The Verse That Made Iblis Cry:

The life we have is a reflection of our actions. Our actions are a reflection of how we feel about ourselves. If you want to change your life work on changing yourself. POINT BLANK. What you plan on doing doesn’t mean shit if you’re not doing something about it NOW. TODAY. Doesn’t matter how slow you go or how little you do as long as you show up EVERY DAY.

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

O Allah please make us amongst them.

Ever wonder the number of lifetimes you need to live all the different lives you imagined to live?

Ibn-al Jawzi (رحمه الله) said :

“Beware of procrastination for it is the highest ranking soldier of iblis.”

— [Sayd al-Khaatir, pg. 466-467] 20/5/22

For @orangesara

Ibn Mas’ūd (radiAllahu anhu) said:

Do not befriend except one who assists you in the remembrance (dhikr) of Allah.

الزهد لأبي داود (١/١٢٦)

Your life as a Muslim should make nonbelievers question their disbelief in Allah.

Zainab Cobbold (Lady Evelyn Murray) was a Scottish Muslim diarist, traveller and noblewoman who was known for her conversion to Islam in the Victorian era.

Cobbold spent much of her childhood in Algiers and Cairo in the company of Muslim nannies. She considered herself a Muslim from a young age despite not officially professing her faith until later.

— excerpt from Pilgrimage to Mecca by Zainab 'Evelyn' Cobbold

Her story is interesting because it provides a peek into the lives of Victorian-era Muslims of Britian, such as herself and other historic pioneers such as Abdullah Quillam, Lord Headley and Marmaduke Pickthall, among others.