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I LOVE ALLAH :: Striving Heaven
Posted: Sunday, February 13, 2011 by Ayesha Farheen in Labels: ISLAM[Written by: Salma Omar]
For You I live and for You I'll die,
in this life do my best and try
Stay on that path You have prescribed
not that which society in my head has imbibed
Every good deed I do is in Your name
because for Your great heavens is what I aim
I thank You for the blessings You've given
and for all sins and bad deeds You have forgiven
I thank You for always being by my side
led me and been my One and only Guide
I pray all good I do You approve
and always in my deen and iman I improve
Only You in this world do I praise
every time I pray and my hands I raise
I hope that in my mind will always be the hereafter
and the characteristics of the prophet's wives I take after
I hope on Qiyamah I'll receive my book in my right
and stand with my face shining so bright
Inshallah by those who do good I will stand
and away from the acts of those which You have banned
Grant me the Jannahs in which rivers flow
and please make my soul and face on that day glow.
For You I will always be a slave
through the hardships and high waves
So Allah... for Your forgiveness I plea
because Your mercy and forgiveness are the only key
To Your heavens which You've promised to the righteous believers
and not Jahannam promised to the nonbeliever
in this life do my best and try
Stay on that path You have prescribed
not that which society in my head has imbibed
Every good deed I do is in Your name
because for Your great heavens is what I aim
I thank You for the blessings You've given
and for all sins and bad deeds You have forgiven
I thank You for always being by my side
led me and been my One and only Guide
I pray all good I do You approve
and always in my deen and iman I improve
Only You in this world do I praise
every time I pray and my hands I raise
I hope that in my mind will always be the hereafter
and the characteristics of the prophet's wives I take after
I hope on Qiyamah I'll receive my book in my right
and stand with my face shining so bright
Inshallah by those who do good I will stand
and away from the acts of those which You have banned
Grant me the Jannahs in which rivers flow
and please make my soul and face on that day glow.
For You I will always be a slave
through the hardships and high waves
So Allah... for Your forgiveness I plea
because Your mercy and forgiveness are the only key
To Your heavens which You've promised to the righteous believers
and not Jahannam promised to the nonbeliever
Are you a true Friend? This is a question that I’ve asked myself many times over the years about myself.
We always seem to have people that have given lip service to being a friend. But many times, I have been convinced that they are not. I have found that most people who have masqueraded as friends have shown their true colors when the chips were down. I hear people tell me all the time, I have lots of friends.Think about it this way. We are all basically selfish individuals. We usually are interested in our own self-gratification. That means our world is about me, me, me. We really don't want to do things for other people, but we sure do expect them to do things for us.
- Someone who is always ready to listen without being judgmental
- A person that can be called day or night and they respond
- A person that can offer a viewpoint opposing to mine in kindness and love
- Will stand up for you whatever the cost for them
- Show up for any awards or special accomplishments that you might have
- You hug them without inhibitions, there are no pretensions in this relationship
- you are you and they are they, you love them, they know it, they love you, you know it!
- You know you can ask them to ‘shut up’ or wake them up at midnight for that shoulder to cry on
But, is it possible that sometimes we take this loving relationship a little too casually. We forget that we are fortunate to have been gifted this beautiful relationship—FRIENDSHIP.You always have so much to talk about with your friends. It really doesn't matter what you say, it's just being together that matters. Their presence may not lessen your pain, but it gives you the courage to go on. Psychologists claim that having relatives does not increase your lifespan but having friends does."A good friend always remembers who we were and sees what we can be”
Hijab literally means screen,curtain,partition and concealment. In Islamic way, the word means to cover,conceal or hide oneself from the view of others.
Hijab,with its established limits, is a Divine Law and Guidance based on the Holy Quran and the Traditions of Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W). It has been practiced continuously at all times by the Muslim Ummah. It is not something fictious that was convinced by people and given the status of Islamic Law in Muslim socities based on cultural practices. But, for sometime now, people are going to extremes to its practices and beliefs. Consequently, doubts have been raised in people's minds about the legal status and the basic truth about the Hijab, and it has become the target of questions and doubts.
These days the word Hijab is often translated in english as head scarf, which is not in accordance with its meaning and intent in the Holy Quran. The correct translation is 'Something that covers and conceals completely'.
A Beautiful poem on Hijab
Beauty of Hijab You look at me and call me
oppressed,
Simply because of the way I’m
dressed,
You know me not for what’s
inside,
You judge the clothing I wear with
pride,
My body’s not for your eyes to
hold,
You must speak to my mind, not
my feminine mold,
I’m an individual, I’m no mans
slave,
It’s Allah’s pleasure that I only
crave,
I have a voice so I will be heard,
For in my heart I carry His word,
“O ye women, wrap close your cloak,
So you won’t be bothered by
ignorant folk”,
Man doesn’t tell me to dress this
way, It’s a Law from God that I obey,
Oppressed is something I’m truly
NOT,
For liberation is what I’ve got,
It was given to me many years
ago,
With the right to prosper, the
right to grow,
I can climb mountains or cross the
seas,
Expand my mind in all degrees,
For God Himself gave us LIB-ER-TY,
When He sent Islam,
To You and Me!
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The Pursuit of Happiness is a 2006 American biographical drama film directed by Gabriele Muccino and based on the life of Chris Gardener. The film stars Will Smith as Gardner, an on-and-off-homeless salesman-turned stockbroker.
In 1981, in San Francisco, Chris Gardener (Will Smith) invests his family's savings in Osteo National bone-density scanners, a portable medical imaging device more expensive, but with a higher resolution than a traditional x-ray. The investment proves to be a White Elephant which financially breaks the family and as a result, his wife Linda (Thandie Newton) leaves him and their son Christopher.
Chris is barely able to make ends meet through the occasional sale of one of the devices. One day, while downtown he meets a manager for Dean Witter and impresses him by solving a Rubiks Cube during a short cab ride. This new relationship earns him the chance to interview for a stockbroker internship which he is offered, but nearly turns down when the position turns out to be unpaid. Chris is dealt a further setback when his bank account is garnished by the IRS for back taxes. He is unable to make his rent and is evicted from his apartment. Homeless, he is forced at one point to stay in a bathroom at a BART station. He eventually finds the Glide Memorial United Methodist Church, which offers shelter to the homeless, but due to demand for the limited room, he must leave work early every day in order to secure a place in line. Disadvantaged by his limited work hours, and knowing that maximizing his client contacts and profits is the only way to earn the one position that he and his 19 competitors are fighting for, Chris develops a number of ways to work more efficiently and reaches out to potentital high value customers defying protocol. Despite his personal challenges, he never reveals his circumstances to his coworkers even going so far as to loan one of his bosses five dollars for a cab, a sum he can barely afford.
At the end of his internship, Chris is called into a meeting with his managers. His struggle has paid off and he is offered the position. Fighting back tears, he gratefully accepts. He rushes to his son's daycare, hugging him. They walk down the street, joking with each other and are passed by a man in a business suit (the real Chris Gardner in a cameo). The epilogue reveals that Chris went on to form his own multi-million dollar brokerage firm.
In the San Francisco Chronicle, Mick Lasalle observed, "The great surprise of the picture is that it's not corny . . . The beauty of the film is its honesty. In its outlines, it's nothing like the usual success story depicted onscreen, in which, after a reasonable interval of disappointment, success arrives wrapped in a ribbon and a bow. Instead, this success story follows the pattern most common in life. In other words, it all feels real".