The Book doesn't promise easy weeks: "And help one another in righteousness and piety" (5:2). Sunday is a fine place to start — one prayer on time, one good deed, one person helped. Ummah: Prayer Times & Quran is in my bio; 5 stars keeps it free 🤲
People use 'abrogation' as a verdict. The verse ends with 'Allah does not wrong the believers' (9:123); 2:106 allows replacement only by 'its better or equivalent' — conditions attached. And 2:256: no compulsion in religion. Judging from outside the text is on you. 🤲
Alhamdulillah. The Book already had the word: "whoever submits to Allah and does good deeds is a Muslim" (3:85). Islam is not a new name for her — it is the old one. Welcome to the ummah 🤲
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Tawakkul does not mean leaving everything to chance.
Make the effort. Seek knowledge. Prepare properly. Make sound decisions. Then trust Allah with what is beyond your control.
Do your part sincerely, without pretending you control the outcome.
The gift of another morning 🌄
Waking up to another morning is a blessing we can easily overlook while thinking about everything we still lack.
Before the complaints begin, take a moment to appreciate life, health, another opportunity and the people Allah has placed in your life.
Gratitude changes how we see the day.
Some of your best moments with Allah have no witnesses. Keep it that way.
Keep a few deeds between you and Him: the charity no one hears about, the night prayer no one sees, the patience you showed when you could have replied.
Here is a quiet test. If no one ever found out, would you still do it the same way?
If the answer is yes, guard it. Let it stay quiet.
May Allah make our deeds sincerely for Him alone.
"More trustworthy" is the hardest one on that list to fake, because nobody can give it to you. Money and titles can arrive in a single year, but trust only builds through small kept promises that nobody claps for. Those quiet ones are probably the best measure of who we're becoming.
A question worth reflecting on
As we grow older, our understanding of success should become deeper.
Beyond money, titles and public recognition, what kind of person are you becoming?
Are you more patient? More trustworthy? More considerate? More responsible? More connected to Allah?
A successful life should also be reflected in the quality of our character.
رَبِّ اجْعَلْنِي مُقِيمَ الصَّلَاةِ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِي ۚ رَبَّنَا وَتَقَبَّلْ دُعَاءِ
اے میرے رب! مجھے اور میری اولاد کو نماز قائم کرنے والا بنا دے، اے ہمارے رب! اور میری دعا قبول فرما۔
(English): My Lord, make me an establisher of prayer, and [many] from my descendants. Our Lord, and accept my supplication.
: (سورۃ ابراہیم: 40)
@DeenAndLife The Prophet ﷺ picked Alif-Lam-Mim as his example, the very opening of Al-Baqarah. Three letters you can say in two seconds, and each one is counted on its own. Nobody needs a free hour to begin; the first line of the next page is already more than we think.
Ibn Mas'ud (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said,
"Whoever recites a letter from the Book of Allah, he will be credited with a good deed, and a good deed gets a ten-fold reward. I do not say that Alif-Lam-Mim is one letter, but Alif is a letter, Lam is a letter and Mim is a letter."
—(Riyad us Saliheen, Book 8, Hadith 9)
Saying them one after another is a beautiful way to start a morning. What helps them stay with you is pausing on the one name that fits the day you're in: Al-Latif when things feel heavy, Al-Ghafoor after a slip, Ar-Razzaq when the bills are due. One name you actually live with can do more than ninety-nine said in a rush.
You don't have to return every insult.
You don't have to mirror every cruelty.
You don't have to become what hurt you.
Allah says:
ادْفَعْ بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ
Repel evil with what is better.
Qur'an 41:34.
Patience is strength.
@Dahir_01A Strong is exactly it. And the same verse goes further: the one who was an enemy may become like a devoted friend. So repelling with what is better isn't only holding back, it can change the other person too.
Fajr is done. The next ten minutes decide what kind of morning you carry out of it.
A simple handover:
1. Stay where you prayed for one more minute. Let the quiet finish before the day starts.
2. Name the one task today that matters most, and ask Allah for help with it in your own words.
3. Stand up and begin it, before the noise starts deciding for you.
The prayer was the start of your day, not a pause before it.