Wake Up And Open Your Curtains. Your Windows Too.

“Be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.”

— Max Ehrmann; Desiderata

*becomes everything I dreamed of when I was little and almost doesn’t notice*

The part where Zachariah (AS) started to question the possibility of things after Allah sent him glad tidings of a son whose name will be John.

Zachariah (AS) thought his wife’s barrenness and him being old will make it impossible for them to have a child.

An Angel said to him “it will be, your lord says ‘it’s easy for Me, for I created you before, while you were nothing’” (Surah Maryam: 9)

Now I’m thinking about all the times I ask Allah for certain things and because of the current trajectory of my life, I sometimes rethink my request because will this be possible???

It’s so easy for us to forget about the greatness and might of our Lord. This is the same Rabb who created the heavens and earth from nothing.

There is no limit to his bounties.

Allah(SWT) says:

“The believing men and believing women are allies of one another. They enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong and establish prayer and give zakah and obey Allah and His Messenger. Those – Allah will have mercy on them. Indeed, Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise.”

O Allah, make me good for myself and the people around me.

“I very proudly entered the forestry school as an 18-year-old and telling them that the reason that I wanted to study botany was because I wanted to know why asters and goldenrod looked so beautiful together. These are these amazing displays of this bright, chrome yellow and deep purple of New England aster, and they look stunning together. And the two plants so often intermingle rather than living apart from one another, and I wanted to know why that was. I thought that surely in the order and the harmony of the universe, there would be an explanation for why they looked so beautiful together. And I was told that that was not science, that if I was interested in beauty, I should go to art school. Which was really demoralizing as a freshman, but I came to understand that question wasn’t going to be answered by science, that science, as a way of knowing, explicitly sets aside our emotions, our aesthetic reactions to things. We have to analyze them as if they were just pure material, and not matter and spirit together. And, yes, as it turns out, there’s a very good biophysical explanation for why those plants grow together, so it’s a matter of aesthetics and it’s a matter of ecology. Those complimentary colors of purple and gold together, being opposites on the color wheel, they’re so vivid, they actually attract far more pollinators than if those two grew apart from one another. So each of those plants benefits by combining its beauty with the beauty of the other. And that’s a question that science can address, certainly, as well as artists. And I just think that “Why is the world so beautiful?” is a question that we all ought to be embracing.”

— Robin Wall Kimmerer, “The Intelligence of Plants”, from the podcast On Being with Krista Tippett (via peatbogbodyhasmoved)

— nizariat

Tawakkul is more than just trust; it's a deep reliance on Allah, believing that He is the best of planners.

In every difficulty, know that He has a plan for you, one that is filled with wisdom and mercy.

Embrace tawakkul, and let your heart find tranquility in His divine care.

If you hang out with a…

Disciplined person, you’ll start respecting structure

Insecure person, you’ll start second-guessing yourself

Adventurous person, you’ll crave new experiences

Victim minded person, you’ll start blaming instead of growing

Abundant person, you’ll stop thinking in limits

Jealous person, you’ll start resenting your blessings

High value woman, you’ll raise your standards without apologo

Chaotic person, you’ll feel like peace is boring

Healed person, you’ll see how emotionally mature life can be

Procrastinator, you’ll normalize delay over progress

Ambitious person, you’ll start dreaming bigger

Judgmental person, you’ll fear being fully yourself

Playful person, you’ll learn to soften and enjoy the moment

Energy is contagious

Habits are contagious

Mindsets are contagious

Doesn’t matter how x you think you are because if you were, you wouldn’t make decisions or choose people that don’t align

You become who you’re around even when you don’t notice it

Knowing that what Allah have in store for me is the best gives me so much ease about my future