each day.. when one open its eyes.. it knows.. its been given a chance to renew its life.. if one think about it.. it can almost find similarity to the handful of seeds that choose to renew its life.. to continue no matter what had occurred previous days.. as it keep in mind.. it will never stop trying to be better today.. Yesterday was history.. Tomorrow is still yet to be resolve.. a mystery to be unfold.. but Today.. is what it will undergo.. what it will face.. its a gift to be used fully.. and there's the reason it being called as the present, as it is what it hold =)..
though difficulty, hardship is what welcoming each day.. one doesn't need to be too mindful on it.. do remember that one will find its strength within itself with only two criterion it keeps in its heart.. patience with the true virtue patience.. and to keep in one heart.. trust and believe in Him.. which one should always supplicate to the All Mighty.. to always be among His servants who's deeds that would not waver a bit though calamity strikes with no sign of stopping.. [a need reminder to the writer(is_L) who always forget about it..]
as imam Al-Banna said..
"happiness, which everyone is longing for, streams to them from their own mind and likewise.. the hardship surrounding them, and from which they try to escape befalls them from their hearts as well.."
it just seem that what one feels.. what perceive is how one choose to take it..
just like the concept of placebo in medical view.. though the writer here is not involve in medical side.. and will never be.. it is what it thinks is somehow related to be..
/*Placebo.. is a concept a mind would think and would somehow actually influence the mind and body system.. it is used in medical side to somehow make patients to be better without actually consuming any pills or any prescription..*/
To renew one life.. is to free oneself from the chain that had bind its body from getting closer to the Lord..
The chains of desires.. the weaknesses.. and laziness.. would melt away if one choose to rebuilt its life from the decay it has undergo..for the past 24 hours..
it seems short.. yet the time span would actually determine.. on which side one would be when the day of resurrection come by.. the paradise..or the hellfire
thus, it is essential for one to reflect what has one done in that short time span.. and has it meet its goal..
nonetheless.. how close one meet to its aim.. do keep in mind.. one should always repent to one's Lord..
Allah SWT.. as one will never know.. it may have done sins unknown..unintentionally.. or one mind may have corrupted to the worlds' agenda.. and do know..
the prophet s.a.w once said..
"Allah is more pleased with the repentance of His servants than any of you is pleased when finding a camel which he had lost in the desert " (authority of Anas bin Malik.. ~ al-Bukhari)
so.. at the end of assessment of oneself that day.. never lose hope.. Allah is always willing to forgive His servants.. as long as they do not associate Him with anything...
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tribute to..
shaikh muhammad al ghazali
