Asalaamu aliakum wa rag matullah hi wa barakaa tu ... ( 30 000 hasanaat)
i trust all of you are well?
onthis beuatiful day... May Allah Swt bless you all and May He place barakah and ghair in all that you do, ameen.
theTIME of our lives ...
"Shu!!!" one man said... "is dit daardie tyd al?" ... "how time flies" the other man said.
"i remember when i was young before cell phones and computers..." the elderly of the Two men exclaimed. "yesis, it was just the other day that we were matriculating ... now look we both have kids ..." " do you rememebr the days of Macgyver and A team and Dallas? "
im sure everbody had a conversation simalar to the one above... and yes we all are getting old... with each passing day... we add another day under our belt... and we grow... wiser? hopefully... if we are honest with ourselves... how often do we we catch ourselves playing out the higlights package of our lives... reminiscing of what was and possibly what still can be...
Our lives in a simplistic manner of speaking are made up of HIGHS AND LOWS... and we can pin point the most memorable and most infamous... the moments that make us laugh and those that made us cry ...our DSTV channel 20 ... Our highlights package.
one such Highlight for me was when i broke my nose (For those of you who can remember )... This week last year i suffered an horrifc nose injury... and just as a reminder ... here's highlights of what i said a year ago ...
" the sky was blue... and the sun baked all that was in its reach... in the middle of it all... their i stood... with bat in hand i awaited the might of the enemy which i had thus far alluded ... the bowler grunted... stomps his feet... and sets offf ... he fast approachs me... with every step taken his intensity grows... he picks up speed ... my eyes dilate... fixing itself on the target... the little red ball about to come my way... my concentration increases... and the spine tingling excitement erupts within...and slowly the adrenalin begins to seep through... the bowler is about to release that "little red thingy"... [ pause ]
for those of you who dont follow cricket or who have never faced a ball... the time frame from the moment the bowler releases the ball to the moment it reaches you is a matter of one or two seconds... depending on the pace of the bowler of course...so we could say time is of the essence... [ play]
... he releases it... and the ball is hurtled toward me at a speed of approximately 80-90km p/h... this time it was different... the seam was up... i had deduced that the ball was to land a little over half way down the pitch ... and readied myself for the pull shot... the extra bounce catches me by surprise... and the ball rips off the outside edge of the bat... and shoots off in the direction of me face... kissing me right between the eye and the nose... CRACK.!!! [ pause]
when you hear acrack... their are many things that go through the mind at that time... some are good and some are well... not so good... all i know is that inthose few precious moments ...i realised or was reminded that... time ...is really a precious commodity.
and the importance of time at times of adversity is streghtened... and we realise how we should value it and consequently how we should make the most of whatever time we are given.
We are blessed because we are Muslim... and Allah swt has made our purpose for life easy... He has defined the very essence of our being created... That is to Worship HIm.
Through revalation and by sending us His Prophet PBUH, we have examples and guidelines as to how best to Worship, GOD Almighty.
Take the 5 pillars... the FAri'id (compulsory ACTS of worship), if done properly and with Yaqin [conviction] we will not only develop ourselves but we enhance and develop and most importantly we improve OUR worship of GOD, Almighty. ...
1. Tawhied, 2. Salaah, 3. Fasting, 4 Zakaah, 5. Hajj ( when able to do so) ...
5 simple ways to spend what ever TIME we have to achieve our PURPOSE AND IN SO doing we are worshipping Allah ...
1. Tawhied... Believing in the oneness of Allah SWt... develop an understanding of Islam... HOw? Perhaps by getting to Know Allah swt... How? perhaps... by reading more Quraan... and reading a tafsir or Translation... as a friend always reminds me... how can we say we love someone when we dont even now the basics... learn. read. spEAK TO PEOPLE IN THE knoW.
2. Salaah ... prompt and hopefully on time ... you will get such a rush that you start asking yourself why have i not b4 ...
3. FAsting ... Only for Allah swt's sake ...
4. Zakaah ... Pay it!!!
5. hajj ... if you have the money .. and the means ... Go for it ... dont delay ... and FIRST go to London... bankok ... turkey... Paris... First do your duty ... and then go elsewhere... After all once you have the means... its becomes encumbent upon you..... and dont say that you " Im not ready" ... " its not my time" ... Please .. not for me... not for any one else ... Do it for for yourselves. MAKE TIME.
How else can we spend of our time?
well i leave you with this oft loved surah .. all of us know it... its short .. so we like to read it... but its beauty not only lies in its lentgh but the simplicity of its message...
bismillah hiragmaaniragheem ...
" By al-asr (the time), man is in loss... except those who believe ( in Allah SWt)... and who do righteous good deeds... and who recommend each other to the truth (Islmic monotheism)... and who do good deeds... and who recommend each other to patience" [ quraan :ch103]
Just imagine ... what we can do ,,, with the time of our lives.
Think. ponder. reflect.
ps1: neutron walks into a bar. Says "How much for a drink?" The bartender says "For you, no charge."
ps2: QIYAAMUL LAYL TOMMOROW EVENING at TARONGA RAOD MASJID AFTER EESHA
PS3: 2. If all the people in China were to link hands and walk in single file around the earth, the first one in line would return home to find the country more populated than when he left, due to the vast number of births that take place every second
wii: halaal tour2009 ... THANK GOODNESS NANDOS IS HALAAL!!! had a half a chick meal last week... WOW!!! thats all... it was a tad bit expensive... but WOW! it was good...
[ANYBODY want to share an halaal experience then please email me the placs name.. so i can share it with the audience. ]
pEACE. LOVE. NANDOS FOREVEr
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