kiss it goodbye

Bismillah,

Assalaamu alaikum,

Since I did not go to taraweeh and I am sorta home "alone" I thought I'd do more blogging tonight. Before I start though, I just wanted to mention that it is Sooooooo true when people say "you think alot when you're alone." I like to record my thoughts and read them at a latter time as a reminder. so here goes...

A lot of times we're busy and busy and busy with Dunya, whether it is school, work, family or all combined. Our only concern becomes what is at hand..worrying about tomorrow and so on. This goes on to the point where we might "steal" from our prayers! Wallahi, literary steal from our salah-our divine link! subhana'Allah. And when I say "steal" I mean it the way prophet mohamed (PBUH) meant it. We pray without giving much thought to our sajood, Ruku' and everything else. 

For many of us including and especially me, we have become prisoners of this world. We love it, we're attached to it and we want it more than anything! but ya know I think its time for us to kiss it goodbye!! No, I am not kidding-I am actually dead serious! See, when we turn to Akhirah and to Allah, this Dunya becomes like a drop of water in the ocean. It will come and run after us....it will become attached to us and it will want us but we will not want it back because we have in mind something far more precious!-eternal bliss in the garden of Aden! subhana'Allah.....

However, I think it is hard to kiss it goodbye because this Dunya is full of glitter and all sorts of temptation. Man, The words of Allah are true because indeed this world is a test! it is the hardest test one will EVER take and passing it requires constancy, dedication, commitment and much more. Yet again, we have the answers.....we have all the answers, the key to that special garden-Jannah! It is just upon ourselves to help our soul search for what it really wants. Pleasures that have deadlines or eternal bliss? Money and fame or united with the prophet (PBUH) and his companions? A worrisome heart or a content heart? 

Ones again, the choice is ours and Allah has gives us a great intelligence to choose between two paths. Making this choice is super hard for the youth.....especially the teenagers. Not because of their hormones mind you, but because of the continual growth of their frontal lobe. This is the part of the brain which is not yet completely developed in teens. They dont have the proper insight to choose that which is best for them except those whom Allah bestowed His mercy upon. May Allah make us of them. 

In Islam though, we know "youth years" are particularly very important. We a great story on the people of the cave. Some guys who were the youth of a town and yet knew when to flee in order to preserve tawhid. They wanted to get away from shirk.....yes I said shirk! and now, what is happening to our youth huh?? They know more about pop culture than they know of the oneness of Allah!! We're busy with memorizing lyrics and have completely forgotten to learn about our creator.

However, I swear by Allah aint nothing more calming than the recitation of the Qur'an. The more one learns about Allah, the more one becomes a stranger. A person with knowledge of who Allah is cares less about what this world has to offer...and gives much thought to the meeting with Allah. We need to have a goal....not only should we long for Jannah, but we should also long for the meeting with Allah. Wallahi, no mind or heart can imagine how such meeting would go about. The meeting that will take place when Allah calls upon the people of Jannah to show His noble face. Imagine seeing your creator for the first time! Imagine how it would feel to be able to actually look at Allah's beautiful face. Subhana'Allah......no matter how we try we cannot imagine it because our minds cannot comprehend that. But we're promised that day if we serve and worship Allah like He should be worshiped.

So, go ahead---------KISS this DUNYA goodBYE!---------