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Many prayers are declined because of the rank odor of a corrupt heart rising through the beautiful words. Let the words be wrong, but the meaning right. That flawed utterance is dearer to God. ~Rumi







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My dear heart
never think you are better than others.
Listen to their sorrows with compassion.
If you want peace, don't harbor bad thoughts
do not gossip and
don't teach what you do not know. ~Rumi







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When you see the face of anger
look behind it
and you will see the face of pride.
Bring anger and pride
under your feet, turn them into a ladder
and climb higher.
There is no peace until you become
their master.
Let go of anger, it may taste sweet
but it kills.
Don't become its victim.
You need humility to climb to freedom. ~Rumi







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If your self-worth is dependent on material things, sooner or later you're going to feel extremely let down.




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Sometimes when someone comes to talk you they don't need a lecture; they just need to know that someone cares.




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No matter how much one may be convinced otherwise, getting in the last word in an argument rarely ever solves anything. It usually only just makes things worse.




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When we stop making good assumptions about people and stop giving them the benefit of the doubt we start inviting more conflict into our lives.




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"You are so brave and quiet I forget you are suffering."

–Ernest Hemingway



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You have to be pretty insecure to think that everyone whom you come across is trying to push some type of an agenda on you.




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When someone is going through a trial, it is highly inconsiderate to ask about details, it can be traumatic and heart breaking to relate the ABC's. They don't want to delve into details or questioning, they want reassurance, reminders, and most of the time, time to reflect, on their own. They need to know you care, and this is done by du'as, a non-judgmental nature when you visit, call or comment, and giving them the space to recover with their close and loved ones.

Two prophetic statements amplify this. “The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: “Part of the perfection of a person’s Islam is his leaving that which is of no concern to him." At-Tirmidhi. Secondly, the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), sat with the companions and advised them: "None of you will have faith till he wishes for his (Muslim) brother what he likes for himself." Sahih Muslim.













People are human.
Let them be.
Let them learn.
Encourage, don't discourage.
Advise, don't condemn.
Love, don't hate.
Guide, don't ostracise.
Plant hope, not seeds of despair.
This is the Prophetic way.













We cannot judge others tests, and sins. We just can't. Yes, there are cases when someones actions impacts another, and it must be condemned. However, there are many struggling souls, who need a helping hand, and a guiding voice to lead them back to God. As the famous saying goes, you truly know who your friends are when you fall, they help you, rather than leave you at the bottom of the well, or sell you off, for a measly price. Let us be that friend, in hope that during our dark days, we will be helped, as we helped others.




We may be protected from a sin, or a test, because we can't handle it, whereas someone else may have such inner strength, that God is preparing her for something greater. We should be grateful that we have been protected, and if we have made mistakes in our past, use this experience and empathy to help others.

Truly, God loves those who are just.




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"I define connection as the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when they can give and receive without judgment; and when they derive sustenance and strength from the relationship."--Brene Brown



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A famous writer was in his study room. He picked up his pen and started writing:
**Last year, I had a surgery and my gall bladder was removed. I had to stay stuck to the bed due to this surgery for a long time. 

**The same year I reached the age of 60 years and had to give up my favourite job. I had spent 30 years of my life in this publishing company.

 
**The same year I experienced the sorrow of the death of my father.

**And in the same year my son failed in his medical exam because he had a car accident. He had to stay in bed at hospital with the cast on for several days. The destruction of car was another loss.
At the end he wrote: Alas! It was such bad year!!
When the writer's wife entered the room, she found he husband looking sad lost in his thoughts. From behind his back she read what was written on the paper. She left the room silently and came back with another paper and placed it on side of her husband's writing.
When the writer saw this paper, he found this written on it:

**Last year I finally got rid of my gall bladder due to which I had spent years in pain.

**I turned 60 with sound health and got retired from my job. Now I can utilize my time to write something better with more focus and peace.

**The same year my father, at the age of 95, without depending on anyone or without any critical condition met his Creator.

**The same year, Allah blessed my son with a new life. My car was destroyed but my son stayed alive without getting any disability.

At the end she wrote:
This year was an immense blessing of Allah and it passed well!!
See!!

The same incidents but different viewpoints. If we ponder with this viewpoint that what could have happened more, we would truly become thankful to Allah subhanawata'aala.
Allah says in Quran:

"And indeed, your Lord is full of bounty for the people but most of them do not show the gratitude"
(Anamal, 73)

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When we see some goodness and our first reaction is to nitpick it to find some type of fault or shortcoming in it, it's time to check our own heart.



In times of difficulty think of those who have it worse and are still patient; in times of ease think of those who have less and are more grateful.



Don't give personal advice to someone whom you know nothing about.



And I would add "Don't listen to someone who doesn't bother to understand you but still feels he/she should give you personal advice."



Trash talk, sly comments, mocking others with jokes or sarcasm; all signs of low self esteem.




If gaining knowledge hasn't increased you in humility, it’s time to check your heart.




While trying to get the whole world to love you, you may miss out on the love of the few who really matter.




There is a big difference between just communicating and communicating with care and understanding.


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You can learn so much about yourself from other people: your weaknesses from their strengths; your strengths from their weaknesses; the routes to avoid from their stumbles; the paths to take from their successes. You can learn so much about yourself from other people, yet too often you look with your eyes closed.



"Beauty lies in the ability to see without the lenses of society."



"Less may be more, but more love for yourself and less regard for what people think of you goes an extremely long way."



"You may have placed a ring on her finger, but she did not give herself to you freely -she loaned you her goodness conditionally."

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The talkers will always talk, and those who're true to you will walk... with you.




Wrapped in my blanket of emotion, I forgot to look on the coin's other side. While I wallowed in self-pity, I didn't see you silently cry.




"You are angry because she doesn't speak, yet her silence is saying much more than you're willing to hear."

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In order for the sun to rise she must turn her back to the darkness of her past. Tomorrow can't be present without yesterday being history.





Harmony is when you appreciate and accept another person's melody as an integral part of your life's soundtrack





Sure, you can bend over backwards, but don't lament when your back breaks during the process of trying to be someone you're not.





Self-doubt rears its head when you're feeling overwhelmed. Take a few steps back, breathe, laugh and move forward again, a step at a time





Although she was smiling, I enclosed her in an embrace and whispered, "Darling, it's going to be okay." Her smile cracked and a flood of tears gushed from the scars left by the pain of a thousand yesterdays. Her sadness had been broken - she was ready to start healing.





It's the small acts of kindness that leave the greatest mark, but are usually the ones that are overlooked. Kinda sad, really.





Choose your words carefully, even those uttered in jest, for their weight cannot be pre-measured.




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"Every tunnel has an exit," she said. "You might not be able to see the light yet, but it's there."




Expending emotional energy on what others say/do is pointless - you only have control over your own thoughts and actions. Keep things moving.





A quiet anger - she knows an explosion is far more dangerous than her silence, so she looks on and jostles the words in her mind.






We're afraid of what we'll hear, so we surround ourselves with noise. Allow your inner voice some airtime by giving it a stage of silence.





Gentleness is the sort of breeze we hardly ever feel, and harshness is the whirlwind we're often surrounded by.





While you shouldn't anticipate people will act according to your standards, never lower your standards due to the way people treat you.





Tonight, nothing flashes except memories - not of days old, but days that are so fresh I can peel them from my mind and wrap them around me like clingfilm, and still feel their warmth.






"Don't expect light from anyone but the Source of light itself, but be a bearer of light without extinguishing your internal flame."





Her eyes speak louder than words.






"The victory of a battle isn't dependent on whether you live or die, but whether your faith remains unscathed."


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"You throw chips to crack her mirror because you can't bear to look at yours."





The mind jostles with words and eyelids quiver under the weight of fatigue. What a battle.





So many of us carry bundles of anger and resentment around with us, dressed in everything but their true nature. Where's the dumping ground?





Those trials you're going through – that heartache, the pain, the tears and restless nights – they'll be a source of guidance for someone someday as you narrate how you got through it and survived to tell the tale.

There's no darkness that can't be overcome by light. Hang in there, because the sun still rises, declaring a new day.





Today I saw the look of blood in a young man's eyes. Thirsty to thrust the vice of his anger into the chest of another. And today I saw the look of fear in a young man's eyes. He dodged the advances of his pursuing adversary, fright etched into his face.




Today I saw how important it is to think before acting; to breathe before allowing flames of anger to consume common sense; to cast aside the ego and let bygones be bygones.



Today I saw how truly destructive we can be, and it's times like this that I never want to see.





Words can soothe - a comfort to chase away fears. And they can cut deep - leaving the soul to bleed through tears. Choose them carefully







Too often there is so much focus on a person’s exterior while interiors rot, leading to souls emitting an overpowering stench of hypocrisy.





Focus on the fine details for too long, and you lose sight of the bigger picture.

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Silence can be sweet, but it can also be poisonous.





You reach out, but all you can grasp is their shadow.





“It’s impossible to silence the heart.
My eyes speak for me
even when I make sure my mouth does not.”





Today, eyes see...

Today, eyes see her book laid out before me, each delicate page laced with memories. I scoot closer as she breathes the words for my attentive ears, momentarily pausing to swipe at trickling tears. I don't look into her eyes as my ears are enough to recognise pain, and who wants to see demons that you once thought had been slain? When she closed her book, a smile curled in the corner of her mouth. "There is sadness in my past, but I refuse for that to be what my present is about."





I wondered why somebody didn't do something. Then I realized, I am somebody.





I've heard some of the most breathtaking verbal life collages from the broken. Despite being on the mend, still gathering themselves, constantly adjusting their compass, and stumbling on their path to being whole again, they have a glint of determination that twinkles in their eyes that only the once broken can recognize.

There's no moral, simply an affirmation that things *do* get better. They do.





In His Name I start
afresh
anew
renewed
to start over from a better point
than yesterday

And it's in His Name
I rise
arise
realise
skin can be shed and grown thicker
than yesterday's

And it's His Name I adorn my tongue with.
His Name I warm my home with.
His Name that lightens loads I never have to carry alone.

His Name.

It's in His Name
I restart
recharge
anew
renewed
to start over from a better point than yesterday.

In His Name.


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Question paper is ready, the answer script is ready. Teacher knows you well and knows how you will face the exam. Yet you are asked to face the exam and the marks will be given accordingly. Do your exam well!

That's the reality of this life!

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