It is easy to respect someone above you like your teacher, manager, or the imam at the masjid. These are people easily admired whereas those considered below you, like the person who mows your lawn or cleans the street, are looked on as being less than human.
Life-Lessons: Juz 29
The word Raghabah رَغَبَة, means turning to someone with all devotion, love, and piety. Remember that true devotion requires something to do, it can be from your skills, time, money, or any blessing that you are gifted with.
Life-Lessons: Juz 28
When calamity hits, people lose their faith. They lose their balance and start complaining and showing their displeasure, especially in tough situations. That’s where one start questioning the authority of God, why would Allah do to us? If He loves me and created me, and He is the Malik, how come He is not taking care of me? What kind of Ar-Rahman He is who is putting me through this?
Life-Lessons: Juz 27
Be consistent, whatever project you have started, don't leave that cause in the middle due to any hurdle of life or distraction, perseverance is the key.
Life-Lessons: Juz 26
How obvious is it that we would never like it if someone defames us by exposing our faults in our absence? When we speak ill about someone to another person, the latter may communicate it to the former. And he in turn, instead of being ashamed of his shortcomings, may get enraged and it would result in fights and friction.
Life-Lessons: Juz 25
Did you ever imagine two enormous creations, Heaven and Earth shedding tears for people? Does it do for all people? If it does, why it weep for them? What is special about these people?
Life-Lessons: Juz 24
Most of us are so fickle-minded that we end up thinking that the blessings we are getting are all because of ourselves. We forget that when no one was there for you, Allah heard your cries and prayers. For example, when you lose a job. You cry day and night to Allah Subhana wa Ta’ala, but when Allah Subhana Wata’ala grants you His mercy. You forget to thank him.
Life-Lessons: Juz 23
Being on the Seerat al Mustaqeem is not very easy where there are millions of exits and u-turns. I kept my heart clean for the ones I lost and kept going on my way and doing the things that Allah SWT would like me to do. In every transformation stage, Allah SWT made me gain some precious friends from the same path whom I can call any time of the year without having fear of loss and taking advice without being judged.
Life-Lessons: Juz 22
Coming back to our day-to-day life as mothers we go through a lot of pressure too where sometimes we don’t respond to innocent kids in the best manner. This would further lead to setting a bad example which also gives the wrong message to the little minds.
Life-Lessons: Juz 21
Coming back to our day-to-day life as mothers we go through a lot of pressure too where sometimes we don’t respond to innocent kids in the best manner. This would further lead to setting a bad example which also gives the wrong message to the little minds.
Life-Lessons: Juz 20
Dua is one of the most powerful and effective acts of worship a human being can engage in. Dua has been called the weapon of the believer. It affirms a person’s belief in One God.
Life-Lessons: Juz 19
We all know marriage and family is one of the most important unit of the society. Do we think about our family like the same? Do we realize how important it is to have a family which is a source of comfort and peace?
Life-Lessons: Juz 18
We know Allah Ta'ala is our Rabb who created us and He tests us on what will we do in this world which is a place of test for the believers and as for the disbelievers it is a place to do whatever they wish because they don't believe in the hereafter and nor that they will be held accountable for what they do by Allah Almighty Who created them.
Life-Lessons: Juz 17
Generally, sadness and depression are normal reactions to unfortunate events. Islam teaches us that grief should not overcome our lives. Prophet Zakariyah and his wife had no control over their struggles and childlessness. They not only embrace their situation but explore the options they had.
Life-Lessons: Juz 16
The sound belief gives rise to righteous deeds, mends the heart, and corrects human behavior. It helps to do good in both this world and the Hereafter; such people have the basic elements that guide them in dealing with situations of happiness and joy, anxiety, sorrow, and grief.
Life-Lessons: Juz 15
Our Parents play a very important role in our lives. They help us to provide status and identity in society. They are the reason we came into this world.
Life-Lessons: Juz 14
When people hurt us, we should humble ourselves to Allah and see how Allah defends and saves us from the hurtful and abusive behaviors of people.
Life-Lessons: Juz 13
In in our day-to-day routines, when the hearts experience this peace, know all is good and so they do all their work for the rest of the day in a good mood and a positive manner because of Allah's zikr, which provides their hearts the peace and guidance they needed.
Life-Lessons: Juz 12
When inflicted, leave the people who distressed you and/or inflicted the harm. Don't argue no matter what. Just rely upon Allah. He is enough to take care of everything.
Life-Lessons: Juz 11
Our heart should always be at rest and have full tawakkul that Allah Has control of overall harm and good that inflicts us.
Life-Lessons: Juz 10
When you are committed to deen, you have to keep your actions as per it by taking care of the consequences in mind. Following requires, strong commitment, and commitment demands true effort and sacrifice of your time, desires, and conviction.
Life-Lessons: Juz 9
When you are committed to deen, you have to keep your actions as per it by taking care of the consequences in mind. Following requires, strong commitment, and commitment demands true effort and sacrifice of your time, desires, and conviction.
Life-Lessons: Juz 7
Don’t try to find religious excuses for your personal addiction and don’t sell the religion. You are justifying your behavior by misrepresenting Islam.
Life-Lessons: Juz 6
When you feel something is unfair or disrespectful of your rights, hold your reaction in anger or frustration. Because there is a chance that in anger, one may cross the line and regret it later.
Life-Lessons: Juz 5
When one chooses to disobey, it leads to sins one after the other. Don’t try to make something lawful that your heart desires. Reality will not change, unlawful will remain unlawful.
Life-Lessons: Juz 4
With dua, a person wants Allah to bury his misdeeds which are making him ashamed. And doesn’t want to be accountable for these evil deeds because it’s not only that people will know about it but it will lead to hell-fire too. That will be humiliation over humiliation.
Life-Lessons: Juz 3
The roles of both men and women are equally important and their gender does not mean anything when it comes to the path of Jannah because when a person is completely focused and persistent for the sake of Allah, the doors of Jannah are equally open.
Life-Lessons: Juz 2
The absolute Master of this universe, who is all-Powerful and have authority over everything, is so close to us that we can always approach Him without the intercession of any intermediaries, and can put to Him our prayers and requests.
Life-Lessons: Juz 1
Pride is the door to many other evils such as Jealousy, a sense of superiority, trouble listening to others, annoyance, blame-shifting, and no-guilt feelings about sins.
Life-Lessons: A Quranic Series
We are starting this Ramadan 2022 inshaAllah, a new series for the learners of the Quran. There are so many instances when we recite the Quran and make a dua right away for that blessing mentioned in those ayaat. Sometimes, the advice in the verses touched our hearts. And at other times, ayah raises a… Continue reading Life-Lessons: A Quranic Series