The Dunes (Al-Ahqãf)

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THEY RIDICULED THE MESSENGER'S WARNINGS
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[46:26] We had established them in the same way as we established you, and provided them with hearing, eyes, and minds. But their hearing, eyes, and minds did not help them at all. This is because they decided to disregard GOD's revelations. Thus, the prophecies and warnings that they ridiculed have caused their doom.

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[46:27] We have annihilated many communities around you, after we had explained the proofs, that they might repent.

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[46:28] Why then did the idols they set up to bring them closer to GOD fail to help them? Instead, they abandoned them. Such were the false gods they idolized; such were the innovations they fabricated.

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INTELLECT...

"For everything there is an instrument and a tool, and the instrument of the believer is his intellect: for everything there is a mainstay, and the mainstay of man is his intellect; for everything there is a support, and the support of religion is the intellect; for every group of me there is a goal, and the goal of the worshippers is the intellect; for every people there is a missionary (who calls them to true faith), and the missionary of the devout is the intellect; for every merchant there are goods and merchandise, and the merchandise of the scholars is the intellect; for every house there is a keeper, and the keeper of the houses of the saints is the intellect; for every ruin there is rehabilitation, and the rehabilitation of death is the intellect; for every man there is a offspring who bears his name and perpetuates his memory, and the offsprings of the saints, who bear their names, and perpetuate their memory , are their intellects; and finally for every journey there is a shelter, and the shelter of the believers is the intellect".

-Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)-

GREED... (from a very young age!!!)

YOU ARE OBSESSED BY GREED FOR MORE

AND MOREUNTIL YOU GO DOWN TO YOUR GRAVES

NAY, BUT YOU WILL COME TO KNOW!

NAY, BUT YOU WILL COME TO KNOW!

NAY, IF YOU BUT KNEW IT WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF CERTAINTY,

YOU WOULD INDEED SEE THE HELL YOU ARE IN.

IN TIME, INDEED, YOU SHALL SEE IT WITH THE EYE OF CERTAINTY:

AND ON THAT DAY YOU WILL BE ASKED WHAT YOU HAVE DONE WITH THE BOON OF YOU LIFE.

They always teach their kids how to be greedy! yep, indirectly.... Don't give your friend a piece of your sandwich, don't give anyone your pencil...

DON'T DON'T DON'T...

OH ALLAH... FORGIVE THEM, AND HELP US TO KNOW BETTER...

AMEN.

ALL DOORS ARE OPEN TO CLOSE ENDINGS!!!

DON'T YOU SEE THAT WHAT IS TRUE AND RIGHT IS NOT ACTED UPON AND WHAT IS FALSE AND WRONG IS NOT FORBIDDEN? IN SUCH A SITUATION, THE MAN OF FAITH YEARNS FOR THE MEETING WITH HIS LORD. INDEED, (IN SUCH CONDITIONS) TO ME DEATH IS HAPPINESS, AND LIFE UNDER THE YOKE OF TYRANTS IS DISGRACE.

DON'T YOU THINK?

Al-Qalam

We did not create heaven and Earth and everything in between them as a game. If We had desired to have some amusement, We would have derived it from Our Presence, but We did not do that. Rather We hurl the truth against falsehood and it cuts right through it and it vanishes clean away! Woe without end for you for what you portray!

(Qur'an, 21:16-18)

A brother just told me this...

AND IT IS BEAUTIFUL:

"THE QURAN SAYS HOLD TO THE ROPE OF ALLAH AND BE NOT DIVIDED .

THE ROPE IS ISLAM"

ETERNAL LIFE...

ALL THINGS WISE AND BEAUTIFUL

ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL

ALL THINGS WISE AND WONDERFUL

THE GOOD LORD MADE THEM ALL

GRANT US, LORD, THE WISDOM AND THE GRACE TO USE RIGHT...

THE TIME THAT IS LEFT TO US HERE ON EARTH.

LEAD US TO REPENT OF OUR SINS, THE EVIL WE HAVE DONE...

AND THE GOOD WE HAVE NOT DONE.

AND STRENGTHEN US TO FOLLOW THE STEPS OF YOUR APOSTLE...

IN THE WAY THAT LEADS TO THE FULLNESS OF ETERNAL LIFE.

MIND AND PREJUDICES...

" ABANDON THE URGE TO SIMPLIFY EVERYTHING, TO LOOK FOR FORMULAS AND EASY ANSWERS, AND TO BEGIN TO THINK MULTI DIMENSIONALLY, TO GLORY IN THE MYSTERY AND PARADOXES OF LIFE, NOT TO BE DISMAYED BY THE MULTITUDE OF CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES THAT ARE INHERENT IN EACH EXPERIENCE---TO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT LIFE IS COMPLEX . "

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A thought that comes to the mind is a product of illusions, memories, idealistic and perfectionist ideas that have been inculcated through different mediums of life – school, teachers, parents, friends, society and so on. The mind puts them all or some in the memory bank. And the projections happen at different points of life. Some events are remembered for as long as a lifetime and others are forgotten for ever. And then there are times, when you may suddenly remember something after ages. And then the next day completely forget about it. What is this mind game all about? Why this permanent and temporary memory gains and loses? Does mind discriminate one event over other? On the lighter side, the working of the mind is absolutely fascinating. And so the neurobiologists still have a job. But the mind game can take an aggressive turn and be painful and tormenting.And so the growing need for psychiatrists.Thoughts that you don’t actually want to remember are the ones that tend to haunt you more often. And there are other pleasant ones too that you may still remember and cherish. Events that are embarrassing, an evening when you did something completely awkward, a meeting that turned ugly, an argument, some tormenting event, a single damaging statement that has stayed with you forever – that’s the bad side.One bad even ti still remember is again at school. I was in class 4. And I did not finish my math homework. And I was pinched by the teacher on the under side of the upper arm. I almost bruised for a week. But more than the physical pain, it’s the memory that is more painful. And more of such personal events.Then there are beautiful events as well – for instance I still remember a day when I was returning from the school, peak of summer and it was 2 in the afternoon. And I bought an orange ice-stick from a vendor outside the school. I also remember the sheet of paper I was holding when I was in class 3 & it was the first time I was going to sing in front of the whole school. It had the song “humko mann ki shakti dena..” written on it. I also remember the get together at my grandparents house. I was 7. And all the cousins and the aunts n uncles.. gathered in the hall and we all sang and danced. I distinctly remember the brass container my grandpa used to keep sweet snacks (jaangri and laddu) in. A walk to the park with him, a fight with my sister, a game of carom…I wish I would remember more of the good events and let the bad ones vanish. It is almost abusive to remember and get tormented by some of those memories. Many of those events, an event that might have been absolutely insignificant can be the starting point. The life might take a turn to good or bad. It can also give rise to the many prejudices and conditioned thoughts through the growing years. The ways of our life. So how does one live with it? Can you benefit and make it a vital experience. My take is – it’s hard. Very hard. But hopefully acheivable. But the best would be to deal with it asap. Good ones – cultivate them.. cherish them. Bad ones – deal with them. Or face them head on.

I DON’T REALLY GET IT!!!

WHY DO WE CARE SOOOOO MUCH ABOUT PEOPLE WHEN THEY ARE SICK? OR DYING?
I MEAN, IN THE NORMAL DAYS, WE JUST AVOID THEM, OR JUST LIVE WITH THEM, BUT HARDLY FEEL THEM, OR AT LEAST SIMPLY TRULY LOVE THEM… BUT WHEN THEY’RE ILL, WE CARE SOOOOO MUCH!!! IS THIS HYPOCRISY OR I’M BEING HARSH!
SOMETIMES WE NEED THIS BLUNTNESS WITH OUR OWN SELVES...
RIGHT?!
CHERISH EVERY MOMENT HUMANS!

CLASH OF THE UNCIVILIZED !

ONE SHOULD NOT SEE THE ONGOING CRISIS AS A CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS. PHENOMENA AS DEEP AND COMPLEX AS CIVILIZATIONS CANNOT BE THROWN INTO CONFLICT OVERNIGHT BY MEDIA-DRIVEN CAMPAIGNS. A CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS WOULD ALSO INVOLVE THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IDENTIFIED BY A PARTICULAR CIVILIZATIONAL NEXUS. THE CURRENT CRISIS IS THE RESULT OF A REGRETTABLE INCIDENT THAT HAS BEEN EXPLOITED BY AN UNCIVILIZED MINORITY OF PROVOCATEURS BOTH IN THE WEST AND THE EAST TO ADVANCE THEIR CONFLICTING AGENDAS. AS LONG AS THAT EXPLOITATION CONTINUES, THE CRISIS COULD APTLY BE CALLED THE CLASH OF THE UNCIVILIZED.

--BY IMAM ZAID SHAKIR--

ERRAMENTIS... (do u understand it's meaning?!)

When half a thousand years and more

Had passed, and men allegiance swore

To the Arab Prophet, beneath the tree,

My willing hand was still not free

From bonds of time and space to be

Between his hands in fealty.

Such blessings missed, time was when I

Within myself would wonder why,

Half quarrelling with the book of fate

For having writ me down so late.

But now I no longer my lot

Can question, and of what was not.

No more I say: Would it had been!

For I have seen what I have seen,

And I have heard what I have heard.

So if to tears ye see me stirred,

Presume not that they spring from woe:

In thankful wonderment they flow.

Praise be to Him, the Lord, the King,

Who gives beyond all reckoning.

YA ALLAH YA KAREEM...

MAY ALLAH GUIDE US ALL TO THE

***STRAIGHT PATH AND

***KEEP OUR DESIRES FOR HIS FACE...

AMEN.

ODDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SOMEONE ONCE TOLD ME:

"WHAT ARE THE PROBABILITY THAT I SEE U AGAIN TO TELL U THIS, IT'S LIKE ONE OVER THE TOTAL POPULATION OF THE WORLD. HEY I KNOW IT'S WEIRD, MAY BE ACTUALLY MORE THAN WEIRD, RETARDED! BUT U KNOW SOMETIMES THINGS ARE MADE JUST NEED TO BE TOLD... I'LL END HERE, WANNA KEEP IT REALLY SIMPLE. HOPE TO GET A SIGN OF LIFE FROM U"

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EVERYONE IS ONE ON THEIR OWN...

YOU'LL NEVER FIND ANYONE LIKE THEM EXACTLY!!!

AND THAT'S FOR SURE!
THIS IS A SIGN OF LIFE FROM ME RIGHT NOW, AND RIGHT HERE!!!

CHANCES ARE:

"ONE OVER THE TOTAL POPULATION OF THE WORLD."

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CHANCE?

THIS TIME, THIS PLACE

MISUSED, MISTAKES

TOO LONG, TOO LATE

JUST ONE CHANCE

JUST ONE BREATH

JUST IN CASE THERE'S JUST ONE LEFT

'CAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW

THE HOURS...

GROWTH & DEATH ...

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"EGO" SYSTEM !!!

IT'S NOT AN ECOSYSTEM ANYMORE...

IT'S BECOME A BROKEN "E-G-O" SYSTEM !!!

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SIGNS ...

"We will show them Our Signs on the horizon and within themselves until it is clear to them that it is the truth. Is it not enough for your Lord that He is a witness of everything?"

--(Qur'an, 41: 53)

"Have they not reflected that God created the heavens and the earth and everything between them for a worthy end and for a fixed term? Yet many people deny that they will ever meet their Lord."

--(Qur'an, 30: 8)

"Does not man see that We created him from a drop, yet there he is, an open antagonist! He makes likenesses of Us and forgets his own creation, saying, "Who will give life to bones when they are decayed?" Say "He Who made them in the first place will bring them back to life. He has total knowledge of each created thing." "

--(Qur'an, 36: 77-79)

PEOPLE, IT'S EITHER BLACK OR WHITE...

OR AT LEAST, THAT'S HOW I ALWAYS SEE IT...

SCARS OF LIFE...

[87:16] INDEED, YOU ARE PREOCCUPIED WITH THIS FIRST LIFE.
[87:17] EVEN THOUGH THE HEREAFTER IS FAR BETTER AND EVERLASTING.
[87:18] THIS IS RECORDED IN THE EARLIER TEACHINGS.
[87:19] THE TEACHINGS OF ABRAHAM AND MOSES.

Hit the brakes... and then look around you... But before that, look within you, look at you, and you'll see a bit of a difference, difference that occured to you since yesterday itself, maybe yesterday seemed to be the same, but it wasn't...

Things happen.

Things you never see coming.

And you think afterward,

"If I'd known this,

would I have changed things?

would I have done more?

what would I be thinking?"

I NEED MORE TIME.

Well, you don't, and quite the "IF"...

START NOW, YOU SHOULD MAKE THE DIFFERENCE. DON'T BE SURPRISED... Don't be surprised when you find your face sooooooo different, it's because you haven't been looking close enough, and that's why you don't see the changes...

plese make the change that you Lord has asked of you, and DON'T get so preoccupied with this first life...

Or else....

Or else you won't like what you'll see later on...