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[Aapa]

Assalaam walaikum,

I have been busy and not posting. I noticed there is an air of quiet on the website. I know the mods must be loving it.

Let's get excited over something.

In reminiscing about last year..I drove cross country not once but twice..I discovered most importantly that Islam lies in one's heart. I encountered people who had never seen a Muslim, let alone a Muslim woman. I had wonderful opportunities to discuss Islam and why I am a Muslim. All I can say is people were wonderful to me. It seemed as if Allah subhana talla made my path filled with ease.

What was the lesson in faith you learned last year.

 

[shaheeda35]

:salam2:
Good to see you back dear sister....you have been missed on here. I think everyday we go through a test of faith...cannot narrow it down to just one, :ma:

You can get back to posting now!

 

[ShahnazZ]

Where to begin?

Since I work at an organization that addresses the needs of the Muslim community, I can safely say that I learned more this year about myself and my faith then I did in any other year.

I learned how to reserve judgment before passing it on others.
I learned more about myself and exercising sabr and tawakkul in Allah Subhanu wa Ta'ala.
I learned that gratitude for what might seem like even the most minute of blessings is essential.
I'm slowly learning how to see the glass half full as opposed to half empty as I have for most of my life.
I learned how to be active in my community and speak out against injustice. Being a voice for youth in NYC at one point, I learned that true confidence does not limit itself to one's appearance but is only authentic when it emanates from within one's soul and that usually results from pleasure and satisfaction in one's identity (in my case, my Muslim identity).
I learned to call out to Allah in the most difficult times of need and what it means to supplicate to Him as if I were an oppressed individual if I truly am experiencing oppression, whether it's mental or physical.
I learned that His Healing takes time if true learning is meant to take place on the part of the individual. But the fact of the matter is that He DOES heal you and He does it in such a way that you don't even notice or realize that He has until you think about it.

Above all, I learned to go with the flow and place all my tawakkul in Allah, even if things seemed to be frustrating or even unbearable. In the end, He always leads you to a place of happiness and that's what I'm slowly starting to see.

Alhamdulillah, I've come a long way. I've learned more about myself in the last couple of years than before. And although some of it involved many painful experiences, I can definitely say that I'll be a better person from now on inshAllah.

 

[Tabassum07]

:salam2:

Last year was a really huge learning experience for me - I had proof upon proof that even in the most difficult and most dire situations, when all else seemed to be failing, it was actually the best situation for me. Literally, I saw over and over how "Verily, with difficulty comes ease." There were tons of times I thought what was happeneing to me was terrible and very very difficult, but now I say alhamdulillah, because those very things turned out to be huge blessings - I learned that we should always say alhamdulillah! whether we are going through hardship or ease, because if its good, then alhamdulillah, and if its bad, then again alhamdulillah because surely there is some good hidden in the bad for us, even though we in our weak human mindset cannot see or grasp what it is.

 

[faaraa]

Well, My faith delivered a good lesson to me last year..

I was diagnosed with a disease (I dont wanna say what it is....) and I could never sit for my exams... I mean I wanted to sit for the exam in order get admission to the local INTERNAL university degree.. BUT I NEVER SAT

So my family and friends started to feel sorry for me and almost all of them cried as they NEVER expected such a trauma in MY LIFE..

But ALHAMDULILLAH I was provided with the disease along with the strength to bare it, SUBHANALLAH.. But I could never bare the other peoples' tears and worries which came out for me...

So I was crying, making Dua that no one should ever get upset with my illness, and made Dua that I should never be a burden on any one...
My doctor said that he will have to repeat a deep treatment which I have already gone through once....(I dont wanna say what it is), and he said that I will have to continue with the medicines for 2 long years... I really became sad 'coz I knew that if this continues then my mother will have to have more and more sleepless nights..
Yet I never lost my FAITH in ALLAH AZZAWAJAL .... I continued to beg Him.. SUBHANALLAH...

The more I consumed the medications, the more I put on and developed many many side effects, moreover my appearance too started to have a big change and I almost became like a balloon SUBHANALLAH...

I continued my Duas and when I went to meet my doctor few months later, He miraculously said that I am having a quick recovery ALAHDULILLAH and he said that he wont continue the treatments for 2 years a she said earlier, and he continued saying that I dont have to undergo that scary treatment once again... SUBHANALLAH... how will I thank our RABB????

My faith let me feel the LOVE OF THE ALMIGHTY practically.. it taught me that nothing is impossible if ALLAH AZZAWAJAL really helps you... and it taught me that I am not very thankful to my RABB..

My faith gave me a mixture of emotions.. If I never knew what I slam is, I would have surely lost my life looong ago... SUBHANALLAH ... I am blessed to be a Muslimah...

And ALHAMDULILLAH... now that I am coming back to normal... hope I will become norm sooooon INSHA ALLAH.... waiting madly see "OLD MY SELF " soon INSHA ALLAH

May be some of you remember that when I was hospitalized, my sister and many members made Dua for me... let me say that I love you all for the sake of ALLAH AZZAWAJAL... and I am really thankful for all the members over here for giving me a friendly Islamic atmosphere..

Of course thank you so much for making me realize that how much ALLAH AZZAWAJAL loves us..

 

[Aapa]

Assalaam walaikum,

It is so good to see you post. Our individual steps have led us to the same path. And I am glad.