hearsay(s) (and nothing to do with plastic production-line pop)

so, brothers and sisters and surfers - readers all, can this writer be excused from the whole secrecy thing? cos being a cafe-hopper, and not having the luxury or the brain-capacity required, or the time to download, install, learn how to work etc. any little encryption programs, (although that word sounds so intriguing!) and also not really having anything to hide as far as things go, well the excuses could run on but you get the picture...

something heard this morning after fajr ; when faced with un-believers who are suspicious, we say, 'i stand crying in front of Allah, asking that you be guided to Islam, and I hope that then you can be like me, or even better, and thus call others'. and what purpose would hiding our motives serve? it would be an anathema to what we're trying to acheive

calling others to Allah is a part of the rahma (mercy) that must be in our hearts, and love for all of Allah's creations. (to at least give others a chance to experience what we have). now, it involves rejection, and hatred most of the time, but when we have gotten ourselves under control, and thus reached that level of rahma, then we become smoothly submitted to the will of Allah, because as we know from the Qur'an, 'Allah guides whomever He wills'.

we also know that it's not worth fearing anything other than Allah - that means how people respond to us, because we are free of that, as part of the correct understanding of our Lord. there is nothing that is not under His control, or happening by His will, and there is no might or power except in Him. some say there is no reality except Allah, but that gets a tad mystical and not many can grasp the meaning of that one til they've transcended the 'norms' of everyday materialist thinking. but it's all a test, to keep us in check, and make us work on ourselves to stay (or get) on 'the path'.

so take solace in the only Refuge and Protecting Friend, and ask, and direct fear where it is due, and everything's easy insha Allah (God willing).

something heard the other day for the first time; when the inhabitants of hell are placed in it, they will be asked, 'did you ever enjoy anything before this?' and they will respond, 'no, by Allah before this we have never enjoyed anything'. Subhana Allah (how perfect Allah is), we think our life is so long, and we talk of experiential things! Similarly the inhabitants of paradise will be asked, 'did you ever experience any unhappiness before this?' and they will say, 'by Allah no, we have never felt any anguish before'.

amazing stuff, when we think of the trials of this life and how they seem so insurmountable to us when our hearts dont keep remembering Allah, but really, in the real life after death these things wont even register...

so let's take care where our ever-after will be..