Sometimes, it is good to be in situations that threaten our comfort.

Feeling some fear, discomfort or anxiety? This may just be an indication that you are moving out of your comfort zone, and in the direction of your true purpose.

إذا ما قال لي ربي أما استحييت تعصيني

If my Lord asks me, “Have you no shame in disobeying me?

وتخفي الذنب عن خلقي وبالعصيان تأتيني

You conceal your sins from My creation and you come with sins to Me.”

فكيف أجيبُ يا ويحي ومن ذا سوف يحميني؟

So how will I answer? O woe to me and who shall protect me?

أسلي النفس بالآمال من حين الى حينِ

I keep averting my soul with thoughts of hope from time to time.

وأنسى ما وراء الموت ماذا بعد تكفيني

And I forget what is to come after death and what is to come after I am shrouded.

كأني قد ضمنتُ العيش ليس الموت يأتيني

As if I am guaranteed life (eternally) and that death will not come to me.

وجاءت سكرة الموت الشديدة من سيحميني

And when the severe throes of death overtakes me, who will protect me?

نظرتُ إلى الوُجوهِ أليـس منهم من سيفدينـــي

I looked at the faces, is there not from amongst them who will ransom me?

سأسأل ما الذي قدمت في دنياي ينجيني

I will be asked regarding what I have prepared in my life to save me (on the Day of Judgement).

فكيف إجابتي من بعد ما فرطت في ديني

Then how will I answer after I have neglected my religion.

ويا ويحي ألــــم أسمع كلام الله يدعوني

Woe to me! Did I not hear the Speech of Allāh inviting me?

ألــــم أسمع لما قد جاء في قاف ويسِ

Did I not hear what came in (the chapters of) Qāf and Yāsīn?

ألـــم أسمع بيوم الحشر يوم الجمع و الدينِ

Did I not hear about the Day of Gathering, the Day of Assemble and the Day of Judgement?

ألـــم أسمع مُنادي الموت يدعوني يناديني

Did I not hear the crier of death inviting me, calling me?

فيا ربــــاه عبد تــائب من ذا سيأويني

So O my Lord, a slave (turning to You) I have repented. So who then shall shelter me?

سوى رب غفور واسع للحقِ يهديني

Except a Lord extensive in forgiveness, to the truth He will guide me.

أتيتُ إليكَ فارحمني وثقــّـل في موازيني

I have come to You (in repentance) – so have mercy on me, and make heavy my scales (with good deeds).

وخفف في جزائي أنتَ أرجـى من يجازيني

And lighten my account. You are the best of who will bring me to account.

May Allāh ﷻ forgive us and grant us ability to remain obedient to Him. Āmīn.

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Imām Ibn al-Jawzī رحمه الله said:

"Practice isolation for it is the basis of all good, and beware of bad companionship, and let the books and reading about the lives of the salaf be your companions."

[لفتة الكبد إلى نصيحة الولد • صـ ٥٨]

We are not machines.

Zoom out and give yourself credit for how far you’ve come!

د. عبدالله القرافي يختم سورة يونس ويستفتح سورة هود بتراتيل بديعة ومميزة | ليلة 16-9-1443هـ

تلاوات القارئ عبدالله القرافي

DON’T BE DECEIVED

Don’t think this doesn’t apply to you, if this is the people who ascribe to knowledge, then what about you & I?

Always repent for your sins and ask Allāh ﷻ for ‘Āfiyah.

Never become deceived by your knowledge, worship or the fact that you only sin in private!

May Allah protect us.

آمين يا رب العالمين

"Life is a balance between holding on and letting go."

- Rumi

قال النووي - رحمه الله - في "شرح صحيح مسلم ١٧/ ٧٥ " :
‏" لو تكرر الذنب مئة مرة ،أو ألف مرة ، أو أكثر ، وتاب في كل مرة ؛ قُبِلت توبته ، وسقطت ذُنوبه ، ولو تاب عن الجميع توبة واحدة صَحَّتْ توبته ".

Imām Nawawī رحمه الله said in his explanation of Ṣaḥih Muslim 17/ 75:

If you were to commit the same sin a thousand or more times and sought repentance from it each time. Your repentance would be accepted and the sins would be dropped. Even if you made one repentance for all those sins, it would be accepted.

Always remember you have something to be proud of.

Celebrate the small wins

Privacy is key; that is if you value your peace and mental health. Oversharing is the root of many problems. Keep it low-key. Keep it unpredictable. No drama. No stress. Keep working hard in silence and trust the Almighty.

[Mufti Mubasshir]