ME & MY TOOTHBRUSH

Asalaamualikum wa ragmatullah hi wa barakaatu...

peace:-)

&blessings upon u all...

i trust all is well... and life is good...?

so i leanrt a few impotant lessons inthe last two weeks...

1. its important to breathe... otherwise u gonna die.

2. its impotant to smile... coz you'll get better service at the stores.

3. its important to be humble... coz if things go wrong people will be more understanding .

4. its important to follow through ... coz u more likely to inspire others..

5. its important to be u ... coz people like u.

6. And most important of all... its important to change your tooth brush at least once a year... coz well DENTal DIGEsT says so...heheheh ... and no body likes a smelly mouth:-)

ME&MY TOOTHbrush...

So this week after five years (OK maybe 3years) ok it was a longtime since i changed my toothbrsh... the point being i finally chagnded my toothbrush... i dont no why...

[flashback.}
last week sunday i found myself wondering the aisles of the revamped Pick & pay claremont... and whilst wondering aimlessly... i spotted something out of the corner of my eye... a bright orange& green flourescent coloured toothbrush... it blinded me.. caught my attention. i picked it up and read that not only did it have zig zig bristles whichthey promised would reach 'places never gone beffore"... but as a bonus it had a tongue cleener...SOLD! i mean a freaking tongue cleaner!!! and so i bought it... impulse buy... it just seemed to be the right thing to do...

So in my excitement i coudnt wait to get home...i red lined my TAZZ .. and in a flash i was home... ripped off the packaging and grabbed my new toy {sies... u guys have dirty minds}... and brushed till the sun went away... WOW!!!!

what a diference... it was beutiful... soft, silky, smooth... aah... brushing will never be the same again. i feel like a new man... born again... refreshed... WOW!!!

and as the brush got to work i could feel it going to 'places never gone before' ...i really did... and i felt cleaner... it was like my mouth was dead and now it was reborn...

[ present day]

And then i reminised... about this past Ramadaan... its only been 17days since the month ended... and i think WOW.. what a beautiful month it was... good habits were formed and in some way ... it cleansed me... i felt clean... i felt good... i still do... but somehow it feels different... like the world has all of a sudden changed... and then i recalled one of the advices a learned sheigh shared with us during Ramadaan... we developed good habits in ramadaan... (and we all know what they were).. and in so doing we raised our status with Allah swt... and for us to let go of all that good would just be a shame... human nature is like this... once we progress we dont like/ or rather we wouldnt like to regress thereafter... if we get promoted... it will be a gr8 shame to be demoted... and it would leave a bitter taste in our mouths if we are... like for instance.. once we drive a Toayota TAZZ ' the pinnacle of motring excellence' ... we woudnt want to go back to driving a BMW ... now would we? ..hehehe:-) lol...

(OK... u may swap the eg if u want to?)

Ramadaan cleansed us... and developed within us good habits... we will do well to remember this... and hold onto them... Ramadaan.. as the learned sheigh explained... revived us... spiritually awoke us... took us fom our slumber and revitalised our inhabitions to remind us that WE BELONG to ALLAh swt... and to HIM shall we return...

bismillah hiragmaanniragheem...

كَيْفَ تَكْفُرُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَكُنتُمْ أَمْوَتًا فَأَحْيَـكُمْ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يُحْيِيكُمْ ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

28. How can you disbelieve in Allah seeing that you were dead and He gave you life Then He will give you death, then again will bring you to life (on the Day of Resurrection) and then unto Him you will return.)

TAFSIR IBN KATHIR: Allah testifies to the fact that He exists and that He is the Creator and the Sustainer Who has full authority over His servants,(You were dead and He gave you life) meaning, He brought them from the state of non-existence to life.

the learned shiegh went on to explain (and i cant rememebr if his explanation relates to the above verses so please indulge me and take the rest of this as an advice)...... that their are two types of people... Spiritually awake... and spiritually dead. Ramadaan has the effect of awakenning the spiritually dead to become alive... so even if u feel as if u are not ISLamically at your best ... post ramadaan... never lose hope inthe mercy of your LORD... for He Guides whomhe wills..and May He Guideus all to HIs path for He is the Most Exalted, oft forgiving. and if u think u are spiritually awake... never ..ever become complacent in your faith...never think you are better than anyone else... because in a flash u caould fall from grace ad become spiritually dead. And that as the learned sheigh explained is how Allah gives life tot he dead. and can take life.

So we have to continually encourage. motivate. inspire... Strive.

Of course u could always just ignore this email... and use a Miswaak!!!

wicky wicky... fluit fluit my storie is uit.

think. ponder. react.

Ps: Since the 1940s, South African golfers have won more golf majors than any other nation, apart from the United States.

Ps2: Halaaqa tommorw morning at Gatesville masjid after fajr... inshallah!

Ps3: Did you know that over 70 percent of vehicles on our busiest routes maintain a following distance of less than 2 seconds in peak traffic hours?

Wii: WE's predicted weather forecast ...

Cape Town

today: 16 °C 25 °C

tommorow: 14 °C 28 °C

PSP: if i have made any mistake..or offended sany body plesae forgive me.. and if i have said anything beneficial then surely it is From Allah SWt... and May He Guide and protect us All.

laugh a little ...

Two little kids ( HAYDER & GHATHIER) are in a hospital, lying on stretchers next to each other outside the operating room.
hayder... leans over and asks, 'What are you in here for?'
Ghathier says, 'I'm in here to get my tonsils out and I am a little nervous.'
Hayder says, 'You've got nothing to worry about. I had that done when I was four. They put you to sleep, and when you wake up they give you lots of Jelly and ice cream. Don't worry, It's a breeze.'
Ghathier then asks, 'What are you here for?'
Hayder says, 'A circumcision.'
'Whoa!' Ghathier replies. 'Good luck buddy. I had that done when I was born. Couldn't walk for a year.'

Peace:-)

love.

and a bowl of strawberries and ice cream...mmp!

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