Your Habits put you down. Your habits raise you high. If you acquire and practice bad habits and characteristics such as arrogance, greed, jealousy, bad behaviour, shouting etc., you will see life becoming difficult for your own self, not only for others. If you surround your personality with good characteristics such as gentleness, approachability, kindness,… Continue reading The Decider: Your Habits and Character
Taking Care of Yourself Is Taking Care of Others
Have you ever been tricked into thinking that helping others means forgetting myself and just focusing on others? However, in reality, helping ourselves is part of helping others. Here’s how. When we get up in the morning, brush our teeth, clean our face, wear fresh clothes, put perfume, etc., We are actually presenting a good… Continue reading Taking Care of Yourself Is Taking Care of Others
Philosophy of Joy and Separation
Notice that we feel the highest form of joy, happiness, pleasure etc. from anything, any event, any person, any situation etc. only when two conditions are met. Firstly, we must meet it after a long time. Secondly we should remember it in a good way, desire it and enlarge it in our mind before we… Continue reading Philosophy of Joy and Separation
Rules are Made by Allah
God (Allah) Himself by definition is uncreated and therefore there is no question about Him being created by someone else. However, when we as humans start to think about the rules that govern our universe, it’s easy to imagine that everything has a cause. Applying that rule to Allah doesn’t work. But what we need… Continue reading Rules are Made by Allah
My thoughts on Fear, Greed and Motivation
I was talking to someone and according to him, people do everything for two reasons only: either they fear something or they are greedy for something (they desire something). So for example, we may work hard out of the fear of poverty or we may work hard for a handsome salary. Then I thought that… Continue reading My thoughts on Fear, Greed and Motivation
How To Deal With Traumas and Depression: The Duha Approach
Firstly, here’s a translation of Surah Al-Duha (Surah number 93 of the Holy Qur’an) from quran.com as translated by Mustafa Khattab: By the morning sunlight, and the night when it falls still! Your Lord (O Prophet) has not abandoned you, nor has He become hateful (of you). And the next life is certainly far better… Continue reading How To Deal With Traumas and Depression: The Duha Approach
Let the Spark Ignite!
Whenever we watch, read, listen or experience something motivational, we get a spark to act. But it is much likely that the satan stops us from taking positive action by whispering negative thoughts into us. One such thought is that why should I do this action for I’m only doing it under this motivation. I… Continue reading Let the Spark Ignite!
Knowing Yourself
Our society constantly shapes our thinking and streamlines our thoughts and can easily limit our true freedom and the expanse of our thoughts. We may move forward by taking certain perceptions that were taught to us by our parents and our society. And this social media plays a big part in shaping our perceptions too.… Continue reading Knowing Yourself
The Natural Facial
(Note: following are my personal thoughts on the topic and as with many other ideas, everyone can have their own interpretations.) Alhumdulillah, we have been bestowed with two eyes, two ears, a mouth, a nose, a brain and a heart. But have we ever thought about the wisdom of their number and placement? The input… Continue reading The Natural Facial
Motivational Ideas (Part 29)
If we don’t understand something, it doesn’t mean that it doesn’t make any sense in reality. If we don’t understand the wisdom behind something, it doesn’t mean that it’s without a wisdom. We may understand it later or we may never understand it in this life. Or maybe now our perspective and knowledge is narrow… Continue reading Motivational Ideas (Part 29)
Motivation For Muslims 