University of Life: May 2011

Tawakkal

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The world is indeed truly challenging. I have to admit that wholeheartedly. With its comforts, amenities, and temptations are enough to lure people into the milieu of failure.

Just look outside of our environment where we could see how rich people are getting richer, fat people are getting fatter, old people are getting older, but we tend to forget that we are shifting towards one definite point. I really have to admit that I myself always lost my way whenever my exams were coming nearer. My friends always reminded me of this so-called tests not only from human or university, but also from God. Repeatedly, I was advised to put everything in the hand of God, to give over my hope after putting a lot of effort.

I was told that it is the concept of 'tawakal' that we've tried hard enough and then it's the decision of God to put us into any shoes that He want. I know very well that whichever shoes I'll be placed into, it will always be the next test for me. The worldly test will never cease.

However, one thing that sometimes I forget is to ask forgiveness from Allah. This is in "The Law of Tawakkal".

Inayah; which means to ask help from the Lord and pray for the best.
Inabah; which means to ask for forgiveness.

But, as a human being, we sometimes forget to do the latter. It's true that certain people claimed that they recite the word of asking forgiveness such "Astaghfir ya Rabb" and et cetera, but let us again, introspect ourselves; are we really asking the God to forgive us? Or is it because of our routine to recite such things? Could we cry over our sins; even for a very little sin? Could we ever ask the Lord to give us this and that while we don't feel ashamed of ourselves.

Again, I admit that sometimes I felt ashamed to ask more from God, but then, I'll ask more and more. We cannot live by not asking anything from the Lord, because in the end, we'll end up feeling empty in our soul as if the Lord had abandoned us. But, trust me! He will never abandon us for He is Ever-Loving and Ever-Forgiving! That's the reason why we always been put into tests again and again so that we will always remember where did we come from and who created us.

It's perfectly true that God's Gracious and Mercy will always be unto us, but it is up to us to decide whether we want to be loved by Him or want to be casted away even though God will never put his creations aside. Remember this Law of Tawakal : Inayah and Inabah. May The Lord bless our good deeds. InsyaAllah.

Allah said in the Quran (At-Taubah 9:51) :

"Say: 'Nothing shall ever happen to us except what Allah has ordained for us. He is our Lord.' And in Allah let the believers put their trust."

..the rule of 'P's..

..pray..plan..prepare..and pray..

Friendship

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What about friendship?

Friendship is indescribable to some people like me.
But different people share different angles of what best friends mean to them. People will always want to find someone who can be by their side all the time, who can be shared with problems in time of hardships, who can be of almost similar characters, who could understand their feelings, their attitudes, and many more. But one thing I can be assured of about me myself is I can never find the best friends in the whole world like the ones I already have now.

We don't need to have the same opinion to be best friend, nor the same likes, the same experience, the same thought and et cetera. But, to me, best friends are those who could smile for my likes, who could cry for my hardships, who could help whichever they could, who could share what they have, who could laugh or at least smile for my jokes, and the most important thing is who could teach me and guide me in this path of life that I'm walking in.

The path that we walk in will never be jolly if we don't have friends. Thanks to all my friends that make my life jovial. Thank you to my best friend NN too for always reminding me about what friendship means. Thank you for saying to me; "I wish I could cry with you this time." It meant a lot to me. A lot..

Allah said in the Quran (Al-Hujurat 49:10) :

"The believers are but brothers, so make settlement between you brothers. And fear Allah so that you may receive mercy."

ps: I love all my friends.. ^_^

..true friendship is like a rose..

..we don't realise it's beauty until it fades..

World Class View

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This is my say! This is my voice! This is my thought!

Going through this walk of life up till now, I comprehended that there are lots and lots of voice in this world. How beautiful the world is with so many people having so many different words, thoughts. This is one of the gracious things that Allah gave us so that we could appreciate and understand each other.

Some people think they are always au fait with certain things, but in all conscience, we never know that we are really the expert. Striving towards being an expert on certain things does not mean we have to put aside other says, but to live with it side by side moving towards better quality of thought.

Allah said in the Quran (Hud 11:118) :

"And had your Lord willed, He would have made mankind one nation (but He did not) - and they will keep differing."

Hence, I hope that everyone could see just the way I do, that different voices do not necessarily mean "against of", but they are actually "in addition to that". They are our Lord's mercy towards us.