The mask or the spirit...?

farhopes

No God but Allah
The Mask........or the Spirit?

Who can you get married to?
"And from his sign is that He created from yourselves your wives, that you find serenity with"


That is our creator's words about marriage. Therefore, I think that our duty is to try hard, seeking help from Allah, to find someone who is from your. Someone who can read your mind and touch your feelings, someone that your spirit can fly with his, someone you always need and you never become bored with, someone you can talk to just like a baby talking to his compassionate mother.
To find that special person, you shouldn't care much about external beauty as it doesn't guarantee alone that kind of love. Real beauty isn't only something you can see with your eyes, but also you should feel with your heart. Physical attraction loses its effect soon after you become familiar with it. It's nothing but a cover or a mask. You may find the mask very lovely and attractive, but when you get closer and look carefully, you may see someone you had never known before. On the contrary, perhaps, you don't like the mask at the first sight, but when you look beyond it, you may find the most beautiful creature you have ever seen. Therefore, you should decide which of the two things you are looking for..........the mask or the spirit.
The spirit, what a mysterious name of something you can't see although you can deeply feel it. Once, Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, was asked what the spirit is. He was ordered by Allah to say that the spirit is God's matter and our given knowledge is just so limited. That's why I have no knowledge to talk about the core of the spirit. Instead, I can say a little about its features and characteristics.
The endless beauty of the spirit, that is the real beauty, as you would never feel bored with it. Do you know why? That's because everyday you will be surprised by a new kind of beauty. Everyday you may discover something unique, something you didn't see or touch before. Therefore, this spiritual beauty doesn't lose its effect along years. In spiritual love, the more you know, the more you love and the more you love the more you know.
The spirit never gets old. Getting old is something that only happens to the mask, the physical beauty, but not to the spiritual one. Along years, it gets brighter, more dazzling and wiser.

The natural love in which you are attracted by external beauty is like a volcano explosion or a flood tide. It starts very strongly and heavily, but it gradually calms down and declines. It may turn to be just a memory. On the contrary, the spiritual love is like an underground spring of water; when it comes out, it never stops and the more you drink, the more it floods.

Amany
 

farhopes

No God but Allah
Assalamo alikom

this article is my special point of view. I composed it to express my ideas and i accept any criticism you can give.
your sister, Amany
 

al-fajr

...ism..schism
Staff member
this article is my special point of view. I composed it to express my ideas and i accept any criticism you can give.
your sister, Amany

wow! are u a poet by any chance?

and there nothing wrong with the pink and i have no criticism to make, ure very modest about ure work! :hearts:

its beautiful....can i please print it so i can keep it?
 

farhopes

No God but Allah
Very nice words indeed. Inner beauty gets reflected on the whole person, face, words and conduct, but is only noticed by another person who can see it. People whose top priority is appearance, and there's no shortage of them in the U.S. (LOL), won't see inner beauty if it hit them in the face. Outer beauty doesn't always extend deeper and all too often is only skin deep.

Thanks for erading my articles and for the unique comment on it. You're right, not many people are able to appreciate that inner beauty or even realize it because they just care about materialistic matters. I think that only those who possess that spiritual beauty are able to feel it and notice it in others.:wasalam:
 

loverasool

New Member
very nice words indeed
i do agree with u that inner beauty is the one which lasts cause u don't remember faces as much as u remember souls and although we feel first attracted to the outside appearance,but we can't like it unless it's accompanied by good soul
 

hager

Junior Member
well

yes,this's so nice topic
u know?
my friends in school always looking for a cute guy..
lotts of relationships..
may be i'm single...but my life's okey
everything's fine,thx back to allaah..
i'm not sad..cuz,i'm single
i have feelings,i'm so romantic....but all of that is inside me..i can't let everyone see it..
if my husband beg me..to say to him "i love u"
well..er..
okey,i could..
sure..emotions's the e most important thing in marriage..
love's like a communication between tow persons..
love's pure,guysi should stop..cuz,if i keep talking about love..i wouldn't finish..
laslty:to find good wife/husband..don't look for the face,money,..
look for love,care..that's so important..
salam
 

Muslimah-S

Seek The Almighty
:salam2: dear sister Amany.
:ma: Jazzakllahu kahiran for the reminder.
very true what you have stated.
Beauty gets the attention and good personality gets the heart. :SMILY252:
 

hussain.mahammed

a lonely traveller
As salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wabrakatuhu sister

Very inspiring words. My only concern for my brothers and sisters is that dont go by the mask but look for the spirit. The mask might fool you, but the spirit cannot.

wa/salam
 

muharram23

New Member
Staff member
The Mask........or the Spirit?

Who can you get married to?
"And from his sign is that He created from yourselves your wives, that you find serenity with"


That is our creator's words about marriage. Therefore, I think that our duty is to try hard, seeking help from Allah, to find someone who is from your. Someone who can read your mind and touch your feelings, someone that your spirit can fly with his, someone you always need and you never become bored with, someone you can talk to just like a baby talking to his compassionate mother.
To find that special person, you shouldn't care much about external beauty as it doesn't guarantee alone that kind of love. Real beauty isn't only something you can see with your eyes, but also you should feel with your heart. Physical attraction loses its effect soon after you become familiar with it. It's nothing but a cover or a mask. You may find the mask very lovely and attractive, but when you get closer and look carefully, you may see someone you had never known before. On the contrary, perhaps, you don't like the mask at the first sight, but when you look beyond it, you may find the most beautiful creature you have ever seen. Therefore, you should decide which of the two things you are looking for..........the mask or the spirit.
The spirit, what a mysterious name of something you can't see although you can deeply feel it. Once, Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, was asked what the spirit is. He was ordered by Allah to say that the spirit is God's matter and our given knowledge is just so limited. That's why I have no knowledge to talk about the core of the spirit. Instead, I can say a little about its features and characteristics.
The endless beauty of the spirit, that is the real beauty, as you would never feel bored with it. Do you know why? That's because everyday you will be surprised by a new kind of beauty. Everyday you may discover something unique, something you didn't see or touch before. Therefore, this spiritual beauty doesn't lose its effect along years. In spiritual love, the more you know, the more you love and the more you love the more you know.
The spirit never gets old. Getting old is something that only happens to the mask, the physical beauty, but not to the spiritual one. Along years, it gets brighter, more dazzling and wiser.

The natural love in which you are attracted by external beauty is like a volcano explosion or a flood tide. It starts very strongly and heavily, but it gradually calms down and declines. It may turn to be just a memory. On the contrary, the spiritual love is like an underground spring of water; when it comes out, it never stops and the more you drink, the more it floods.

Amany

Salamu alaykum

As long as that inner beaty is obedient to ALlah sva, then that will keep it inshAllah beautiful forever. The thing that makes people love each other forever, is the love for the sake of Allah. But as the inner beauty is important, the outward beauty is important as well. It is from human nature that a person chooses that which he/she likes. When you go shoe shopping, or get some clothes, ofcourse u'll get that which makes u happy and satisfied. You will not choose something that is ugly and say"oh, it is nice and warm, i dont care how it look as long as it gives me warmth". However, going into extreme in one way or the other, is also not from islam. This religion is always in the middle, the easy way. Even though religion is the most important, but looks, origin, and wealth plays a role as well.

Allah knows best

wasalam
 

farhopes

No God but Allah
Assalamo alikom

Salamu alaykum

It is from human nature that a person chooses that which he/she likes. When you go shoe shopping, or get some clothes, ofcourse u'll get that which makes u happy and satisfied. You will not choose something that is ugly and say"oh, it is nice and warm, i dont care how it look as long as it gives me warmth".

Allah knows best

wasalam

I just wanna remind you that Allah never creats an ugly human......It is our eyes, our hearts and our minds that can not see the hidden beauty that Allah sobhanahu wa t'ala has put in everything He created. Choosing a spouse is completely different from choosing a pair of choes or a piece of clothes. Those material things have nothing to give you but external beauty. That is why they turn to be rubbish after sometime.
Being happy and satisfied is very important, but the point is what kind of happiness and satisfaction you seek . If this depends only on external beauty, then you will be happy and satisfied for a very short time.
When you meet someone for marriage, don't look at her\him only with your eyes, but rather with your heart and your mind. Give yourself a chance to see what is beyond the face and body, you may see a kind of beauty you couldn't see at the first sight, you may then love what you didn't love at first. Finally, of course it is up to you to choose who makes you happy and satisfied as you are the only one who will pay for it. lololol
 

farhopes

No God but Allah
Assalamo alikom

Asaalamu Alaykum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuhu
Woooooooooow, amazing.....
your writing is truley wonderful dear sister and I second ukhti Isra question lol.
Very very beneficial :).
Wa Alaykum Asaalamu Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuhu

Jazak Allah kul khair, dear brother for that lovely surprise you made for me by bringing this thread forward again. I posted it ten months ago and it was my first humble try to write and express my thoughts that is why it has some mistakes and needs to be corrected, but " Edit" is no longer available in it!!!!!!


Many thanks for all my brothers and sisters who gave comments here. I read and appreciated every word you have said, Jazakom Allah kair for your encouragement :hearts:
 
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