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Islam preaches that the reason for living is not just to waste time, and enjoy yourself. It is to pass a test. Therefore it stands to reason that not every part of our lives are going to be peasant or easy. Tests never are.
Trials and hardships distinguish the sincere, true believers from the weak ones. They determine who/what we are as people.
Muslims are told that when bad things happen or when things do not go in ones favour, this is due to a number of reasons.
It could serve as expiation for some of our sins.
Or
It is due to what our own hands have put forward.
Or
It is to test the character/Sabr of a person (trying/difficult times determine who we really are).
Or
There is some Hiqmah (wisdom) behind it, something that our limited/partial knowledge and understanding is unable to comprehend.
We are even told by Almighty Allah Himself that it may be that we dislike something that is good for us whilst love something whilst it is bad for us.
Despite being given many justifiable/reasonable explanations……..why is it that some people still find it difficult to come to terms with things that do not go in their favour?
Unfortunately these tests are something that most of us fail miserably at.
Allah (swt) only tests the one He loves, yet despite possessing knowledge of the virtues of Sabr we mess up big time-every time.
We’re all going to be/have been tested with fear, loss of lives, loss of wealth etc
How do you fare in life’s test?
Are you the kind of person who rants and raves, screws at everyone and then sink into depression?
Or are you the kind of person who still hasn’t as of yet got over something that happened years ago?
Or are you the type of person, who initially finds the test hard to cope but eventually practise Sabr?
OR are you the type of person who holds God responsible for what happened to you?
Or do you “get over it” almost straight away? And what advice would you give someone who finds it impossible to let things go? ….And, No “get over it” is not good advice.
If we practise sabr (patience) in times of problems and adversities Allah (swt) will elevate our statuses and give us immeasurable rewards…..
So how do YOU fare in life’s tests?
Wasalaam
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[quote="NaJ/19"]tobah kar,i dont have physical heart problems...spiritual is da word, neva
heard of dil/qalb/heart, whats is qalb (not very good at urdu[/quote]
'qalb' is the arabic word for heart
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[quote="NaJ/19"]tobah kar,i dont have physical heart problems...spiritual is da word
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tobha kar diya. Masha ALLAH may ALLAH grant Muhtarama both spiritual and physcially healthy heart.
Tobah kar reminds me. once Majnuns father took him to the masjid to make him repent for his sins, particularly to make him repent for loving Layla. Majnun, being a poet, made tawbah in poetry and was extremely eloquent. However at the end of his poem, he said that Oh ALLAH I repent to you from all my sins but for the love ofLayla I do not repent! Lol then his dad took him back outside and said did I bring you here to say how much u love Layla lol?
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LOL, dis layla majnu ....i've heard this somewhere YEA i rememba my mum telling a story but that was something to DO with em swimming in woh'taa,
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[quote="Aasiyah"]['qalb' is the arabic word for heart[/quote]
ooops i thought it was urdu
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Salaam
Spiritual problems are those of the soul; however the soul resides in the heart (qalb).
Sometimes physical problems affect the spiritual heart and vice versa.
For instance over- eating hardens the spiritual heart and is bad for our soul and we all know that over eating also literally hardens the physical heart.
But yeah, spiritually most of us are weak/sick. To understand, the sickness and its cures it’s advisable to read the works of Imam Ghazali (ra) and Sheikh Humza Yusuf’s book titled “Purification of the Heart: Signs, Symptoms and Cures of the Spiritual Diseases of the Heart”.
Wasalaam
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[quote="NaJ/19"]LOL, dis layla majnu ....i've heard this somewhere YEA i rememba my mum telling a story but that was something to DO with em swimming in woh'taa,[/quote]
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first I have heard about this swimming in woh'taa bit, sounds a bit rude . .
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[quote="Med"][quote="NaJ/19"]LOL, dis layla majnu ....i've heard this somewhere YEA i rememba my mum telling a story but that was something to DO with em swimming in woh'taa,[/quote]
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first I have heard about this swimming in woh'taa bit, sounds a bit rude . .[/quote]
na of course it aint, i cant rememba how it goes now....heard it long time back, erm i do remember they both die at de end. THE END.
spiritual problems are those of the [b]soul[/b], whereas physical problems are those of the heart...