I pray that all of the ummah of the prophet sw reach the state where they understand that every, “Test is a blessing Blessing and Every Blessing is a Test”. Aameen.
]]>As today was a difficult day – sat down to listen to Quran, midway through Surah Baqarah an email pops with this article. Alhamdulillah..Allah’s message is received loud and clear..
]]>just read your comment :) Alhamdulillah for all that you’ve got,your comment reminded me of somthing i was reading in quran last nyt,and i want to share it with all here.
CHARITY is gratitude.
sureh 2
262. Those who spend their substance in the Cause of Allah,
and follow not up their gifts with reminders of their generosity or
with injury,
for them their reward is with their Lord;
on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.
265. And the likeness of those who spend their substance, seeking to
please Allah and to strengthen their souls,
is as a garden, high and fertile: heavy rain falls on it but makes it
yield a double increase of harvest, and if it receives not heavy
rain, light moisture sufficeth it.
So a man of true charity is spiritually healthy; he is best
suited to attract the bounties of Allah, which he does not
hoard selfishly but circulates freely. In lean times he still
produces good works, and is content with what he has.
He looks to Allah’s pleasure and the strengthening of his
own soul.
266. Does any of you wish that he should have a garden with datepalms
and vines and streams flowing underneath, and all kinds of fruit,
while he is stricken with old age, and his children are not strong
that it should be caught in a whirlwind, with fire therein and be
burnt up?
thus doth Allah make clear to you (His) signs; that ye may
consider.
The whirlwind is the “wrath to come” the provision
against it is a life of true charity and righteousness,
which is the only source of true and lasting happiness in
this world and the next. Without it we are subject to all
the vicissitudes of this uncertain life. We may even spoil
our so-called “charity” by insisting on the obligation
which others owe to us or by doing some harm, because
our motives are not pure.