Set high goals, work hard, make du'ā', have tawakkul and at the end of each day, be pleased with your destiny for that day.

The world is a paradise for the disbeliever and a prison for you,

The world is the prison of the believer!

Yet you love it, just as they do.

A new perspective for you and I, when we complain about Islām making things Ḥarām.

We were never meant to be free here in the first place!

It’s your mind. Fill it up with what you like.

Fill it with worldly thoughts and you’ll feel heavy like the animals of this world.

Fill it with purity of Allāh ﷻ's thought & you’ll feel light like the angels in the heavens.

[Shaykh Ḥasan ʿAlī]

Learn to be alone. Eat alone, sleep alone, vibe alone, heal alone. Be so confident that you can bloom without opinions and approvals. And if you ever doubt yourself, always remember who you were and how far you've come.

You may not have control over every single thing, all of the time...but you do have control over one thing most of the time: perspective.

Perspective is everything when you are experiencing life and the trials and tribulations that come along with it. Zoom out. Change your focus. Alter your reality by altering the way you see it.

Sufyān b. Uyainah رحمه الله:

“A knowledgeable person is not he who knows the good and the bad. Rather a knowledgeable person is he who knows the good and follows it; and he knows the evil and shuns it.”

[Tahdheeb Al-Kamaal (11/ 191- 192)]

SubḥānAllāh. What we think is impossible is possible for the One who created the concept of impossible in the first place.

Amazing reminder from Muftī Wasīm Khan

As ṭullāb we aspire to the closeness of Allāh. How can we achieve this closeness with the presence of sins in our lives?

Accept the Qadr of Allāh. Know what hit was never meant to miss and what missed was always meant to be that way. To understand this is by far the most difficult thing one can learn to do, but once it's done, that's when one is able to taste the true sweetness of īmān.

Look inside yourself, you are more than what you've become.

Be grateful to your Lord for the good and even more when things don't go the way we want it to. He knows that which we don't. Allāh never burdens a soul with more than it can bear. What missed us will be replaced with something better. We pray for the love of Allāh while His love for us has always been there, who moved? Who else is there to pray to? Who else can guide us?

The pain you feel today is the reason why you've finally turned to Him. See this as a blessing and know it's all for a better you! Listen to your past. Don't live life blind. This path you tread was never made for the weak, you're almost there, bear patience and prepare to reap the reward of all that you've been through.

Grey skies don't last forever. Know that this too shall pass. There's a reason behind all this struggle, there's a reason why we fall, all for us to turn to Him, Him alone and there's nothing to do except rebuild, there's nowhere to go except up.

Do not lose hope; nor be sad. Allāh hears your duʿās. Be patient and trust Him to open the right door for you at the right time.

Be patient, for what's written for you is written by the Greatest of writers.

[luqmaanmakda]