When I heard my friend, Syafiq, perform the Azan for Zohor prayers today, I was so shocked, because I didn't even think that a student, someone I know would perform it. And he did it so beautifully that when I knew it was him, I was speechless. Completely, utterly speechless. I had no words. Nothing came to my mind, except how it had never came to me that sometimes, the people I know, can do things that I can't imagine them doing so.
This world is beautiful. Open your eyes, see what has been created for us, SubhanAllah. The green grass and trees, the colorful flowers, the blue sky, the white clouds. Do you not see how beautifully designed this world was, just for us? How incredible is it, that no man can ever compete with what Allah has made. That's how powerful our God is. And if you see Islam from the point that I see it, you will see that it's the most beautiful religion. I don't know what other words to use, it's just, beautiful.
How Islam makes paying the Zakat a must, to help the poor. It's a thing that's compulsory for one to give, and it makes others happy too, to enjoy the food and drinks that they cannot afford, to buy clothes so they could cover up, to pay for where they would stay so that they would be protected from the coldness of rainstorms and the hotness of the sunlight. To give alms, to help people who have been given a disastrous event, like an earthquake or the Tsunami, no matter if they are in the third world or second or first.
And how we must respect our parents, so that when they are old, we do not put them in a retirement home and take all what they've worked for us. We must love them and cherish them until the day when Allah has decided to take away their life so they would get a rest from the world and back to Him. I mean, don't you see how this religion makes us love one another as much as or more than we love ourselves?
And when you pray or read the Quran, you'll feel so light, like a weight has been lifted from you so you'll have less burden to carry. It gives you peace, tranquility. It's kind of what Islam is about. Islam is about peace, living in peace, and away from war and disharmony. This is what I learned today, that when you wake up in the middle of the night to perform Tahajjud, and you cry when you recite your doa, one tear will erase a part of hell. It's so amazing, how a single tear, waste water from your body can erase a place so awful, that no one wants to be in.
I don't know much about these things, but I would like to learn more. It's interesting and the more I understand about it, the more I realize how amazing it is. I could write day and night about this beautiful thing we call Islam, and I could never finish it, or have enough words, because it's just, I can't describe it. One must go through it to know what it feels like. I hope it's not just a phase that I'm going through, for I wish to be in Jannah (heaven) more than anything. I read on Tumblr, Lisa told me also, that the value of this world is if you dip your finger in the ocean and take it out, what's left. That's the value of the world. The rest that you left, that's the value of the Hereafter. So you see, compared to the Hereafter, this world is nothing. We do good deeds, we donate to charity, we help people, we do ALL that for the Hereafter.
You know how the human mind has limitations? How we can't imagine the jinns and angels and the Paradise Allah s.w.t. has made for those who believe and worship him. Imagine the most beautiful scenery in this world, the best place you've ever been to in this world that we set foot on, imagine all the amazing things. And you say, "SubhanAllah, I've never seen a place so beautiful," but Paradise is like, millions and millions of times more beautiful that what we see on Earth. In Paradise, there will be rivers flowing with wine, and I don't really know, I can't imagine how big and beautiful and amazing that place is. I pray to Allah every chance I get that I'll be one of those who are in the right path, in His path, the one that leads to Jannah.
Then you imagine Hell. Hell is fire. When you touch a hot frying pan, your fingers would be burned. Imagine being in Hell, where those who don't cover up would be hanging upside down, and under them would be hot boiling water, and their brains would be like, I don't know how to explain it, really. It's just too bad to even describe, to explain. Or for some, they'd bang heavy rocks on their heads over and over and over again, because of something they didn't do in the world, like praying or other good deeds. And you won't stop! You're doing it to yourself, and you're not gonna stop, until all your sins have been erased. One minute in Hell must feel like ten thousand years, because you'll just be hurt. This is what Lisa told me, if you ask for a break, even for 5 minutes, it will add more, your sufferings would be added. Ya Allah, please keep me, my parents, my family, my friends and teachers away from this horrible place, show us the right path.
There's a verse in Surah Al-Baqarah that says, there are people who says that the Muslims are blind, deaf and dumb, but who is it, really, that are blind, deaf, and dumb? They do not see what has been made for us, the miracles or life, of nature. They do not hear the beauty of the ayats, verses in the Quran. And they do not think of who made them, without Allah, we would not be alive. I'm not sure how it went, but I think that's what the line meant.
I think that would be enough for now, I should really learn more about this before I talk about it, who knows if I'm wrong? Astaghfirullah, I hope I am not. Assalamualaikum.
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