- I wonder if it's worth it, winning in this life while losing ourselves !
و حين تنكشف لي تدابير الإله، ازداد إيمانا و تعلقا به و بلطفه
و حين تنكشف لي تدابير الإله، ازداد إيمانا و تعلقا به و بلطفه
" أَفَمَنْ أَسَّسَ بُنْيَانَهُ عَلَىٰ تَقْوَىٰ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَرِضْوَانٍ خَيْرٌ أَمْ مَنْ أَسَّسَ بُنْيَانَهُ عَلَىٰ شَفَا جُرُفٍ هَارٍ فَانْهَارَ بِهِ فِي نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ ۗ وَاللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ" (109)- سورة التوبة
“Is he who founded his building upon duty to Allah and His good pleasure better; or he who founded his building on the brink of a crumbling, overhanging precipice so that it toppled with him into the fire of hell?”
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" وَلَا تَسْتَوِي الْحَسَنَةُ وَلَا السَّيِّئَةُ ۚ ادْفَعْ بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ فَإِذَا الَّذِي بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُ عَدَاوَةٌ كَأَنَّهُ وَلِيٌّ حَمِيمٌ" (34)- سورة فصلت
“The good deed and the evil deed are not alike. Repel the evil deed with one which is better, then lo! he, between whom and thee there was enmity (will become) as though he was a bosom friend”
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" وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ أَنْ خَلَقَ لَكُمْ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا لِتَسْكُنُوا إِلَيْهَا وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَكُمْ مَوَدَّةً وَرَحْمَةً ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ" (21)- سورة الروم
“And of His signs is this: He created for you helpmeets from yourselves that ye might find rest in them, and He ordained between you love and mercy. Lo, herein indeed are portents for folk who reflect”
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" قُلْ لَوْ كَانَ الْبَحْرُ مِدَادًا لِكَلِمَاتِ رَبِّي لَنَفِدَ الْبَحْرُ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَنْفَدَ كَلِمَاتُ رَبِّي وَلَوْ جِئْنَا بِمِثْلِهِ مَدَدًا" (109) - سورة الكهف
“Say: Though the sea became ink for the Words of my Lord, verily the sea would be used up before the Words of my Lord were exhausted, even though We brought the like thereof to help”
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" وَعَسَىٰ أَنْ تَكْرَهُوا شَيْئًا وَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ ۖ وَعَسَىٰ أَنْ تُحِبُّوا شَيْئًا وَهُوَ شَرٌّ لَكُمْ ۗ وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنْتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ" (216) - سٍورة البقرة
“But it may happen that ye hate a thing which is good for you, and it may happen that ye love a thing which is bad for you. Allah knoweth, ye know not”
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" قُلْ هَلْ يَسْتَوِي الَّذِينَ يَعْلَمُونَ وَالَّذِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ۗ إِنَّمَا يَتَذَكَّرُ أُولُو الْأَلْبَابِ" (9) – سورة الزمر
“Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Are those who know equal with those who know not? But only men of understanding will pay heed”
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" (1) وَالْعَصْرِ إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ لَفِي خُسْرٍ (2) إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ (3)" - سورة العصر
“By the declining day, (1) Lo! man is in a state of loss, (2) Save those who believe and do good works, and exhort one another to truth and exhort one another to endurance. (3)”
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" وَإِنْ تُطِعْ أَكْثَرَ مَنْ فِي الْأَرْضِ يُضِلُّوكَ عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ۚ إِنْ يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَإِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَخْرُصُونَ (116)" – سورة الأنعام
“If thou obeyedst most of those on earth they would mislead thee far from Allah's way. They follow naught but an opinion, and they do but guess”
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" وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ عِبَادِي عَنِّي فَإِنِّي قَرِيبٌ ۖ أُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ الدَّاعِ إِذَا دَعَانِ ۖ فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا لِي وَلْيُؤْمِنُوا بِي لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْشُدُونَ" (- (186 سورة البقرة
“And when My servant question thee concerning Me, then surely I am nigh. I answer the prayer of the suppliant when he crieth unto Me. So let them bear My call and let them trust in Me, in order that they may be led aright”
A great singer who makes you feel that he knows what he's singing about, it's so real to him...
My favorite Greek singer, never fails to squeeze my heart with her experienced voice.....
Although I don't understand a word from what she sings but I like the guy who appears beside her, a humble human being who I guess for those few moments of his life felt that he's special while sitting beside this beautiful woman, he brings another depth to the song....
- He who wants to know, will find a way to know.
- There is no knight coming in shining armor, there is good communication, common interests and an agreement on the purpose of this life, this is what relationships are based on.
- I'm greedy and proud to be when it comes to knowledge.
- If you compare yourself now to what you used to be and find that you have not changed for the better, then what a waste of time it was !
- Be careful of being trapped in your lies.
- God you are my asylum, without you I'm nothing.
- Being crazy in this crazy world, this is what I call adapting :-).
- If the tough lessons we are learning now are because we will need them for the situations we will face in the future then I don’t mind learning them at all, my only fear is that we might forget them and make the same mistakes again and hence it will be our fault.
- Yes.. everybody is worshiping his own God, but still there is a true God and a false one, and I'm not talking about deities only here.
- Each one of us has his own share of naivety.
- Some people think so low of themselves to the extent of not being able to imagine/believe that there is anyone who really cares for them.
- Sometimes human beings degrade themselves until they miss enjoying the merits of their superiority.
- Because of the fact that no one can deny, which is that people lie most of the time, people started taking others' words lightly, thinking that people's words don't mean anything anymore, which is inaccurate, because even the lies mean something ....
- No one likes failure or bad experiences, including me, but the excitement about the new experiences coming up is what turns me on & keeps me going.
- Sometimes we need to be selfish and stop making the choices that harm us.
- You are important, don’t surrender to people who try to make you feel that you aren't, it's only a reflection of how they feel about themselves, don't give them this satisfaction.
- Sometimes on some issues you want to reach a real sealed closure in this world, but who said that this world is the last chance to reach this closure.
- I wish it was possible for us to erase a period of our life, but not the lessons we learnt in it.
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و ما الإنسان منا الإ ما يختاره
· لو أني أصغيت إلى صوت الفطرة و تركت البداهة تقودني لأعفيت نفسي من عناء الجدل .. و لقادتني الفطرة إلى الله .. و لكنني جئت في زمن تعقد فيه كل شيء و ضعف صوت الفطرة حتى صار همساً وارتفع صوت العقل حتى صار لجاجة و غروراً و اعتداداً.
· العالم الذي نعيش فيه له وجه ظاهر جميل تتألق فيه العلوم والفنون وأحلام العدالة وحقوق الإنسان ووجه آخر قبيح سفلي تسكنه الشهوات والأطماع والمظالم والأحقاد والشرور و قد تجد في عالمنا العجيب من يستعمل الوجهين ويتقمص الأسلوبين ويتكلم باللسانين فهو ملاك حينما يحتاج الموقف الي الملائكية وشيطان مريد حينما تكون الشيطنة أربح وأكسب وحينما يكون الشر أكثر فائدة.
· تتغير الظروف وتتبدل الملابسات وتمتحن العواطف والاقوال والاعمال ... وتبتلى النفوس فى جواهرها وتتقلب القلوب... وياتى بعد الليل النهار وبعد النهار الليل فنحن على ارض تدور.
· بسجود القلب يتجسد المعنى الباطني العميق للدين ، و تنعقد الصلة بأوثق ما تكون بين العبد و الرب . و بالحس الديني ، يشهد القلب الفعل الإلهي في كل شيء .. في المطر و الجفاف ، في الهزيمة و النصر ، في الصحة و المرض ، في الفقر و الغنى ، في الفرج و الضيق .. و على اتساع التاريخ يرى الله في تقلب الأحداث و تداول المقادير.
· انها الخدعة الأزلية.. تحلم بامتلاك الأرض فإذا بالأرض هي التي تمتلكك و هي التي تكرسك لخدمتها.. تتصور أن المال سوف يحررك من الحاجة فإذا بالمال يفتح لك أبواب مطالب أكثر و بالتالي يلقى إلى احتياج أكثر.. و كلما احرزت مليونا.. احتجت إلى ثلاثة ملايين لحراسة هذا المليون و ضمانه.. و تدور الحلقة المفرغة و لا نهاية. و هذه طبيعة ...عالمنا الكذاب الذي نمتحن فيه. كلنا نعلم هذا.. و مع ذلك لا نتعلم أبدا.
· نحن فى العادة لا نعترف إلا بما نراه ونلمسه .. وهذا غرور . فما أقل مانرى ، وما أقل ماندرى فى هذه الدنيا .
- Aim at having a life in your life.
- Love is not obsession, it is not controlling. It’s first of all trust then comes giving, sharing, caring and accepting.
- Most of the time you are not aware of the bigger plan, so be careful with the small steps you take, of which you are aware.
- The woman doesn't just seek a man to love but also a man who is able to love.
- Each one of us has his/her own share of pain, I just wish that we could give each other the excuse and the space.
- I agree that we shouldn't magnify our pain, but it still hurts, it's still pain.
- I wish to live till the day when humans admit that they don't have full control over this world, when they admit that their understanding on their own is limited.
- Since it's only me and myself after all, I guess I've to do my best to try to keep myself happy.
- If you can't find pleasure in simple things, how do you expect to find it in big ones.
- Why bad things happen to good people ? well.. I think because they are the best to know how to handle it in a good way :-).
- Since very early in my life I refused to be the doll, I refused to be the amuser, but it seems that "who I am" became my curse, how strange and confusing and consuming this life could be!
- People sometimes misinterpret religion, but if you ask me, I would say that religion truly and in essence is all about being positive, it is about bringing out the best in you.
- I wonder if people who built their relationships on scoring points, wrestling and mind games realize that this is a waste of time and energy big time.
- Big difference between "Stubbornness" and "Perseverance", stubbornness is when you insist on your stand whether it's right or wrong, Perseverance is when you insist while knowing deep inside that you are on the right track.
- I find it a bit strange that people can live & enjoy being superior in the eyes of other people, but accept being inferior within themselves.
- Something that I've noticed lately, which is that people keep lying to themselves and to others until they lose track of the truth, within themselves and with others.
- Sometimes the last straw is actually what makes you stronger !!
- Life is tough, no doubt, after admitting that let's just fight, live and get over with it.
- The one who gets me will be the one.
- We were once one, we have one origin, which indicates that with tolerance and an open mind we can cope and live togother.
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جهل المقهور ، نعمة للقاهر و نقمة للمقهور-
حين يرميني أحد بلقب مثقفة استشعر الرهبة لظني أني لا أستحق اللقب بعد، فهناك الكثير الذي لا أعرفه و الكثير لأراجعه، أشعر بأن الثقافة و المعرفة بحر كبير، و أنا مازلت أقف علي شاطئه و لم تمس قدمي مياهه بعد
لا أري عيبا في أن أنتمي إلي هذا الجانب أو ذاك، فهذا ليس مانعا في أن أرغب في نفس الوقت في التوافق بين هذا و ذاك
People consider themselves smart, smart in pretending to be what they want others to think they are, although they know that they are not.
They forget that God is smarter, and that he can ruin their plans. They think they can fool people, and mostly they can but they can’t fool God.
But because they aren’t as smart as they think they are, they reveal their true self without noticing, in what they say, their facial expressions, the logic they use and the overall consistency of their behavior, these are things out of their control, controlling all this is above their mental capabilities.
If you concentrate hard enough you will get it, you will bring down their false buildings, this exposure might shock them and turn the love or care to “Envy”, but they just don’t know that “Envy” is a fire burning those who start it.
- Use your curiosity not to poke your nose into others’ affairs but rather in the world’s affairs.
- If you really want to learn, discover yourself first.
- When you feel angry or envious it’s Ok, God knows that you will have those feelings, and because God knows us very well, God gave us the tools to deal with those feelings and fight them in what we know as “Bigger Gihad”.
- When you start giving you are not losing, people don’t take from your share, but rather they are taking from God’s share which is endless.
- Each time you surrender to people's invitation/pressure to reply back with evil, you are actually not winning the battle, but losing yourself a bit by bit, which is the real lose.
- Be yourself & make the best out of it. There is a reason for being the way you are.
- When you see people who live by their principles, you can call them the exception, but don’t tell me that they can’t be imitated, because they exist.
- The biggest blessing you will ever enjoy and in the same time suffer from is “Compassion”.
- Knowledge is embedded within you and in the universe, if you would notice, those who wrote the books from the beginning of time wrote them when there were no books then.
- Take your time understanding the information rather than being too much into collecting it.
- Don’t try to change yourself for someone because you still won’t fit. Be yourself and search for your match.
- Taking the safe choice all the time doesn’t mean that you are safe. Risk is inescapable.
- Don't bother yourself searching or picking on people's flaws, it's between them and God.