Jumuah Mubarak!!!

ASalaami alikum wa rag matullah hi wabarakatu ...

 

YEs, what a beautiful day it is... ALLAH is indeed great!!!

 

WOW... what an interesting week  in the life of millions of muslims it was...

1. The Eygyptian footbal side gives the mighty BRazil a scare of their life

2. The PAkistani's wip the proteas in the T20 ...

3. The brothers from up north embarass the world champion ITALIANs with some excellent football; 

4. The ISlam EXpo SA 2009 hailed a sucess by vast majority of those who attended. 

 

ALhumdulillah!!! 

 

ISLAM EXPO SA 2009

 

aLHUMDULILLAH ... by the grace and mercy of Allah swt ..we were able to be part of an even tsuch as the expo ... held this past w/e at the CTICC ...

 

the reports are that over 50 000 ppl attended the event ... Alhumdulillah ...

of that amount the organisers say that 15% were non- muslim ... ALLah hu Akbar ...

 

Many people are calling  it a success... Allah hu Alim (Allah knows best!)

 

So all this talk about success got me thinking...

how does one define success?

 

 

Does the numbers = sucess ?

perhaps...  but i just came out of a jumuah and the learned sheigh related a saying of the Aisha (RA), one of the wives of the prophet Muhumad SAW, when asked what was the charachter of the beloved Prophet SAW?

 

She answered... the quraan!

 

and then i remembered a few verses of the Quraan ... in which Allah Swt describes the characteristics of the succesful ...

surah Al -Muminun ...

Chapter 23 of The Noble Quraan ...

the first 11 ayaat lists certain characteristics of the successful believers ... bismilaahiragmaniragheem 

1. " Successful indeed are the believers,
2. Those who offer their Salah with Solemness and sincerity (Khashi`un)
3. And those who turn away from Falsehood (Al-Laghw)
4. And those who pay the Zakah
5. And those who guard their (chastity) private parts,
6. except from their wives ...
7. ...
8. Those who are faithfully true to their Amanat trusts and to their covenants
9. And those who strictly guard their Salawat ( 5 daily Prayers) (& at their appointed times)
10. These are indeed the heirs.
11. Who shall inherit Firdaws( paradise). They shall dwell therein forever. "

- AMEEN.

for the tafsir. interpretation/ meaning of the aforementioned verses ... log in at www.tafsir.com

 

So now we now how to define sucess ...

 

i guess if as result of the expo ... one person has a better understanding of islam then it can be viewed as succesful and i guess if one person as result of the expo makes his salaah on time and with greater sincerity then i guess the EXpo was a success ...

 

But in the end ... what do i know ... and ALLAH KNOWS BEST.

 

i pray that Allah SWT guide us... that he protects us form miserliness, cowardice, and laziness... that HE bestows upon us His Mercy and blessings and that he places humility and sincerity in all that we do and guides our hearts to His path, inshallah...

 

Jumuah Mubarak!!!

 

 

Peace. Love. MY Diners ... wow their food was excellent ... and the bombay crush... to damn duidelik!!1:-)

 

PS: its great to be back!!! 

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