JUMUAH MUBARAK

ﺍﻠﺴﻼ ﻢ ﻋﻠﻴﻛﻢ ﻮ ﺮﺣﻤﺔ ﺍﷲ ﻮ ﺒﺮ ﻛﺎ ﺘﻪ

PEace and Blessings upon u all...

i trust all is well on this beutiful... winters ...oops... i mean sprin morning... yes u could've fooled me... ouch my fingers are in his chops cold!!!!

but ALhumdulillah... we are gathered here ... whereever here is and we are given another oppertunity to enjoy a Jumuah... rain or shine... ALLAh Hu akbar...

JUMUAH MUBARAK

The great thing about Jumuah is that... life stops... and yet it goes on... confused?

... well for us muslims... we stop every thing... and proceed in our millions... to the masjids... HAVE U EVER THOUGHT about that about? do u know why we leave off every thing and go tothe masjid? well surely many of would say... " to go make salaah" and they would be correct. And some would say " to praise and worship Allah"...and they too would be correct... [ pause... hold this thought ]

[ light bulb moment] and if u think about it somewhere ... someone throughout this big big world ... this every minute could well be getting ready... or has made... or is busy with Jumuah Salaah... Aint that just great... no i lie... Allah is great... that is just beuatiful...

But we all know that the buck doesnt just stop with us human beings... or even limited to this world... no for as the ayaat of Quraan goes: bismillihiragmaan niragheem ... " 1. Whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is on the earth glorifies Allah -- the King, the Holy, the Almighty, the All-Wise" (surah al Jumuah verse 1)... how awesome is that???

the Quraan is so beautiful in its discriptions and ability to inspire that when one reads through it... and i know that the translations as good as they are can never do justice to the original arabic text... but when you read through it... and you know what is being ssaid... and if we are truly sincere... it can elevate our spiritually to another level... to one that gives clarity and purpose.. and guidance... and understanding ... and that which brings peace to the soul...

and when we are equipped with an inkling of understanding... then we will more readily avail ourselves... to the call... or at least thats what i think... [ lightbulb] a freind of mine reminded me this week... ' knowledge is like an ocean... from the shore its looks big... but only when you row out into the middle and cannot see the shore any more... then ... and then alone will u truly know how big the ocean is" ... profound indeed...

So why do we stop everthing on a friday afternoon at ~ 12 pm??? Many people have asked me why i get so excited about Jumuah... is it becuase u get to leave work? is it becuase u get alonger lunchtime? WHY??? Well a month or so ago... i confirmed to myself why i love jumuah so much...

Well .. i am not going to tell... no... rather... sit back... relax... and take it in...

ﺑﺴﻢ ﺍﷲ ﺍﻠﺮﺣﻤﻦ ﺍﻠﺮﺣﻴﻢ

"... 9. O you who believe! When the call is proclaimed for the Salah on Al-Jumu`ah (Friday), then hasten (Fas`aw) to the remembrance of Allah and leave off business. That is better for you if you did but know!) (10. Then when the Salah is complete, you may disperse through the land, and seek the bounty of Allah, and remember Allah much, that you may be successful.)... " [ Quraan 62: 9- 10]

Selected Commentry:

1. The meaning of Sa`y (hasten) here does not refer to walking quickly. It only refers to the importance of it.

2. (That is better for you if you did but know!) means, `your abandoning buying and selling, and instead, corcentrating your attention to Allah's remembrance and the prayer are better for you in this life and the Hereafter, if you but knew.

3. (...you may disperse through the land, and seek the bounty of Allah...and remember Allah much, that you may be successful.) means, while you are buying and selling, giving and taking, remember Allah much and do not let this life busy you from what benefits you in the Hereafter

So their we have it... now u know

think . ponder. Jumuah Mubarak!!!

have an awesome day...

be steadfast in your salaah... and rememebr the ummah inur duas...

PS: outdated...

PS2: sold it...

Ps3: still packed away...

PSP: JOIN US FOR HALAQA TOMMORROW morning after FAJr.. at habibia Masjid... Inshallah... we will be reading from the tafsir of Suruh Munafiqun... inshallah.

Xbox: Did u know?? In a year, an average person uses the toilet 2500 times a year... and that Three years of a person's life is spent on the toilet...

Wii: In 1991, the Iceman, a Stone Age wanderer and the most ancient human being ever found, was discovered in the Similaun glacier in the Alps on the Italian-Austrian border. His frozen body was found along with the contents of his gut which showed the man took his last meal not long before setting out on a hike from which he was never to return. The meal was a simple affair, consisting of a bit of unleavened bread made of einkorn wheat, one of the few domesticated grains used in the Iceman's part of the world at this time, some other plant, possibly an herb or other green, and meat.

PEace. love. still fasting???