اب ترا ذکر بھی شاید ہی غزل میں آئے

“and advise each other to be patient and advise one another to be merciful.”

-Al Qur’aan {90:17}

The Chess Players. Dir. Satyajit Ray. 1977.

Over the years, I developed a habit of subconsciously reciting واللہ المستعان whenever I faced something that disturbed my peace. But I was never aware of the background story of such powerful word until only recently when I heard about it in a lecture by Noman Ali Khan on Surah Yousuf. The word, Wallahul Musta’aan, as mentioned in the Quran, was said by Yaqoob A.S. when his sons came up with a false story of what happened to Yousuf A.S. Yaqoob tried his best to find the truth but his sons teamed up to defend their heinous act and lies. Tired of the situation, Yaqoob asked Allah for Sabrun Jameel (beautiful patience) followed by Wallahul Mustaa’an. According to the commentators of the Quran, Wallahul Musta’an is used to call for Allah’s help when you find yourself in impossible situations, when people team up against you to defend their lies, when people accuse you of something false, when you have given your best and desperately waiting for desired results, when you feel you’re in a situation where there’s no way out. It’s literally saying to Allah that I have given my best and now I am taking a backseat, I want You to take charge of the driving seat and solve this matter with your Divine intervention. And patience automatically becomes beautiful when with all your heart, mind, and soul you leave the matter on Allah.

Sharing it with you all because I thought it might brighten someone’s day. Don’t worry if the situation seems impossible, remember you’re asking the One who just have to say ‘Kun’ and it is. You are asking the One who calls Himself, Al-Fattah. Who creates a way out when there seems to be no way. So take a backseat and let Allah do the rest.

واللہ المستعان ✨

Via@عائشہ خالد

TASTE OF CHERRY ‘طعم گيلاس‎, Ta’m-e gīlās’ (1997) dir. Abbas Kiarostami

Quran 59:19 ♡

And be not like those who forgot Allāh, so He made them forget themselves. Those are the defiantly disobedient.

#ummhazim

Ya Allāh (ﷻ) grant me the strength to battle laziness and sleep, so I may wake up for Tahajjud and Fajr daily.

How to be more Confident

- Develop new skills

- Get comfortable being uncomfortable

- Stop talking over people and learn to listen

- Always be willing to learn and accept that you don't know everything

- Stop trying to prove yourself

- Walk into places like you deserve to be there... because you do

- Talk to yourself like you would someone you love

- Do one thing every day that scares you

- Do one thing different every day thats outside of your routine

- Limit your screen time

- Consume content that helps you grow and exemplifies the life you want

- Value your time

- Realize you only have one life

- Use the "okay and" mentality

- Create the ideal version of yourself and practice it consistently until it becomes you

- Fix your posture

- Take care of your inner and outer appearance

- Create routines

- Stop trying to achieve perfection

- Talk to strangers

- Practice complimenting others

- Accept and confront your emotions so you can learn how to overcome them

May your imaan never leave you, may you always tread on the straight path with righteousness. May you be saved from the torment of the grave & from the punishment of the fire, may you be of the blessed residents of al-Firdaws, ameen ya rabb-il-'alameen.

— Celebrating Childhood, Adonis (translated by Khaled Mattawa)

[text ID: My wishes are flowers / staining my days.]