So now that the Blessed month of Ramadhaan is over (way too
quickly), I have a little more time to do extra things, like blogging. I hope
that everyone has been well over the past month and I hope that Ramadhaan brought
many blessings and a lot of peace to all of you. (Inshaa-Allah I plan to do a
post on Ramadhaan soon, but we’ll have to wait for that J
Anyway… As regular readers of this blog would’ve noticed
(since it’s blatantly obvious) I have decided to change my blog template after
a very long while. I was comfortable with my old template and it took me so
long to find something I was happy with that I decided it was way too much
effort to change it. See, I have to complicate life by insisting on things
being symbolic and meaningful (instead of just choosing something because it
looks nice, or for the fun of it). In any case, after searching some other
sites for templates I got irritated and decided to see what blogger has to
offer and there it was, the template I’ve chosen now, RAIN- This was perfect
and I’ll tell you why!
Rain symbolises growth, the beginning of new things… but
perhaps the most of all, it symbolises HOPE! Hope for a brighter tomorrow, for
new life, for clean air, a clean slate, hope for many things- The perfection of
rain water, emerging from dark grey clouds, translucent drops of perfection-
SubhanAllah (Glory be to Allah), if rain doesn’t remind us that anything is
possible, then what does?
This Ramadhaan I’ve been hearing about hope a lot, even today
while listening to a lecture by Mufti Menk, I was reminded about hope once
more. Mufti Menk spoke about how Allah Almighty wants people to be hopeful and
that people should always have hope in Allah, because without hope faith can
quickly disappear.
I find this so beautiful, and so reassuring. Imagine that the
All Glorious Creator, who is Self Sufficient, expects us, weak human beings, to
hope for Allah’s mercy, to hope that Allah will help us, to hope that things
will be good if we turn to Allah. SubhanAllah! HOPE!!!
So today and all the days after this, let us remember to have
HOPE. Let us hope that Allah will favour us and shower His special mercy on us,
let us hope to be amongst the Ummah (community) of our Beloved Prophet Muhammad
(PBUH) on the Day of Judgement, let us hope that Our prayers will be answered,
and that we will have a good life and a good death and the best in the
Hereafter. Let us hope for anything that we want to, because Allah Almighty is
generous and there are no ends to Allah’s bounties and there is no impossibilities
for Allah! SubhanAllah!!!
LET US HAVE HOPE IN ALLAH, LET THE BEAUTIFUL RAIN BE A
REMINDER FOR US THAT THERE CAN ALWAYS BE NEW BEGINNINGS, THAT COMPLETE BEAUTY
CAN EMERGE FROM DARKNESS, THAT HOPE CAN SUSTAIN US, BECAUSE AFTER ALL, ALLAH
ALMIGHTY SAYS SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT THAT – ‘I AM AS MY SERVANT THINKS I AM’,
SO LET US THINK OF ALLAH ALMIGHTY AS THE MOST GENEROUS, THE MOST MERCIFUL AND
THE ONE WHO CAN MAKE ANYTHING HAPPEN FOR US, AND INSHAA-ALLAH WE WILL SEE THAT
WHEN WE HAVE HOPE IN ALLAH, THEN TRULY, THE SKY IS NOT THE LIMIT!
MAY WE ALWAYS BE OF THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO HAVE HOPE,
INSHAA-ALLAH AMEEN!
Image from here
I am so happy to read you again Zarina and even more with such a beautiful post, that speaks to me a lot.
ReplyDeleteHOPE. I think it's what keep us alive, what make us celebrate life and the beauty of it.
HOPE is an important part of FAITH.
May we all rejoice and remember God is there, with us, all along the way, so we should never lose Hope.
I love your new theme. I think it is what I do miss most of these days, the absence of rain. Rain has power, Rain shows us everything is possible. It cleans our hearts and bring freshness to our senses.
Stay blessed my dear. And a Blessed Eid to you and your familY!
Assallamulaikum sister Zarina,
ReplyDeleteA nice blog template.
For me, although a blog template maybe nice and very attractive to the eyes but what important is the contents and messages its delivered that really count.
Anyway I do enjoy reading yours.
Wassallam.
Wa-alaykum salaam sister Nur
ReplyDeleteThat's so true, the message of the blog is so much more important than the way it looks, but it is nice if your blog looks good and has good messages at the same time. Inshaa-Allah I do hope that people can be attracted more by the message than the template.
JazakAllah Khayr for your comment, I hope that you've had a wonderful Ramadhaan and Eid.
Stay well and in peace
Marie
ReplyDeleteFor some reason your comment went into my spam folder, but I'm happy that I saw it now.
Thanks so much for the comment, I like your words about Rain, and I think that rings so true for hope, because hope also cleans our hearts and makes us feel fresh and more willing to face life's challenges.
May we always have hope, for truly without it we would find ourselves in distress.
Thanks for the Eid wishes, and I hope that you, Antoine and your family are doing well.
Stay well and in peace