I tend to look back first before moving forward. It kind of clears the mind and makes you realize the mistakes you have done and what is left to make mistakes in! But it also helps you wonder what you have to do when the new year comes.
So another year in the Georgian Calendar is at an end, and another year of our life has passed. Immortality is something no one will have in this world.
“Every soul shall taste death.” (Surah Al-E-Imran: 185)
Looking back, I think my year has overall been productive, and even the mistakes I made were the ones that helped me push forward. You see, this Head Admin, sitting behind the laptop screen is very hesitant of posting all articles even when they are from authentic sources. The last thing this one sister wants is to lecture others while she herself had not changed for the better as the days, weeks, months and eventually years go by before meeting the Lord of the Worlds.
This certain blog started from when I stared at the books and the books stared at me back. These books, so heavy with knowledge, and in a language that the majority of the world understands, were so many resting on the shelves that the first book would be gathering dust by the time I turned to the last book. These were like the little Chinese elderly, full of knowledge for anyone to benefit. So at the spur of the moment, and throwing caution to the winds, I got online and started the blog, with a purpose of providing others with the knowledge of Islam.
For someone like myself, an average human being who takes interest in movies and have listened to music in the past, I knew I needed to change. Wearing the Hijab and observing the prayers and the fasting, doing Umrahs and etc. (I mean, don’t get me wrong, I have done many things that I do not wish to tell because I want to hide my good deeds), all of this was fine, but like a person with a job who is trying to get a promotion, I knew I needed more. So cutting down on the most of the music and even movies to the point that I do not know majority except a bare few to count on the fingertips, I think my year went better than I thought.
There are a few questions that arise though; what is the status of our Iman? When it takes so hard and so long to build, how strong is it really? Does it really need nourishment?
It certainly does need nourishment. Like a sapling in thirst for water and sun, or child in need of the warmth of a mother’s lap, our Iman needs tenderness and care, as well as nourishment in the form of knowledge to make it grow. Islamic knowledge is not something to avoid. In fact, it astounds the mind, widens intellect, which were some of the things I fell in love with. And some things are better explained with a little bit of the past. You see, that is where the beauty of Islam lies, in the knowledge it provides. It is not like some piece of fiction or fantasy or some other genre that would disappoint you as you read along the plotline, but the more you know, the more you love your deen and the more your Iman swells in your heart.
And what is its strength?
The question should really be: Do you test the strength of the things that are close to your heart? You would not risk a child’s life in some dangerous stunt, nor would anyone risk the love of their beloved parents. Just like one would try everything in one’s power to keep the thief away from the house, the Iman is like gold placed in the safebox of our hearts and it should be treated with the same care and protectiveness.
One of my teachers once closed her fist tight, and then she showed her fist by holding it up. She said that imagine that this is your Iman closed in your fist and the Shaitan will do anything in his power to get to it and break it. There are a million ways to get into the fist through the nooks and crannies, and the cracks between the fingers and the flesh of the palm. If one way does not work, he will take another, and another and another. So be vigilant and make sure you keep protecting your Iman.
Always having a love for science (some may call it addiction!), many of the verses of the Qur’an are simply astounding when it comes to the way the Universe works or how the human child came to be, or how the sun and the moon brought about day and night. The rights and duties of men (poor little souls), women and children are simply amazing. I would go on and on and still it would not be enough.
You see, my little notes on different books, my screenshots in the my camera roll and my scribbled pages scattered through the room were like these half-written notebooks which finally came to this organized platform in the form of this website meant to share my love for my religion and show others, especially my own brothers and sisters, what it means to be a Muslim, and to enjoy it in our busy lives. Trust me when I say this, this is much more addicting than coffee and in a good way!
So here’s the thing, with this coming of this new year, make a tiny resolution; put an Islamic change in your life. With actions and not words.
Trust me when I say it will astound you.
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