view based on their genetic make-up, their environment, their brought-up, their past experiences, their interests, their activities, their knowledge etc. Therefore, it… Continue reading Different Points of View
Allah is Watching`
One way to bring sincerity in our actions, so that our actions are done only to please Allah, is by consciously thinking that Allah is watching us. No doubt He is watching us, however, when we become aware of it mentally, this helps us act with the pure intention that whatever we do, we do… Continue reading Allah is Watching`
A Thinking Mind
Just like we need to exercise other muscles of the body to keep them moving or to develop them, likewise, we need to keep thinking in order to develop a thinking mind. I belive that students need to think about what they study. Wasting too much time playing or doing useless things can take away… Continue reading A Thinking Mind
Qur’anic Miracles: Word Selection: Alhamd (praise and thanks)
Let us look at the miraculous beauty and eloquence of selecting the word ‘Alhamd’ in Surah Al-Fatihah. Let us begin by comparing the word ‘hamd’ with the other word in Arabic for praise which is ‘madh’. madh can be used to praise a non-rational thing such as a house, but hamd is only used for… Continue reading Qur’anic Miracles: Word Selection: Alhamd (praise and thanks)
Insights on a Close Look at a Wall
As I was staring really closely at a wall next to me, I observed that it was made of very fine particles of sand or stone. I thought of how big and heavy stones really are, but when they are crushed into small particles, they can easily be used to make different things. Huge stones… Continue reading Insights on a Close Look at a Wall
Need vs. Purpose
We need toilet, food, drinks, rest, sleep, protection from cold, heat etc. But our purpose it to worship Allah. Therefore we must remember that it is the needs that we must sacrifice for our purpose and not the other way around. The example is just like of any other purpose we chase. When one of… Continue reading Need vs. Purpose
Learning From Mistakes
An intelligent person learns from his mistakes while a super-intelligent person learns from the mistakes of others. The way to learn from our own mistakes is to make bad decisions, then get the experience from them and then ultimately be able to make good decisions. The way to learn from the mistakes of others is… Continue reading Learning From Mistakes
Motivation For Muslims 