tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90942629282184588462024-03-20T10:17:28.144+03:00♥ The Dreamer and Believer ♥I dream...I Believe...I Believe in my Dreams...And then I try to make them true! And believe me reader, we all can, including you!DSKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897078328364088508noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9094262928218458846.post-69220959740471870462013-02-22T08:40:00.000+03:002013-02-22T08:53:10.361+03:00Thoughts to Share...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I love how there are these moments (sadly not often for me but I do try!) where I really read Qur'an...I mean I read and listen to the words not just read to convince myself that 'I read a bit of Qur'an for the day'. And in one of these moments I was reading Surat Ali-Imran which is Chapter 3 in the Quran and I came upon verses number 14 & 15 and I stopped. Subhanallah they were so beautiful, you know why? Because these two verses show the difference between what this ending life has to offer us and what the eternal life in Paradise has to offer us. May we be from the people of Paradise..Ameen! The verses go like this, read them with focus;<br />
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Allah says in the Quran:<br />
Bismillah Al-Rahmaan Al-Raheem,<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>{<span id="verse_307_language_6_content">Beautified for people is the love of that which they desire - of women and sons, heaped-up sums of gold and silver, fine branded horses, and cattle and tilled land. That is the enjoyment of worldly life, but Allah has with Him the best return. </span></b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span id="verse_308_language_6_content">Say, "Shall I inform you of [something] better than that? For those who fear Allah will be gardens in the presence of their Lord beneath which rivers flow, wherein they abide eternally, and purified spouses and approval from Allah . And Allah is Seeing of [His] servants - } (Qur'an 3:14-15)</span></b></span></span></span></div>
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And then the verses go on to explain <i>who </i>are Allah's servants?</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span id="verse_308_language_6_content">{</span></b><b><span id="verse_308_language_6_content"><span id="verse_309_language_6_content">Those who say, "Our Lord, indeed we have believed, so forgive us our sins and protect us from the punishment of the Fire,".... </span></span><span id="verse_310_language_6_content">The patient, the true, the obedient, those who spend [in the way of Allah ], and those who seek forgiveness before dawn.} (Qur'an 3:16-17)</span></b></span></span></span><br />
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So let us try to be from those people who remember to ask for forgiveness from Allah when we do wrong, for He is always there and He is always watching.</div>
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Let us remember to thank Him for the many countless blessings He bestowed upon us.</div>
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Let us try to move our hearts before they wilt like a flower and die. For even though our hearts are beating but they might be dead...if we don't read Qur'an, if we don't remember Allah by doing tasbeeh for example, if we don't pray the 5 prayers, if we don't instill the teachings of Islam into our lives...then what is our purpose in life really?</div>
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I pray that Allah guides me and you unto the right path always. I pray that he keeps our hearts beating with the remembrance of Him. I pray that our hearts and tongues never stop from doing remembrance of Allah. I pray that Allah grants us Khushoo in Salah. And I pray that Allah keeps us strong on the beautiful path of Islam!</div>
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This is a reminder to me first before anyone else for I feel like life has taken up all my time and I don't put time for the more important and beneficial things, the more valuable things. We need to start prioritizing our lives better to lead a much happier and comfortable life.</div>
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Whatever I said that's wrong is from me and whatever I said that's true is from Allah.</div>
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Until next time,</div>
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Take care everyone!</div>
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DSKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897078328364088508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9094262928218458846.post-26425298897766871112013-02-12T04:21:00.003+03:002013-02-12T04:31:03.093+03:00My new favorite Islamic Song!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The link of the song I'm talking about:<br />
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* <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v9ECVbQaXo" target="_blank">This one</a> is the video clip for it but no translation in the video <br />
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* <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9nNifDLwJI" target="_blank">This one</a> has the translation in the video. (I found it after I translated below...so my translation might be different in words...but the meaning is the same :)<br />
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Asalamu Aliekum brothers and sisters,</div>
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I was listening to different Islamic
songs a few minutes ago and I just had the sudden urge to write, to
express what emotions went and are going through me. One of the
nasheeds I was listening to was talking about Islam and what it truly
is. The words were just so beautiful and I just went wow! In such
simple words this song actually captured the simplicity and beauty of
our religion. I'll quickly translate the words so you can see what I
mean; it goes like this:</div>
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No, No don't assume that Islam is far
away from love and life</div>
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and that by not following Islam you
will live what your heart desires</div>
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or that the days will be better and
more beautiful and that life is what will save you and bring you to
happiness</div>
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For your religion is a sea of hopes
with a beach for your dreams</div>
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Islam is not what you fear; just full
of obligations and things forbidden</div>
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For truly Islam is beautiful, and not
what you assume</div>
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All the orders God gives us are things
to guide us and call us for what is right and good for us</div>
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He tells us to leave things that would
lead us to evil and hurt</div>
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For Allah is Al-Raheem (The Most Merciful ) and
Al-Haleem (The Forbearing ) and calls us to good things</div>
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In Islam there's prayer and
fasting...and also happiness and joy</div>
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and the religious person is the one you
find smiling and full of light</div>
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always trying to build this life...with
a personality so gentle and patient</div>
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Islam is inside us growing and
nurturing our love for others</div>
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Islam is a ship of sweet love and peace
pushed by the most beautiful of feelings</div>
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What a beautiful life this would be if
we live with Islam as the base of our life!</div>
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So these are the words (I translated as
best as I could) of the song I'm talking about. And it's as if I was
awaken...for that's so true! When Allah tells us to leave something
it's not because He wants to make our life hard and miserable! It's
because He wants to make it happy and full of peace and comfort! He
doesn't want us hurt. He created us and He knows what is best for us
more than anyone else including ourselves. For who better knows us
than the One who created us?</div>
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For example, Don't do drugs. Look
around, it's the cause of problems worldwide. Even people with
different religions or non-religious people still look at drugs with
hate, for it ruins a person and his life and the life of those around
him!</div>
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Then comes alcohol which at one point
years ago, even the USA wanted to ban due to it's negative results
but couldn't because the people wanted it. As humans we run after our
desires and these desires aren't always good for us..these desires
can't be controlled unless we are <i><span style="font-weight: normal;">willing</span></i>
to control them and we have a <i>bases</i> in life to help us do
that...and that's what Islam is! Our lifeline! What does alcohol
really do except break up families? Or make the person drinking it
lose consciousness of what is around him? What does it really do
except silence the desires of humans to forget? We are talking about
the majority of people in this world. Rules are never put just for
the one or two people who <i>might</i> be different than the rest.</div>
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As for having relationships in a haram
way meaning by having boyfriends/girlfriends and such instead of the
right way which is marriage. This leads to broken hearts and again
broken families! One of the many scenarios that would come would be;
A girl has a sexual relationship with a guy and if she ends up with a
kid the guy might not want to get married, or might say he doesn't
want to take responsibility...this leaves the kid with no real family
name...he doesn't know his dad...the mom has to work to raise the
kid. And even if he did accept the kid as his own, what sort of
relationship is it when the girl or the guy are always unsure if this
will be forever or not? There's no real thing that actually ties them
together like a marriage certificate and ceremony...so the
uncertainty is there and that leads to instability....why put
yourself in a situation like this? This isn't respect for the woman
is it? Of course that's just one of many scenarios of real events
that happen out there due to the uncontrolled life that people choose
to lead, giving it the name 'freedom'. When in reality a person is
just shackling him/herself to an unstable life that won't lead to
happiness.</div>
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Those were examples of things we are
forbidden to do. Then there are the things we are ordered to do.</div>
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Like the prayers (Salah) for example.
Some just choose not to do it, others do it while feeling like its a
burden. But why? If we were to think of it this way...each day has 24
hours right? And our day is just filled with things we do for this
life...sleep...eat...go out...study...work...have fun...read
books...watch movies...etc. And how many prayers do we have? Five.
Let's say each one took about 5 minutes. That's 25 minutes! 25
minutes that are spread during the day to act as reminders of why we
are really here, to remind us to go back to God...to remind us to do
good deeds...to remind us of who we are and what our purpose is...and
we feel burdened! God isn't in need of our prayers but He ordered us
to do it for our sake! So we have time out for a few minutes from
this life to just feel at peace and talk to the One who can help us
more than anyone else, the One who is always there to listen, always
close...and who loves us! The One, might I remind everyone including
myself, who provided us with everything in our life that makes us
happy. You're going out with money you got from work, the work you
got from your degree in university...etc etc and all that was because
God blessed you with that success and He can as easily take it away.
And what about your health, you're healthy enough to work and have
fun...but that health is also a blessing from God. See what I mean?
This whole life and your happiness and success is from God and yet
you don't want to thank Him by praying these 5 simple prayers? I'm
not even talking about the extra prayers that we are given a choice
to do or not....just a way to gain more merits and thank God more. I
pray that you and I have better and stronger faith to not only do the
5 prayers with love and patience and concentration...but also to do
more and aim more! To search for more ways to thank Allah! Ameen!</div>
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Then the fasting, oh the fasting. The
month that truly feels full of blessed days. I pray that the minute
one Ramadan ends we start feeling excited for the next one to come.
The month where we actually stop being selfish thinking about
ourselves and feel with other people. The month we actually remember
to give and be thankful. I don't know what we would do without
Ramadan!</div>
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And of course Eid is a beautiful
celebration that I don't think anyone out there doesn't like it or
enjoy having fun with family and friends during the days of both
Eid's during the year!</div>
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Finally...even though there are many
points and I could carry on but I think we all got the picture...so
finally I want to talk about The Holy Qur'an. Sometimes, and I'm
talking about me included, life just keeps us so busy that days pass
without us finding time to read a few pages of the Qur'an. Even
though we do find time to do something fun, watch tv, read a
book...etc yet we don't find 15 min or half an hour to just sit there
and read the Qur'an. Why? I mean we have been given this miracle,
this beautiful book...that has ALL the answers we need, that has
precious advise in life, precious rules to follow to organize our
life. Precious life style to follow that would lead to happiness and
success...and even stories that one could not only enjoy but learn
from and relate to!</div>
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And memorizing Qur'an is an essential
thing, I pray for me and all of you that we have the patience and
willingness to sit there and start memorizing even if we go slow, but
it's better than nothing!</div>
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My husband once said (and I quote) :</div>
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“Memorizing Qur'an and having it in
your chest is a blessing that will guide you no matter where you are
and regardless of your friends. When it is anchored in your chest, it
has to come out sooner or later and reflect on your manners and
personality.”
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And when he said that to me...I was
like wow....and I had to write it down because it was so true! If we
have that there inside us then even when we do fall into error in
life and make mistakes, which we will because we are human after all,
this will help us to swim back up before we sink in too deep!</div>
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So subhanallah, Glory be to Allah, how
one Islamic song triggered this. I really hope me and all of you try
to work on ourselves to better ourselves. Islam will bring happiness
in every household if followed and understood right like Allah wants
us to.</div>
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I pray that we all benefit from this
talk and I pray that with every passing day our faith increases. For
faith isn't steady, as my uncle once told me, it's a moving scale
always on the move either going up or going down a certain point...so
if we make that point high up there, then even if it goes down we are
still in the safe zone. So let's all work on bringing that point
higher and higher.</div>
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Whatever I said that is right is from
Allah and whatever I said that is wrong is from me.</div>
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Till next time.</div>
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Take care everyone! </div>
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9094262928218458846" name="post_4284282"></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9094262928218458846" name="posts"></a>{Only
in the remembrance of Allah (swt) will your heart find peace} (Surah
13: Verse 28)</h2>
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DSKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897078328364088508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9094262928218458846.post-67167857520943659462013-02-12T02:20:00.000+03:002013-02-12T02:21:06.268+03:00I'm back!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Asalamu Aliekum everyone!<br />
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It's been quite a loooong time since I've posted anything here!!! I'm so excited to be back to share articles and read what you guys write :) I'll be posting one soon InshaAllah (God willing).<br />
Just wanted to give a quick shout-out to all my followers to say salam and that I've missed you all!<br />
How's everyone been doing?<br />
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- Dana<br />
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DSKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897078328364088508noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9094262928218458846.post-49809797336283751712011-08-21T09:35:00.000+03:002011-08-21T09:35:03.049+03:00:'(<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">One of our two birds escaped from the cage today, and sat on the street. By the time we got there a stray cat had eaten her! I can't stop crying :'( Her mate is chirping for her again and again. What is he feeling now? Sorrow? Fear?</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There's a verse in the Qur'an that goes like this; bismillah alrahman alraheem: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">{</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">And there is no creature on [or within] the earth or bird that flies with its wings except [that they are] communities like you. We have not neglected in the Register a thing. Then unto their Lord they will be gathered.}</span> (Qur'an 6:38)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">They're communities like us? Does that mean he's going to be devastated? :'( I just can't stop crying ya Allah! Some people might think am silly crying over a bird while there are kids and women being killed and families separated in this world, but I can cry for these two birds too! Because good treatment in Islam is for both humans <i>and</i> animals! And when I see a sad creature not knowing that his mate had just died...it's heartbreaking! :'(</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-size: small;">The white one is who died, and the one behind her is who's left :'(</span></td></tr>
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</span></span></div></div>DSKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897078328364088508noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9094262928218458846.post-64950580435462863162011-08-05T13:00:00.001+03:002011-08-05T13:01:58.694+03:00Read me now! And take action!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"></span><br />
<div style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Asalamu Aliekum everyone,</div><div style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">I pray you are in the best of health and iman! And that you have food and water on your table to feed your hunger! But if you do there's a whole country of people...OUR brothers and sisters...who don't! This is a call of immediate action. Whatever you can donate...donate it now! The situation in East Africa is beyond imaginable, it's been declared the famine of the century! More than 30,000 kids under the age of 5 have died from hunger already! Where are YOU from this?! Imagine if this was you or your family! We're not talking about normal hunger and stomach sounds...we're talking here about starvation! So get your wallet out and donate!</div><div style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Watch this video of a 13-year-old boy named AbdelRaouf:</div><div style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRq5mHhQ8-8" rel="nofollow" style="color: #234786; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRq5mHhQ8-8</a></div><div style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">UN coverage:</div><div style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Stop being selfish and DO NOT ignore this message and do nothing! These are YOUR brothers and sisters and you are obligated to help them! With whatever you can do! You can either donate online to trusted sites like:</div><div style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Islamic Relief: <span class="yiv277106113Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px;"><a href="https://www.islamicreliefcanada.org/client/ssldonate.aspx" rel="nofollow" style="color: #234786; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">https://www.islamicreliefcanada.org/client/ssldonate.aspx</a></span></div><div style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">and choose East Africa Appeal</div><div style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Human concern internationl: <span class="yiv277106113Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://humanconcern.org/urgent_somalia_drought.php" rel="nofollow" style="color: #234786; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">http://humanconcern.org/urgent_somalia_drought.php</a></span></div><div style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">unicef Canada: <span class="yiv277106113Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.unicef.ca/portal/SmartDefault.aspx" rel="nofollow" style="color: #234786; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">http://www.unicef.ca/portal/SmartDefault.aspx</a></span></div><div style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Life for relief and development: <span class="yiv277106113Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://www.lifeusa.org/site/PageServer?pagename=hoa_foodbasket#.Ti2YTZlEfgg.tweet" rel="nofollow" style="color: #234786; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">http://www.lifeusa.org/site/PageServer?pagename=hoa_foodbasket#.Ti2YTZlEfgg.tweet</a></span></div><div style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">or you can check out places of donation in your country!</div><div style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</div><div style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="yiv277106113Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="yiv277106113Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><span class="yiv277106113Apple-style-span" style="color: #c00000;"><span class="yiv277106113Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b>“O you who believe! Spend of that with which We have provided for you, before a Day comes when there will be no bargaining, nor friendship, nor intercession. And it is the disbelievers who are the Zaalimoon (wrongdoers)”</b></span></span></span></span><span class="yiv277106113Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="yiv277106113Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><span class="yiv277106113Apple-style-span" style="color: #c00000;"><span class="yiv277106113Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b>[al-Baqarah 2:254] </b></span></span><br />
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[al-Baqarah 2:261-262] </span></b><br />
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</span></div></div>DSKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897078328364088508noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9094262928218458846.post-53654516037593148602011-07-31T17:05:00.001+03:002011-07-31T17:07:15.986+03:00Join noooow :D<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">Asalamu Aliekum everyone,</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">First of all Ramadan Kareeeeem to all of you! :D I pray this Ramadan be a productive and fruitful one for all of us, and that we come out of it better and stronger Muslims! Ameen!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">Second thing I wanted to tell you was about a small project I would love all of you to participate in and tell others about, I thought of making a video of audios that YOU send to me. All you have to do is record a 1-2 min audio saying Alhamdulelah for ...... and then stating whatever blessings come to your mind :) Remind us of forgotten blessings, participate and be part of something that'll be a reminder for you and everyone out there! I'm really looking forward to seeing what things you guys send inshaAllah!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">Please send it to the following email:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">islamic_thoughts@yahoo.com</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">Deadline is August 5th! Hurry upppp and click record :D</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbAlNpPYkiE&feature=channel_video_title">Click here</a> for the promo video for this project :)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">And for those who don't know, you can find my youtube channel by clicking <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/MsDan297?feature=mhee">here</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">May Allah swt bless you all <3</span><br />
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</div>DSKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897078328364088508noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9094262928218458846.post-87430977801933989282011-07-31T16:52:00.000+03:002011-07-31T16:52:15.534+03:00♥ My Lovely Mother ♥<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">Dearest Mother,</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">I love you so much! I love your tenderness, passion, personality and big heart! Thank you for everything, thank you for always being there for me, helping me, loving me, showing me how to be strong, guiding me. Thank you for making me what I am today! I remember the many moments you turned my frown upside down, you listened to my complaints with patience, listened to my detailed description of how my day had gone while taking the time to comment as I talked. The moments when you gave your best to make me happy, to give me everything I need and more! I remember your encouraging words telling me to follow my dreams! Mom, I can never imagine a life without you! You're everything to me!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">You're my shelter on rainy days, my safety place away from thunder. You're my best friend and close sister. Your arms around me give me such a feeling of security! I can't imagine how I will feel like when I have to leave..to a new home, a new life with my husband...become independent with responsibilities...live under a different roof than the one you're under.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">You're such an inspiration to me! How patient you are, how strong you are, how wise you are, how sweet and caring, loving and tender!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">I know one thing is for sure, you're the greatest mom anyone can ever ask for or have! I pray God to keep you safe for me, to grant you a happy and comfortable life in this world, and the highest of places in Jannah! Ameen!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">I love you, I love you so much!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;">Your eldest daughter, ever so thankful for having you,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;">Dana QK</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">This world is so perfect! Subhanallah...Glory be to Allah who created this world with accuracy and precision beyond any human capability! So perfeeeect! The mountains, the roses, the sky, the water. The composition of material, the way animals mate, and grow! The way our body functions, the way our heart beats, the way our eyes see and our ears hear. The way we have feelings that come out depending on what situation we're in, the way the breeze touches our skin and makes us feel fresh. The way we feel love for a new born baby, or our spouse...who came out of nowhere to be our everything! This world is so perfect, yet us imperfect humans ruin it by feeling hatred, inhumanity, intolerance...by making fights and wars as our number one solution whether in small groups like with families or friends, or in a bigger picture between countries, nationalities and religions!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">We were born to build this world...not ruin it! We were born to take care of our souls...not get them lost with wrong decisions.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">I feel so thankful for being a Muslim. For learning that peace is the solution. For learning not to look down on others. For learning to love for others what I love for myself, taking care of my parents and family, spreading good in this world. For learning that the true way is the way God has for us in this world, He knows what's best for us because He's our creator! For learning that life is full of obstacles but with faith, love and respect I can get through anything! For learning that this world has an end, we are all going to die one day and be accounted for what actions and decisions we made in life, so never prioritize this ending world over Heaven and working to get there! For learning to pray to God to keep this world in my hand, but the hereafter in my heart. For learning to be successful while remembering it's from God.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">I'm also sooo extremely thankful for having Allah swt always there to listen and protect me, to give me what's best for me and to guide me through the bumpy road of life...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">I learned a lot of things as I grew up, and I will keep on learning...But one thing is for sure, I can never thank God enough for all the blessings that He has blessed me with, the best of which is being a Muslim!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">So Alhamdulelah again and again. Thank you Allah for lighting my way. For showing me the beautiful, breathtaking path of Islam. A path so diverse, with such a strong bond between its followers from everywhere and from all times! I pray you keep me strong and steady on this path, always awed by the never ending miracles you have for us humans to witness in this world.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">All praise and thanks are due to Allah! :')</span><br />
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So Alhamdulelah for that blessing!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Subhanallah, it's funny how changing the house changes the atmosphere. You know what I mean?</div></div>DSKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897078328364088508noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9094262928218458846.post-86852442061413701392011-06-20T13:35:00.001+03:002011-06-20T13:37:22.116+03:00Posts, Posts and more Posts!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I found this website that had random pictures in it; thought I'd share a few of the ones I liked :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-size: small;"><b>Hehe found it cute with a great point to all the people who think Islam calls for terrorism</b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-size: small;"><b>So Powerful isn't it?</b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-size: small;">Alhamdulelah! All praise and thanks to Allah! To always be thankful and satisfied, and to always see how much you are blessed, look at the people who have less than you, not more than you!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">‘View from the grave’<br />
An interesting picture,makes you think..so thought I’d share.<br />
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Allah’s Apostle (Sal-allahu-aleihi-wasalla<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: block; float: left; margin-left: -10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></span>m) used to invoke (Allah):<br />
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“O Allah! I seek refuge with you from the punishment in the grave and from the punishment in the Hell fire and from the afflictions of life and death, and the afflictions of Al-Masih Ad-Dajjal.” [Vol 2:#459]</span></b></span></td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For more pictures click <a href="http://salihamariyam.tumblr.com/post/5216282766">here</a>.</div><br />
</div>DSKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897078328364088508noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9094262928218458846.post-36801248679672953512011-06-11T00:04:00.000+03:002011-06-11T00:04:49.977+03:00Stylish Blogger Award<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAZlqDbysAhqxqUDWkNTBtLjCyvBGTJTHC4fOXL7xDBhPilfdQHL4IZnEPRAPs1wQjOS6ouGOe-9ZWHQxL9y8vHEdXQaUNePur4FNDNjOR3_mIiO4Hj_aWSMejKPVlZ2E1QOxlHfUmxawq/s1600/stylishbloggeraward.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAZlqDbysAhqxqUDWkNTBtLjCyvBGTJTHC4fOXL7xDBhPilfdQHL4IZnEPRAPs1wQjOS6ouGOe-9ZWHQxL9y8vHEdXQaUNePur4FNDNjOR3_mIiO4Hj_aWSMejKPVlZ2E1QOxlHfUmxawq/s1600/stylishbloggeraward.jpg" /></a></div><br />
I want to thank dearest <a href="http://rosewater1.blogspot.com/">Rose</a> for giving me this award, I'm very touched indeed! MashaAllah. I find sister Rose such an active blogger, and even though I don't know her very well, but I do feel like she is a great person! Check out her <a href="http://rosewater1.blogspot.com/">blog</a>, you will not regret it inshaAllah, and she does deserve this award back since she is a stylish blogger mashaAllah! :)<br />
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Now, the rules when someone receives this award is to share 7 things about herself...so here goes:<br />
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1) I love to read sooo much. Currently am finishing up Dan Brown's latest novel "The Lost Symbol". He's such an outstanding genius at writing that once I start one of his books I just can't seem to put it down till I reach the last page!<br />
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2) I also love to write. I mostly write poetry, but I'm currently working on a story for kids..been working on it for a whiiile but inshaAllah it turns out a good one!<br />
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3) I'm blessed with a great husband and a wonderful family alhamdulelah...they fill my life with love and happiness and I just can't thank Allah swt enough for having them with me!<br />
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4) I enjoy making sweets and decorating them.<br />
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5) I looove Italian and Chinese food!! lol :P<br />
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6) I hate how the world is full of injustice, and how at this moment as I'm typing there are people in Syria, Libya, Yemen, Palestine..etc being killed and tortured to death for standing up for their rights and asking for one simple thing every human should have: Freedom!<br />
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7) I love to travel to different places of the world, try to learn a few words of their language, and go sightseeing :)<br />
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I give the award to the following fellow bloggers:<br />
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* <a href="http://hijabimommy.blogspot.com/">My Life Under The Veil</a><br />
*<a href="http://thecolorofourskin-ourjourney.blogspot.com/"> The Color Of Our Skin</a><br />
* <a href="http://muslim-wife-kitchen.blogspot.com/">The Muslim Wife's Kitchen</a><br />
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</div>DSKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897078328364088508noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9094262928218458846.post-41200801391981276482011-06-07T19:48:00.001+03:002011-06-07T19:49:21.384+03:00With Each Day...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b><i><br />
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<b><i>In Each Day We Live...</i></b><br />
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Someone dies<br />
Someone is born<br />
Some people are happy<br />
Some people morn<br />
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Someone was murdered<br />
Or tortured to death<br />
Some just got rich<br />
While some lost their wealth<br />
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Someone is working<br />
To keep a family living<br />
Someone is carelessly<br />
Taking money and spending<br />
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Someone is praying<br />
Asking God for help<br />
Someone is lost<br />
Doesn't believe nor worship<br />
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Someone is performing<br />
Salah so sincere<br />
Someone ignores the call<br />
Five times a day with no fear<br />
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<b><i>You See In Simple Terms...Everyday...</i></b><br />
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Someone is happy<br />
Someone is sad<br />
Someone is crying<br />
Someone is glad<br />
Someone is alone<br />
Someone lost a dad<br />
A mom, sibling, friend<br />
In ways so bad<br />
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This life we lead<br />
Is full of twists and turns<br />
Some causing happiness<br />
Some causing burns<br />
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Think of the life<br />
You're currently living<br />
Do you really not feel<br />
God's many blessings<br />
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With each test you face<br />
Be strong, patient and wise<br />
For it's in the hereafter<br />
Where the True Life resides<br />
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By: Dana S.<br />
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Well, a while back I came upon this blog full of recipes; called <a href="http://muslim-wife-kitchen.blogspot.com/">"The Muslim Wife's Kitchen"</a>. Then a while ago I decided to try out one of the recipes for sweets on that page, to surprise my parents-in-law since they were coming over. And seeing that I'm still learning how to cook, and only just started on that path, I was very happy with the results alhamdulelah! :D So I thought I'd share the recipe with you if anyone thought of trying it out! :)<br />
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<a href="http://muslim-wife-kitchen.blogspot.com/2010/01/chocolate-muffins.html?showComment=1306748251309#c2508148018867774024">Click here for the recipe...Chocolate Muffins!</a><br />
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Here are pictures of how my muffins turned out :)<br />
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Some people start questioning why Muslims pray 5 times a day. Wondering isn't it too much? How do you find the time to do it? While other people, though being Muslim themselves, tend to neglect this most important obligation we Muslims are asked to do. But at that moment, when the adhan is called out, just stop everything you're doing and listen. And you will know. You will know why we pray 5 times a day. Why it's a good thing for us, not a burden.<br />
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From the 1440 minutes we live each day, taking 5 minutes off to pray each prayer = about 25 minutes. Too much? No! Not when this is for <i>our </i>own good. We are so taken up with this fast-moving life sometimes that we forget why we are even here, we become so burdened with whatever problems and trouble we're facing. Or so happy with whatever happy occasion came upon us. That we just forget to pray to Allah swt, or thank Allah swt, or do a bit of remembrance to refresh our iman (faith) and our heart! So you see we <i>need </i>this reminder. We <i>need</i> these prayers.<br />
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As the adhan is called out, listen to the words and repeat after them. One of the <a href="http://realislam.webs.com/listentoquran.htm">sentences in the Adhan</a> is "Haya a'ala al-falah" meaning "Come (rush) to success". So by rushing to perform Salah, you are obeying this command. True success is accomplished through salah, because there you meet with Allah swt, your soul soars with comfort and you feel the greatness of Allah swt and the miraculous things all around you. It is where you leave behind the Dunya, it's problems and all the little things in it, and you look at the more important things, the things that will help you achieve Paradise as a destination. It is where you feel true comfort, true peace that can't be found anywhere else in the world!<br />
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We are not just bodies moving. We have a soul to take care of too, and we should never forget that nor neglect it.<br />
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So yes, praying 5 times a day is a blessing that Allah swt has given us to help us pass through life with ease and comfort. To always and constantly go back to Him.<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUSkIpyeT8c">- Salah: Life's Forgotten Purpose</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN__P_-91ig">- How Can Muslims Pray 5 Times A Day?</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSNIy502hrQ">- Praying</a></div>DSKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897078328364088508noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9094262928218458846.post-91761711696399102012011-05-29T02:09:00.001+03:002011-05-29T02:13:35.869+03:00Blessed! ♥<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ever felt like you're so blessed and content that you just want to keep thanking God over and over again? I feel like that right now, alhamdulelah; all praise and thanks to Allah swt! I mean I may not have a perfect life, and there are ups and downs constantly but at this moment I just feel so blessed alhamdulelah!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The thing about life is, however low your coaster gets there will always be people who are even lower. When you think of it that way, you will always thank God for everything you have, because you realize that even then you got it good! I mean try getting a piece of paper and writing like 10 blessings down. Once you start the list, it'll become endless subhanallah! From the senses we have like hearing, touching, tasting..etc, to the home we live in, to the blessing of having internet to use...and the most beautiful one of all...the blessing of being a Muslim!! Priceless! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">♥</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">So thanking God is important. Always remember to say "Alhamdulelah" and "Alhamdu wa Shokro Lelah" meaning "All praise and thanks are due to Allah".</span><br />
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Try to remind others as well. When with your kids, spouse, family and friends...use the word "Alhamdulelah" often in front of them. They'll start saying it after you and eventually get used to it. Imagine the merits you will get for every time they say it! Look at how small the word is yet how big the ajer (merits) are going to be for you and for them too!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: inherit;">{And We shall remove from their breasts any (mutual) hatred or sense of injury (which they had, if at all, in the life of this world); rivers flowing under them, and they will say: "All the <b>praise</b>s and <b>thank</b>s be to Allah, Who has guided us to this, and never could we have found guidance, were it not that Allah had guided us! Indeed, the Messengers of our Lord did come with the truth." And it will be cried out to them: "This is the Paradise which you have inherited for what you used to do."} (Qur'an 7:43)</span><span class="QuranDataSmall" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-decoration: none;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px;">This article was inspired after talking with my husband. I just felt so blessed alhamdulelah for having him in my life that I opened up the blog to write my feelings down. I thank Allah swt everyday for having such a great guy in my life to help me become a better person...alhamdulelah alhamdulelah! :)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px;">I do pray this article will work as a reminder for us, of the importance of saying Alhamdulelah and that we all try, as brothers and sisters, to say it constantly and remind each other to as well inshaAllah!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px;">Take care everyone! :)</span><br />
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</div></div>DSKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897078328364088508noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9094262928218458846.post-74228765110711850472011-04-15T21:25:00.000+03:002011-04-15T21:25:47.441+03:00Colors Of Life...♥<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wanted to share a few pictures I took while I was visiting my cousins' place yesterday :) Hope you enjoy them! <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">♥</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">You are the reason for the smile on my face, for the hope in my heart.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">You mean the world to me, and from you I can never be apart.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">To me it seems like we've known each other for ages and ages.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;">Even though we're still in the earliest of stages.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3;">To think of a life away from you, is so saddening to me.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">What a hopeless, depressing and empty life that would be!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">Your smile melts mountain tops, breaks ice and makes rocks sing.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">I am so happy to be yours, wearing your gift...my wedding ring.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">I want to shout so loud and let the whole world know.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">You are truly the sun that makes my life glow.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">Alhamdulelah again and again for having you in my life.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">May our love grow with each day as husband and wife.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">- Dana SK</span><br />
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</div>DSKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897078328364088508noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9094262928218458846.post-4315296209477091192011-04-12T16:20:00.001+03:002011-04-12T16:22:42.895+03:00"Has been inspired to be an inspiration to inspire you to be inspired to be an inspiration." ;)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I am veryyyy happy and honored and extremely touched to have been given this Inspiration Award from sweet <a href="http://thecolorofourskin-ourjourney.blogspot.com/">Marie</a>. I have been blogging now for almost two months and to get such an award now is just more encouragement for me to keep this blog alive and going!<br />
And I do have to say that Marie was my very first true blogger friend, always commenting on my posts, I just loved to read her posts continuously and her sweet words and comments mashaAllah! Am thankful to have met her and inshaAllah we become and remain good sisters and friends :) <3<br />
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Am also very happy to have met new and more sisters who have such amazing blogs mashaAllah! :)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">(Since you are the ones who choose which posts of mine you find inspirational, I will skip this and list posts that I've read from fellow bloggers that inspired me!)</span></span><br />
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<ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://afterhardship.blogspot.com/2011/04/unseen.html">The Unseen - Yosra</a></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><a href="http://thecolorofourskin-ourjourney.blogspot.com/2011/04/monday-inspiration-martin-luther-king.html">Monday Inspiration; Martin Luther King Quotes - Marie</a></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><a href="http://thecolorofourskin-ourjourney.blogspot.com/2011/04/wifes-prayer.html">A Wife's Prayer - Marie</a></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><a href="http://friendlinessinwords.blogspot.com/2010/12/you-cant-play-on-broken-strings-you.html">"You can't play on broken strings. You can't feel anything. That your heart don't wanna feel. I can't tell you something that ain't real." - Yours Truly </a></span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><a href="http://www.shaalom2salaam.com/2011/03/can-you-defend-islaam.html">Can YOU defend Islam - S.E Jihad Levine</a></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><a href="http://mcalpinee.blogspot.com/2011/02/book-review-thursday-winning-heart-of.html">Winning the Heart of your Husband - Elisa</a></span></li>
<li><a href="http://khadaish.blogspot.com/2011/04/quran-classes.html">Qur'an Classes - A.O</a></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://friendlinessinwords.blogspot.com/">Yours Truly</a></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><a href="http://thecolorofourskin-ourjourney.blogspot.com/">The Color of Our Skin</a></span></li>
<li><a href="http://www.shaalom2salaam.com/">Shaalom 2 Salaam</a></li>
<li><a href="http://rosewater1.blogspot.com/">Rose Water</a></li>
<li><a href="http://modnmod.blogspot.com/">ModnMod</a></li>
<li><a href="http://1beautyofislam.blogspot.com/">Beauty of Islam</a></li>
<li><a href="http://serenityinislam.blogspot.com/">Sweet Serenity</a></li>
<li><a href="http://afterhardship.blogspot.com/">After Hardship There Is Ease</a></li>
<li><a href="http://khadaish.blogspot.com/">Drops of Rain...Showers of Blessings</a></li>
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</div></div>DSKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897078328364088508noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9094262928218458846.post-16009263067680803082011-04-11T23:53:00.003+03:002011-04-12T00:10:07.336+03:00The Niqab Ban...Really?!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I am just sooo filled with emotions right now!! Anger mostly! I just read an article about the niqab ban in France that is now officially out there. I mean what is this?!<br />
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Islam asks women, once they reach puberty, to wear the modest hijab. And by that it means loose, not tightly-fitted clothing and a veil on the head covering the hair and neck. So what shows from a Muslim woman all in all is her face and her hands...that's the obligatory Hijab. Now, some woman in Islam feel they want to wear the niqab. It's not obligatory but they choose to, so as to earn more merits. And that is their choice. So who do the French authorities think they are creating such an ignorant law as to ban the niqab? What's next? Banning women from wearing the hijab all together? I won't be surprised if they actually do that!<br />
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Where is the word "freedom" in this world? Why has it become so twisted? The people who are "free" are the ones who steal, murder and kill innocents while getting away with it. While the people being arrested and put in jail are the ones who are not doing anything harmful and not putting anyone in danger, who are merely following something they believe in.<br />
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Some say this ban has been issued for safety reasons, so France feels it's safer if they see the peoples faces? Are you telling me, if someone had his face covered up with a medical mask for health reasons then they'd be asked to take it off or be fined a big sum of money because a large portion of their face is covered?<br />
If this ban was truly for safety reasons, then whenever they actually felt like this woman is going to cause danger to France *eye roll* they could just get a female police to ask her, privately, to take it off or something...hellooo ever heard of polite requests?!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Look at the picture below, is THIS what they call for?! Freedom for women?! Not oppressing them?! These women are protesting for their right to wear the niqab, doesn't this tell you something? That they WANT to wear it? That it is something they believe in and not something you have a right over?!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I mean do they actually believe that these women cause danger by wearing a piece of cloth to cover most of their face?!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Moreover, I protest against the people who feel pity for hijab wearing Muslimahs and want to free them from oppression! Can't you mind your own business?! We are NOT oppressed. On the contrary, we are more FREE than any other women on earth!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div></div>DSKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897078328364088508noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9094262928218458846.post-61480210249251811642011-04-08T19:06:00.000+03:002011-04-08T19:10:18.959+03:00Friends :)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">So I chose to work on my blog today, am pretty new here still. Basically spent most of my day in front of the laptop between reading different articles on different blogs, following them and trying to make new friends :) I also changed my blogs' style! (Hope you guys like it!)<br />
Anyway on the side of my blog I added a few blogs I loved. Here I wanted to add a few articles I enjoyed reading so far:<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">1) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://friendlinessinwords.blogspot.com/2010/12/you-cant-play-on-broken-strings-you.html?showComment=1302277696808#c1491486952249433536">“You can’t play on broken strings. You can’t feel anything, that your heart don’t wanna feel. I can’t tell you something that ain’t real” - Yours Truly</a></span></span><br />
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3) <a href="http://thecolorofourskin-ourjourney.blogspot.com/2011/04/yours-forever.html">"Yours Forever" - Marie</a><br />
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4) <a href="http://serenityinislam.blogspot.com/2011/03/how-we-move-in-grace.html">"How we move in grace" - Sara</a><br />
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InshaAllah with time I'll meet new friends, and read new articles!<br />
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Best wishes to all :)<br />
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{'Help...me!'<br />
The fear came on in torrents now.<br />
Drowning, Ming had once read, was the most horrific death imaginable. He had never dreamed he would find himself on the verge of experiencing it. His muscles refused to cooperate with his mind, and already he was fighting just to keep his head above water. His soggy clothing pulled him downward as his numb fingers scratched the sides of the pit.<br />
His screams were only in his mind now.<br />
And then it happened.<br />
Ming went under. The sheer terror of being conscious of his own impending death was something he never imagined he would experience. And yet here he was...sinking slowly down the sheer ice wall of a 200-foot-deep hole in the ice. Multitudes of thoughts flashed before his eyes. Moments from his childhood. His career. He wondered if anyone would find him down here. Or would he simply sink to the bottom and freeze there...entombed in the glacier for all time.<br />
Ming's lungs were screaming for oxygen. He held his breath, still trying to kick toward the surface. <i>Breath! </i>He fought the reflex, clamping his insensate lips together. <i>Breath!</i> He tried in vain to swim upward. <i>Breath!</i> At that instant, in a deadly battle of human reflex against reason, Ming's breathing instinct overcame his ability to keep his mouth closed.<br />
Wailee Ming inhaled.<br />
The water crashing into his lungs felt like scalding oil on his sensitive pulmonary tissue. He felt like he was burning from the inside out. Cruelly, water does not kill immediately. Ming spent seven horrifying seconds inhaling in the icy water, each breath more painful than the last, each inhalation offering none of what his body so desperately craved.<br />
Finally, as Ming slid downward into the icy darkness, he felt himself going unconscious. He welcomed the escape.}<br />
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This book was awesome! I just couldn't put it down and seriously recommend it...a mixture of politics, science, action and a bit of romance...this was one good read!<br />
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But that's not why I shared this passage from the novel. As I was reading the above, I stopped to ponder over it, how death comes in different ways, at unexpected times. Something that's inevitable for all! Rich or poor, powerful or weak, good or bad. There will always be an end to every life on earth. We all know that, and yet most of us just dismiss it and would rather not talk about it nor think of it...but why? Why run away from the truth?<br />
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And then after reading that part of the story, I decided to read a bit of Qur'an and subhanallah as I was reading I came upon the following verse:<br />
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{<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Say, "Indeed, the death from which you flee - indeed, it will meet you. Then you will be returned to the Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, and He will inform you about what you used to do."} (Qur'an, 62:8)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">That just got me thinking even more! Life is just like a trip; you wake up, get ready, go on the trip, enjoying it while also attending for important things like getting the tickets, going to the gas station, packing your stuff...and then this trip has an end and you go back home. Same with our life, we wake up in our mothers' womb, grow up in life enjoying it but at the same time having to do important things like studying, working..etc and then we die and go back to our Creator. But why is it that we forget to work hard for that end? I mean the normal life things that we do work on, they're things we need to live on earth but not things we need for the hereafter. Now don't get me wrong here, we definitely have to do that, God asks us to build this world and make it a good place, and He does want us to have a good, successful and happy life....but we mustn't forget our true and main purpose in life, to worship God and earn merits in order to succeed in the hereafter and win a place in Jannah (heaven) by the mercy of Allah swt.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">I just felt like sharing my thoughts. Death is something inevitable, unexpected and a surprise guest. So be ready when it comes, don't be from the people who regret the way they lived their life when it's too late. And don't think age can stop death, it might come now, in a few minutes or in a few years. We don't know when .... but one thing is for sure.... it's coming! So be ready!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">I want to share two things with you before I wrap up...a poem I wrote and a song I feel is very touching and does work as a wake-up call for all of us.</span><br />
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span dir="LTR">As his last moments</span><span lang="AR-JO"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span dir="LTR">Passed in front of his eyes</span><span lang="AR-JO"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span dir="LTR">He started thinking</span><span lang="AR-JO"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span dir="LTR">Of his goodbyes</span><span lang="AR-JO"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span dir="LTR">To all the special people</span><span lang="AR-JO"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span dir="LTR">In his short life</span><span lang="AR-JO"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span dir="LTR">Mother, father, relatives</span><span lang="AR-JO"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span dir="LTR">Friends, children and wife</span><span lang="AR-JO"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span dir="LTR">Life seemed to him</span><span lang="AR-JO"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span dir="LTR">So short and fast</span><span lang="AR-JO"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span dir="LTR">As if only a few minutes</span><span lang="AR-JO"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span dir="LTR">From its first to its last</span><span lang="AR-JO"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span dir="LTR">He sat there wondering</span><span lang="AR-JO"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span dir="LTR">About his coming end</span><span lang="AR-JO"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span dir="LTR">About all the problems</span><span lang="AR-JO"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span dir="LTR">He had no time to mend</span><span lang="AR-JO"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span dir="LTR">About what his purpose</span><span lang="AR-JO"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span dir="LTR">In life had been</span><span lang="AR-JO"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span dir="LTR">About his destination</span><span lang="AR-JO"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span dir="LTR">Whether hell or heaven</span><span lang="AR-JO"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span dir="LTR">Regret cannot save him</span><span lang="AR-JO"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span dir="LTR">From what is coming</span><span lang="AR-JO"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span dir="LTR">His destination depends</span><span lang="AR-JO"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span dir="LTR">On how he had been living</span><span lang="AR-JO"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span dir="LTR">Now I ask you reader</span><span lang="AR-JO"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span dir="LTR">Before it's too late</span><span lang="AR-JO"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span dir="LTR">Does your life need change</span><span lang="AR-JO"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><span dir="LTR"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Or to be set straight?!</span></span><span lang="AR-JO" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-JO;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><span dir="LTR"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><span dir="LTR"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">-By: Dana SK</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><span dir="LTR"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: left;">And the song is called: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTT95B1sQSg&feature=related">Last Breath for the singer Ahmad Bukhatir</a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: left;">May Allah swt grant us an end that He is pleased with, a good end and may we inshaAllah and with Allahs' mercy be from the inhabitants of Jannah! Ameen!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: left;">{<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">Verily! In the creation of the heavens and the earth, and in the alternation of night and day, and the ships which sail through the sea with that which is of use to mankind, and the water (rain) which Allah sends down from the sky and makes the earth alive therewith after its death, and the moving (living) creatures of all kinds that He has scattered therein, and in the veering of winds and clouds which are held between the sky and the earth, are indeed Ayat (proofs, evidence, signs, etc.) for people of understanding.} (Qur'an, 2:164)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">So enjoy life, have fun, work hard...but first and foremost prioritize your life! Take care of your Salah, be honest, read Qur'an, do good, help others, purify your intention, thank God continuously for the many blessings He has blessed you with, take care of your parents, always make duaa...to simply put it.....</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b><br />
</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>Live Islam!</b></span></span></div></div>DSKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897078328364088508noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9094262928218458846.post-6144590611401808312011-04-02T00:01:00.000+03:002011-04-02T00:01:20.960+03:00My World Is You!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">I look out at the world</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">The night is here</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">Lights are everywhere</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">Sky is clear</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">Breeze is blowing</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">So peacefully free</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">But all I want is</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">For you to be with me</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="mso-bidi-language: AR-JO;">Happy moments<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="mso-bidi-language: AR-JO;">Come and go<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="mso-bidi-language: AR-JO;">But for them to be perfect<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="mso-bidi-language: AR-JO;">Your presence must show<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="mso-bidi-language: AR-JO;">What meaning does life<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="mso-bidi-language: AR-JO;">Have without you in it<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="mso-bidi-language: AR-JO;">It'll just be empty<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="mso-bidi-language: AR-JO;">Every single bit<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="mso-bidi-language: AR-JO;">You are my everything<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="mso-bidi-language: AR-JO;">You are my happy place<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="mso-bidi-language: AR-JO;">You own my favorite<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="mso-bidi-language: AR-JO;">Handsome, loving face<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="mso-bidi-language: AR-JO;">You're my inspiration<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="mso-bidi-language: AR-JO;">My motivator too<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="mso-bidi-language: AR-JO;">Oh how lucky<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="mso-bidi-language: AR-JO;">I am to have you<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="mso-bidi-language: AR-JO;">My dearest husband<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="mso-bidi-language: AR-JO;">My lover, my friend<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="mso-bidi-language: AR-JO;">I'll love you forever<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="mso-bidi-language: AR-JO;">Right to the very end<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="mso-bidi-language: AR-JO;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="mso-bidi-language: AR-JO;">By: Dana SK</span></div></div>DSKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897078328364088508noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9094262928218458846.post-17360750089992294042011-03-25T22:51:00.000+02:002011-03-26T14:56:01.077+02:00A Promise In The Qur'an<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large;">{Verily, along with every hardship is relief (ease)} (Qur'an, 94:5)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;">This verse is what helps me. It's what keeps me going. It's a promise from Allah swt to us, that no matter how much we struggle there will be ease, we just have to be patient enough. And I wanted to share it with all of you! Remember; life...it's temporary. What's real is what's after. So this is all just a test, and until we finish it and get our results, we need to work hard to ace the exam! Doesn't mean you don't get to enjoy life...oh no! By all means, go out and have fun but keep it halal. And keep other stuff in your schedule too, things like taking care of your parents and family, worship, helping the needy, memorizing Qur'an, reading Qur'an...and anything else that comes to mind. You have 24 hours each day, use them wisely, be a <a href="http://www.productivemuslim.com/">productive Muslim</a> and prioritize your life well! Don't put shopping over salah, movies over parents. That won't give you happiness because you're actually neglecting the important and taking care of the less important. Time Management is the way to go! And that is something I reallyyyyy need to get working on! Just so bad at it lol :S Lucky I got my dad and husband continuously reminding me of its' importance...Alhamdulelah! :)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">So again back to the verse. We ALL face problems, we all face trials...in different ways and depending on how much we can handle we are all being tested. Don't give up, be patient, pray to Allah swt to help you, have faith that with every hardship there is ease, and most importantly:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Always remember that Allah swt knows what's best for us, and He wants what is good for us!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">May Allah swt make us from the strong believers who are patient in times of trouble, and thankful in times of happiness! Ameen :)</div></div>DSKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897078328364088508noreply@blogger.com4