The Inspired Stranger

Happiness doesn’t depend on the lifestyle you conduct, the people you interact with nor the riches you celebrate. It’s the hope that you can bring within someone’s heart with your smile.. the light you can be to guide yourself in the right path.. the fuel you can be to rekindle someone’s dead lamp.. it’s mixed in the life you live, the attitude you display and the energy you emit..

I’m not writing this because it’s the end of a calendar year and the beginning of a new one.. it’s because I believe change is not timed. Happiness is independent. No external force is needed to feel it. It’s the fraction of a second that takes to start feeling it.. start it. Now! ♥

There was just one human being, who was the first to love you, even before you learnt how to feel it. Your Mother

One human being, who would go on crazy about you, talking about you, buying things for you and let pass every moment waiting to see you, before you even knew what you really are and what you really need. Your Father.

It started when you were just a single cell.

When we seek things in life, our materialistic attention overlooks these inbound treasures that were gifted to us since before birth..

A wise man once told me, “If ever you want to do something, and not sure whether it’s the right thing, ask yourself that if you will be able to tell this matter to your mother, If you respond negative, move away from it. That affair brings evil.”

Your father, he was a man who became who he is from level 0, if you stand in a position where success is easily reachable, it’s on his shoulders you have your feet on.

Can you afford to hurt them for mere pleasure of time?

“Love in a headscarf” - Closing the book, I’m surprised at myself that why haven’t I read this earlier. When I heard such good things about it, why hadn’t I rushed to it. Well, Qadr explains it.. Allah knows what is the best to be presented at the best time.

Reading through the book, I discovered myself being revealed, not the same Shelina, but rather another unique and complicated soul behind a casual headscarf..

Love is redefined, over the natural butterflies in the tummy to something deeper and stable.

Hope, it has brought in me.. that wait is no big deal if the searchlight is always bright..

Divine, it tells me, that life is nothing but in pursuit of Divine love, do we find the completion of life.

Patience, it has taught me, that it’s not the job of someone to perfect me, but in my path of driving towards the Divine, will I merge with a parallel road.

Happiness, I realized is not the destination, but rather the state of mind in quest of Love.

It inspired me to remove the ugly covering of culture from the beautiful setting of religion.

It inspired me to be Elegant, Strong, Compassionate, Happy, Helpful, Trustworthy, Humble, Daring, Careful, Pure and Confident.

It inspired me to be myself, a unique creation, a desirable human in a modest package.

It inspired me to live, in order to please none, but One.

It inspired me to take examples of those great Women, like Kadhijah, Asiyah, Hagar, Mary and live to please God alone.

Finally, I realize I should redirect my path towards attaining the peak of faith and always expect love. Never to lose hope always be ready and the rest will fall in the right places, at the right moments.. :-)

There are three types of people on this earth that involve in worship to Allah in three different ways.

The first kind, they involve in deeds due to the social impact. They fast because the family does, stand in prayer because the neighbors do… Their deeds are very much dependent on the external factors. They are for example the people who fast and pray only in the month of Ramadan and then get back to being their normal selves later.

The second kind, they approach Allah in times of trials and difficulties. Allah bestows upon them certain tests and at such times they remember Allah and involve in extreme depth of worship and when Allah helps them out of the difficulty, they eventually forget the hard times and get back to being ignorant.

The third are the rarest of them all… They are the ones who struggle to complete the Deen of Allah due to the consciousness and the Taqwa. They are the one who do the smallest of deeds for the sake of pleasing Allah alone… They do not depend on society, situation or time. They give charity in order to please Allah and they are the ones who are happy at heart.

The first two are the ones who need that extra bit of effort. Allah gives them such situations and trials in order for them to attain that God consciousness and continue to develop themselves. It’s our responsibility to understand which category are we in and try and enjoin all our goodness with Allah.

The month of Ramadan is a special opportunity. Allah has promised to keep the devils locked up during this holy month and whatever the mistake that we do are only to be blamed on us and our Nafs. This is the time to understand ourselves make things right. Only we know best of what lies in our hearts. It’s time to take that extra little step and to walk that extra mile in order to attain the best out of this life.

May Allah make our times and efforts productive and positive… :)

I was watching the full moon spending most of my night at the balcony.. and I just wondered, why wouldn’t I be able to watch this beauty in such a peaceful environment everyday.. I loved the dark, and the beautiful moon lightening it up…

I then realized, it’s impossible.. the moon would soon be taken over by the burning Sun, and tomorrow, it would get smaller, and day by day, it will be sent into nothing…

Our life is also like that. Every extremely happy moment reduces its fashion by time, and later it would be hidden in memory and a darkness arrives.. but just like how the moon gets back in shape, a little hope and a positive breakthrough develops.. but we always fail to notice it.. regrets about the lost glow overshadows the beautiful hope Allah brings for us in something..

The moon, it has its fixed cycle, 14 days on way and the other 14 another.. it happens, everyday the same way as it has been happening for centuries..still the beauty of it is never lost..

Our life, is a little different, there’s no fixed time period for a cycles, and the cycle seldom repeats.. it happens like its all random, because while something new happens, the interconnected past is lost and forgotten.. but every event is beautifully planned and perfectly ordered.. to watch the beauty and enjoy the life that we’re gifted with is the task to fulfill…

This world is given to us as a temporary stage, to act our play. It’s the testing ground, for the hereafter, which would be eternal. This stage, it has so many different characters and scenes, but to shine in it is the attainment of the purpose… Shine, on this world, as that beautiful full moon in the dark sky.. shine as a true human, and give light to those who are weak in sight.. shine for those who are less in knowledge, and be useful to those watching you with awe :-)