The True Love

The gift of love settles in the hearts of the beautiful souls, those who spread love everywhere they pass by. They leave a significant scent that can be felt in other hearts that hold similar traits or hearts that are thirsty for sincere love.

Words are the tools that convey love when it comes from the heart, and it has never been a sign of love if it comes from the side of the tongue.

The beacon of love is our beloved Prophet peace and blessings be upon. He set a strategy for spreading love manifested in an all inclusive manner.

The arrows of sincere love never miss their target!

When you target every individual in your life with an abundant dose of love, the result will be miraculous. Love comes in a form of actions not words.

A smile is an act of love.

Clearing trash from the public road is an act of love.

Helping the elderly is an act of love.

Making dua’a in secret for those who need it is an act of love.

Forgiving others is an act of love.

Giving the benefit of the doubt is an act of love.

Connecting to someone who cuts you off is an act of love.

Love means having internal peace.

Love means your heart is settled and satisfied with what Allah bestowed you.

Love means giving without waiting for anything in return.

Love means wishing the best for everyone around you.

Love means including everyone in your dua’a, even those who harmed you.

Love means to rise above your pain and find compensation in Allah’s mercy.

Love is holding tight to the commitment that you are obligated to.

Love is patience with pain and difficulties.

Love grows by seeing others’ happiness.

Love nourishes when you lift someone up.

Love is the tears you weep for those beloved to you.

People who love never quit.

Love is the gift of life.

The most noble love is the love of:

Allah and His messenger,

Homeland,

Family, and

Love for the sake of Allah.

This love is rooted to one’s faith, this love isn’t superficial and doesn’t fade away as long as the one who holds it is faithful.

For those who have good ties with Allah and His messenger, parents, siblings, spouse, children, neighbors, friends, and community, I ask Allah to reward you for your affection and patience.

Love is a word that means

L is for loyalty

O is for the One and Only

V is for values

E is for eternity

Who Are We?

What a unique creation we are!

A combination of a fist of earth clay and a blow of Allah’s soul. A very unique creation that Allah created with a purpose and goal!

Angels were created from light, they were not given a choice but to believe and obey the Creator. For that reason, Allah will not hold them accountable on the Day of Judgement because they were not granted any other choice. They are the source of comfort, light, and happiness wherever they are present.

Jinn were created after angels and before humans. Allah created them from a smokeless flame of fire, they are fiery creatures and that is where harm may come from. The disbelieving Jinn are called shayateen, they are found in areas that lack cleanliness, purity, or places that promote a sinful life. They are the source of misery and ambiguity.

Humans were created later, from a fist of earthly clay and a blow of Allah’s soul. Clay is a source of calm and coolness unlike the fire which emanates heat and harmfulness.

{He created the man, Adam, from the clay like the pottery / and has created jinn from a flame of fire} 55:15

The human’s spectrum can’t see the angel’s luminous creatures nor the jinn, but angels and jinn can see us.

{O children of Adam! Do not let Satan deceive you as he tempted your parents out of Paradise and caused their cover to be removed in order to expose their nakedness. Surely, he and his soldiers watch you from where you cannot see them. We have made the devils allies of those who disbelieve} 7:27

The message of Islam has reached both the jinn and humans. Some choose to believe while others choose not to. Everybody will be held accountable to their choices, whether their choice will raise them to a higher place close to angels or bring them down with the devils.

{and I have not created the jinn and humans except to worship Me} 51:56

The instinct, or fitra, is the guide to faith. It’s not an absolute mind, nor an absolute emotion. It is a mixture of both. The brain believes in cause, while the true emotion leads to effect. Faith satisfies the needs of the fitra which will reflect later on the soul and body. A good nutritious regimen, on the other hand, nourishes the body and keeps it healthy, while the soul needs faith to uplift it.

{then, one who walks fallen on his face, is he a better guided or that who walks upright on a straight way} 67:23

A baby is born with a pure instinct, or fitra, which leads it to its Creator until something interrupts it or someone teaches it otherwise. Raising a child in an uplifting spiritual atmosphere is the key to guide him or her to their Creator, because it is impactful and can be contagious.

Choosing who you associate with will have an impact on your beliefs and principles, that is the thing that will reflect on your behavior and your relationship with Allah. A satanic environment has its negative effect on those who associate with it. A spiritual association lifts the human status and motivates us when we meet with scholars and teachers, the same happens when we attend a thikr session or a spiritual halaqa. This is the core of the deen, the true fitra.

{so direct your face to the religion of pure faith inclined to truth, as an upright by nature upon which Allah originated mankind, there is no alteration of laws in the creation of Allah} 30:30

There is a popular Arabic proverb that describes someone who has missed something important, it says: you have wasted half of your life. So now imagine a person who has lost the soul of the life or the life of the soul?

“Oh Allah! What did he gain the one who left You?! And what did he lose the one who found You?!” - A pious man once said