1. Do not let your ‘performance’ until now affect your last 10 days.
The moment of forgiveness could be today or anytime in the coming days! It is not all lost! If you sincerely wish it could have been better – Chin up and get ready to make it your best yet! Start with a positive, sincere intention!
2. Today, take a little time to read the Tafseer of Surah al-Qadr to understand what actually happens this night! You will feel its power and greatness so much more!
3. Do not wait for the 27th Night to give it your “all”. The entire last 10 days should be your target. Stay up each night! Would you want to miss Laylatul Qadr even “by chance”?
Tuesday, 30 July 2013
Thursday, 25 July 2013
Pray Before You Are Prayed Upon
Had to share this. Thought provoking. Enjoy.
Do you pray ?? NO….WHY ?????
The elderly have not abandoned it
Women have not abandoned it
Do you pray ?? NO….WHY ?????
The elderly have not abandoned it
Women have not abandoned it
Saturday, 26 January 2013
Covered Up Fashion at the 2013 Gloden Globe Awards
Beyonce spotted in hijab!
I found this and thought WOW! Everyone looks good in hijab. Very beautiful in my opinion.
Thursday, 6 December 2012
PATIENCE AND PERSEVERANCE
Found this and thought I'd share. One of the lines spoke to me directly. Anyone very
close to me would know the line. Life could be sooo complicated sometimes but,
Alhamdulilahi with Allah all problems are surmountable. Uhhhh.... .
When you are hurt by people who share blood relations with you, recall Yusuf (as)
who was also betrayed by his brothers.
When you find your parents opposing you (in deen), recall Ibrahim (as) who was made
to jump into a blazing fire by his father.
close to me would know the line. Life could be sooo complicated sometimes but,
Alhamdulilahi with Allah all problems are surmountable. Uhhhh.... .
When you are hurt by people who share blood relations with you, recall Yusuf (as)
who was also betrayed by his brothers.
When you find your parents opposing you (in deen), recall Ibrahim (as) who was made
to jump into a blazing fire by his father.
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
SHOE FETISH
I love shoes but
waiting for the other to drop is the part I hate about them.
I wish there were some way I could avoid that way of thinking, but sometimes your past does have a way of messing with your future.
I’m not looking for perfection, just a good match – the right to my left, the flip to my flop.
Cuz when the shoe fits, nothing feels better.
And its true that you may have to try on many pairs before you find which to invest in.
And it is an investment.
Shopping at jankara market,you shouldn’t be too surprised when the shoe falls apart.
Buying shoes because they were on sale, because you were having a bad day, without trying them on will usually lead to regret.
And you should never regret a shoe.
So is it no wonder that every girl is in search of the perfect shoe?
That we see each other as competition rather than someone who could help us find the right size?
Which is sad, because isn’t one of the best part of shoes is that one size doesn’t fit all?
That there is truly a match for everyone?
If only we tell in advance those flats cut, the heels break, the upper doesn’t stretch before we open up our…wallets. We could save ourselves some pain and heartache.
Don’t forget you have to take care of your shoes, if they are going to take care of you.
Protect them, appreciate them for what they can and cannot do.
After all, shoes is only one part of the outfit.
I wish there were some way I could avoid that way of thinking, but sometimes your past does have a way of messing with your future.
I’m not looking for perfection, just a good match – the right to my left, the flip to my flop.
Cuz when the shoe fits, nothing feels better.
And its true that you may have to try on many pairs before you find which to invest in.
And it is an investment.
Or at least should
be.
Shopping at jankara market,you shouldn’t be too surprised when the shoe falls apart.
Buying shoes because they were on sale, because you were having a bad day, without trying them on will usually lead to regret.
And you should never regret a shoe.
Shoes make you feel
good and look good.
They can change your mood and your body.
They can change how you see and present yourself.
(There is a reason why they say to always put your best foot forward)
They can change your mood and your body.
They can change how you see and present yourself.
(There is a reason why they say to always put your best foot forward)
So is it no wonder that every girl is in search of the perfect shoe?
That we see each other as competition rather than someone who could help us find the right size?
Which is sad, because isn’t one of the best part of shoes is that one size doesn’t fit all?
That there is truly a match for everyone?
Sure there is
disappointment when you see a shoe of beauty, but it doesn’t fit or its not in
your size.
But perhaps it didn’t fit your budget or would have caused you more pain in the end.
And if there is one thing we’ve all done, is worn/bought a pair of shoes that didn’t fit.
Knowing fully well it wouldn’t get better down the road.
Convincing ourselves that it could.
Or that it would.
But perhaps it didn’t fit your budget or would have caused you more pain in the end.
And if there is one thing we’ve all done, is worn/bought a pair of shoes that didn’t fit.
Knowing fully well it wouldn’t get better down the road.
Convincing ourselves that it could.
Or that it would.
If only we tell in advance those flats cut, the heels break, the upper doesn’t stretch before we open up our…wallets. We could save ourselves some pain and heartache.
But then there are
the hidden gems.
The sale shoe everyone overlooked.
The fave pair, go-to pumps that would never let you down.
The shoe you’ve repaired and put more money into than when you originally bought it.
The shoe that goes with everything.
The shoe that makes someone stop you and say: what a great match!
Those are the shoes we should be wearing.
The sale shoe everyone overlooked.
The fave pair, go-to pumps that would never let you down.
The shoe you’ve repaired and put more money into than when you originally bought it.
The shoe that goes with everything.
The shoe that makes someone stop you and say: what a great match!
Those are the shoes we should be wearing.
They are the shoes
who will stand with you, help you stay tall, keep you grounded, pointy in the
right direction and well rounded, walk with you, run away with you, help you
jump and soar.
They will support and keep you warm.
They will protect you from the storm.
They are good right down to the sole and up to your soul.
They will support and keep you warm.
They will protect you from the storm.
They are good right down to the sole and up to your soul.
Don’t forget you have to take care of your shoes, if they are going to take care of you.
Protect them, appreciate them for what they can and cannot do.
After all, shoes is only one part of the outfit.
Maybe the Cinderella
had it right, leaving a shoe behind so that instead of looking for it, it finds
you.
And when it does, it may not be a seamless fit right away, like it is in the fairy tales.
You might need some time to become comfortable with it.
And there is nothing wrong with that.
And when it does, it may not be a seamless fit right away, like it is in the fairy tales.
You might need some time to become comfortable with it.
And there is nothing wrong with that.
Just remember, that
if the shoe fits: you must wear it
Wear it well.
Wear it with pride.
Wear it with love.
Wear it well.
Wear it with pride.
Wear it with love.
HALAL JOKE
Ya sheik: You said marrying a woman means completing half of your deen
so if i marry the second wife.... Mashallah i will complete the other half of the deen!!!!
SOME LIFE LESSONS
I've learned that we
don't have to change friends if we understand that friends change.
I've learned that just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.
I've learned that no matter how good a friend is, they're going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that.
...
I've learned that true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance. The same goes for true love.
I've learned that you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life.
I've learned that it's taking me a long time to become the person I want to be.
I've learned that you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them.
I've learned that you can keep going long after you can't.
I've learned that we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.
I've learned that either you control your attitude or it controls you.
I've learned that regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades and there had better be something else to take its place.
I've learned that heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences.
I've learned that money is a lousy way of keeping score.
I've learned that sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you're down, will be the ones to help you get back up.
I've learned that sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.
I've learned that maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you've had and what you've learned from them, and less to do with how many years you have lived.
I've learned that it isn't always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself.
I've learned that no matter how bad your heart is broken the world doesn't stop for your grief.
I've learned that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become.
I've learned that just because two people argue, it doesn't mean they don't love each other And just because they don't argue, it doesn't mean they do love each other.
I've learned that you shouldn't be so eager to find out a secret. It could change your life forever.
I've learned that two people can look at the same thing and see something totally different.
I've learned that your life can be changed in a matter of hours by people who don't even know you.
I've learned that even when you think you have no more to give, when a friend cries out to you you will find the strength to help.
I've learned that credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being.
I've learned that the people you care about in life are sometimes taken from you far too soon
I've learned that just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.
I've learned that no matter how good a friend is, they're going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that.
...
I've learned that true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance. The same goes for true love.
I've learned that you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life.
I've learned that it's taking me a long time to become the person I want to be.
I've learned that you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them.
I've learned that you can keep going long after you can't.
I've learned that we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.
I've learned that either you control your attitude or it controls you.
I've learned that regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades and there had better be something else to take its place.
I've learned that heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences.
I've learned that money is a lousy way of keeping score.
I've learned that sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you're down, will be the ones to help you get back up.
I've learned that sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.
I've learned that maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you've had and what you've learned from them, and less to do with how many years you have lived.
I've learned that it isn't always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself.
I've learned that no matter how bad your heart is broken the world doesn't stop for your grief.
I've learned that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become.
I've learned that just because two people argue, it doesn't mean they don't love each other And just because they don't argue, it doesn't mean they do love each other.
I've learned that you shouldn't be so eager to find out a secret. It could change your life forever.
I've learned that two people can look at the same thing and see something totally different.
I've learned that your life can be changed in a matter of hours by people who don't even know you.
I've learned that even when you think you have no more to give, when a friend cries out to you you will find the strength to help.
I've learned that credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being.
I've learned that the people you care about in life are sometimes taken from you far too soon
Thursday, 1 November 2012
LETTING GO
I have come to realize that one of the hardest things in life is to love someone and then have to let them go. Watching them walk away or realizing that maybe your life without them would be better is no easy task. But at some point you have to stop thinking about others and start thinking about yourself. Nothing is ever easy when it comes to love. It takes a lot of work. But sometimes, even when you think you have found the one, you realize that you are not truly happy. With who you are and what you have become. "If it makes you happy, do whatever it takes to make it work. If you fail, you can at least say you tried." No matter what the cause behind a heartache, never forget that everything happens for a reason but, sometimes the hardest part is figuring out what the reasons are. But also know that God would never close a door without opening a new one. It's just another ending to a chapter.
No matter how much it hurts, and no matter how much you want to run back, you have to put yourself first. No one is there to take care of you except yourself. So, never stop trying and always get back up. You will be completely happy again someday. So I will end with this. I believe that if love is meant to be, then it will find a way. Sometimes people just need to take a step back and rethink things. Their lives, their own well being. Letting go is not easy, but no one ever said it
would be. Life is hard, but you have to make the best of it. And just when you think your about to give up, you find what you have been longing for. Real love. The kind of love that makes you happy inside, gives you butterflies, gives you a reason to smile every day.
Monday, 8 October 2012
JANET JACKSON TURNS TO ISLAM?
Janet Jackson appears in a long black dress and a veil. There is speculation that she wants to embrace Islam due to her relationship with the Qatari business man Wissam Al-Mana. If this is so, may Allah make it easy for her. She definitely looks prettier covered up.... .
Tuesday, 25 September 2012
2012 EMMY AWARDS COVERED UP LOOKS
Covered up dresses at the recently concluded 2012 EMMY Awards. Am not really feeling the wine dress worn by the actress Mayin Bialik of Big Bang Theory, but Julianne Moore's yellow full silk skirt with a knitted cashmere top by the Christian Dior is simple yet very lovely. I would make my own top less tight and use purple hijab and accessories to make the look pop even more.
HOW DID WE COME TO THIS?
Thought I'd share this. Sums up how I feel about everything going on at the moment. May Allah (SWT) comfort everyone grieving. Salaam.
The insanity of the past week really has to stop, or we just going to get more of it!]
"You're living in the age of the Internet. Your religion will be mocked, and the mockery will find its way to you. Get over it. If you don't, what's happening this week will happen again and again. A couple of idiots with a video camera and an Internet connection will trigger riots across the globe. They'll bait you into killing one another.
Stop it. Stop following their script.
Today, fury, violence, and bloodshed are consuming the Muslim world. Why? Because a bank fraud artist in California offered people $75 a day to come to his house and act out scenes that ostensibly had nothing to do with Islam. Then he replaced the audio, putting words in the actors' mouths, and stitched together the scenes to make an absurdly bad movie ridiculing the Prophet Mohammed. He put out flyers to promote the movie. Nobody -literally nobody-came to watch it.
He posted a 14-minute video excerpt of the movie on YouTube, but hardly anyone noticed. Then, a week ago, an anti-Muslim activist in Virginia reposted the video with an Arabic translation and sent the link to activists and journalists in Egypt. An Egyptian TV show aired part of the video. An Egyptian politician denounced it. Clerics sounded the alarm. Through Facebook and Twitter, protesters were mobilized to descend on the U.S. embassy in Cairo. The uprising spread. The U.S. ambassador to Libya has been killed, and violence has engulfed other countries.
When the protests broke out, the guy who made the movie claimed to be an Israeli Jew funded by other Jews. That turned out be a lie. Now he says he's a Coptic Christian, even though Coptic Christian leaders in Egypt and the United States despise the movie and want nothing to do with him. Another guy who helped make the movie claims to be a Buddhist. The movie was made in the United States, yet Sudanese mobs have attacked British and German embassies. Some Egyptians targeted the Dutch embassy, mistakenly thinking the Netherlands was behind the movie. Everyone's looking for a group to blame and attack.
The men behind the movie said it would expose Islam as a violent religion. Now they're pointing to the riots as proof. Muslims are "pre-programmed" to rage and kill, says the movie's promoter. "Islam is a cancer," says the director. According to the distributor, "The violence that it caused in Egypt is further evidence of how violent the religion and people are and it is evidence that
everything in the film is factual."
Congratulations, rioters. You followed the script perfectly. You did the propagandists' work for them.
And the provocations won't end here. Laws and censors won't protect you from them. Liberal democracies allow freedom of expression. Our leaders and people condemn garbage like this video, but we don't censor it. Even if we did, the diffusion of media technology makes suppression impossible. The director of this movie was forbidden, under his bank-fraud probation rules, from using computers or the Internet without approval. That didn't stop him. Nor did it stop the Arabic-language distributor from reposting the video and disseminating it abroad.
Online propaganda is speech. But it's also part of the global rise of lethal empowerment. It's easier than ever to kill people. In Muslim countries, mass murderers favor bombs. In the United States, they prefer guns. In Japan, they've tried sarin nerve gas. The Oklahoma City bomber used fertilizer. The Sept. 11 hijackers used box cutters and passenger planes. Then came the letters filled with anthrax.
Derision is that much harder to control. The spread of digital technology and Internet bandwidth makes it possible to reach every corner of the globe almost instantly with homemade video defaming any faith tradition. It can become an incendiary weapon. But it has a weakness: It depends on you. You're the detonator. If you don't cooperate, the bomb doesn't explode.
This isn't just a Muslim problem, though that's been the pattern lately. On YouTube, you can find videos insulting every religion on the planet: Jews, Christians, Hindus, Catholics, Mormons, Buddhists, and more. Some clips are ironic. Others are simply disgusting. Many were posted to bait one group into
fighting another. The baiters are indiscriminate. The promoter of the Mohammed movie founded a group that also protests at Mormon temples.
The hatred and bloodshed will go on until you stop taking the bait. Mockery of your prophet on a computer with an Internet address somewhere in the world can no longer be your master. Nor can the puppet clerics who tell you to respond with violence. Lay down your stones and your anger. Go home and pray. God is too great to be troubled by the insults of fools. Follow Him."
Aziz Noorani
The insanity of the past week really has to stop, or we just going to get more of it!]
"You're living in the age of the Internet. Your religion will be mocked, and the mockery will find its way to you. Get over it. If you don't, what's happening this week will happen again and again. A couple of idiots with a video camera and an Internet connection will trigger riots across the globe. They'll bait you into killing one another.
Stop it. Stop following their script.
Today, fury, violence, and bloodshed are consuming the Muslim world. Why? Because a bank fraud artist in California offered people $75 a day to come to his house and act out scenes that ostensibly had nothing to do with Islam. Then he replaced the audio, putting words in the actors' mouths, and stitched together the scenes to make an absurdly bad movie ridiculing the Prophet Mohammed. He put out flyers to promote the movie. Nobody -literally nobody-came to watch it.
He posted a 14-minute video excerpt of the movie on YouTube, but hardly anyone noticed. Then, a week ago, an anti-Muslim activist in Virginia reposted the video with an Arabic translation and sent the link to activists and journalists in Egypt. An Egyptian TV show aired part of the video. An Egyptian politician denounced it. Clerics sounded the alarm. Through Facebook and Twitter, protesters were mobilized to descend on the U.S. embassy in Cairo. The uprising spread. The U.S. ambassador to Libya has been killed, and violence has engulfed other countries.
When the protests broke out, the guy who made the movie claimed to be an Israeli Jew funded by other Jews. That turned out be a lie. Now he says he's a Coptic Christian, even though Coptic Christian leaders in Egypt and the United States despise the movie and want nothing to do with him. Another guy who helped make the movie claims to be a Buddhist. The movie was made in the United States, yet Sudanese mobs have attacked British and German embassies. Some Egyptians targeted the Dutch embassy, mistakenly thinking the Netherlands was behind the movie. Everyone's looking for a group to blame and attack.
The men behind the movie said it would expose Islam as a violent religion. Now they're pointing to the riots as proof. Muslims are "pre-programmed" to rage and kill, says the movie's promoter. "Islam is a cancer," says the director. According to the distributor, "The violence that it caused in Egypt is further evidence of how violent the religion and people are and it is evidence that
everything in the film is factual."
Congratulations, rioters. You followed the script perfectly. You did the propagandists' work for them.
And the provocations won't end here. Laws and censors won't protect you from them. Liberal democracies allow freedom of expression. Our leaders and people condemn garbage like this video, but we don't censor it. Even if we did, the diffusion of media technology makes suppression impossible. The director of this movie was forbidden, under his bank-fraud probation rules, from using computers or the Internet without approval. That didn't stop him. Nor did it stop the Arabic-language distributor from reposting the video and disseminating it abroad.
Online propaganda is speech. But it's also part of the global rise of lethal empowerment. It's easier than ever to kill people. In Muslim countries, mass murderers favor bombs. In the United States, they prefer guns. In Japan, they've tried sarin nerve gas. The Oklahoma City bomber used fertilizer. The Sept. 11 hijackers used box cutters and passenger planes. Then came the letters filled with anthrax.
Derision is that much harder to control. The spread of digital technology and Internet bandwidth makes it possible to reach every corner of the globe almost instantly with homemade video defaming any faith tradition. It can become an incendiary weapon. But it has a weakness: It depends on you. You're the detonator. If you don't cooperate, the bomb doesn't explode.
This isn't just a Muslim problem, though that's been the pattern lately. On YouTube, you can find videos insulting every religion on the planet: Jews, Christians, Hindus, Catholics, Mormons, Buddhists, and more. Some clips are ironic. Others are simply disgusting. Many were posted to bait one group into
fighting another. The baiters are indiscriminate. The promoter of the Mohammed movie founded a group that also protests at Mormon temples.
The hatred and bloodshed will go on until you stop taking the bait. Mockery of your prophet on a computer with an Internet address somewhere in the world can no longer be your master. Nor can the puppet clerics who tell you to respond with violence. Lay down your stones and your anger. Go home and pray. God is too great to be troubled by the insults of fools. Follow Him."
Aziz Noorani
Wednesday, 19 September 2012
GREEN FOR GROWTH
Rachel McAdams in green. Green is most definitely my colour of the moment. It represents increment, growth and fertility which is my prime mode for now.This dress by Mac Posen is well covered up, but only on one side as it is a one shoulder dress. I would wear mine all covered with a dressy veil for a red carpet event. Now I need an invitation. lol.
DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE DAZZLES IN WHITE
Kate Middleton definitely looks beautiful in a white veil on a recent trip to Asyakirin Mosque in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in what was their first official visit to any mosque in the world. This is a lot better than going topless. There are just things a public figure shouldn't do in my opinion, no matter the circumstance. Well done Kate for the modest and conservative look. Very beautiful.
Wednesday, 5 September 2012
Music of the moment.
This is the song playing in my head right now! Sami Yusuf is a clear genius and he's got so much soul. Can't get enough of this song. Want to set it as my ring tone, caller tone, infact everything. Please listen, enjoy and of course try to keep those forgotten promises. Happy September and Shawwal... .
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