tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6084609868339924297.post9129425002290638741..comments2023-10-25T18:42:23.927+03:00Comments on Amreekia min Bab Al Sharayah: When bad things happen...Queen O'Danilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05405302077898466959noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6084609868339924297.post-19644193912500438482008-04-01T05:17:00.000+02:002008-04-01T05:17:00.000+02:00OTE--yes I am so glad it was me and not Mom, alham...OTE--yes I am so glad it was me and not Mom, alhamdulilah. I wish I had time to get myself checked--but I dont. Read my latest entry becuz...the soap opera continues. I am relying on Allah, and depending on His mercy in any case--test or punishment. What else, really, can (or should) a Muslim do? I know you have had your share of tests. I pray you get a big reward--in this life and the next. Love ya too Sis!Queen O'Danilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05405302077898466959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6084609868339924297.post-56278975995545678922008-03-30T23:39:00.000+02:002008-03-30T23:39:00.000+02:00I really hope you get to feeling better soon !!! T...I really hope you get to feeling better soon !!! That sounds like you had a nasty concussion and maybe should go get things checked out ? Thank goodness it was you and not your mom , huh ? But back to your "?" about Faith or Punishment .<BR/><BR/>I think we punish ourselves far more that Allah ever could , but then there is always the case of JOB.All Allah asks of one is to have Iman , to do charity , and to pray .Not too hard and it seems to me that you are doing all this . As to your sins and punishment ... Isn't Allah all forgiving ,merciful ,and knowing ? He knows what you don't , that maybe it isn't time for you to be in Egypt yet , for His reasons . Say Allahu alim , and smile ! Love you !on the edgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10587819346285495087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6084609868339924297.post-63949900731333713552008-03-30T15:03:00.000+02:002008-03-30T15:03:00.000+02:00Arima--thank you for your sweet comment and words ...Arima--thank you for your sweet comment and words of encouragement. I love that sura of Quran--as you can see from my posts I use that ayah a lot. I have learned over the years to take comfort in it.<BR/><BR/>Subhannah Allah, what your Mom went through is so sad, yet she came out a better person from it. She sounds like an amazing woman, masha Allah! May Allah continue to strengthen her. I pray your sister is better now.<BR/><BR/>This is all I hope to do as well. I just want to continue to get closer to Allah.<BR/><BR/>I feel much better this morning. I havent taken any medicine yet and even my body feels like it is healing. Insha Allah, as we say...this too shall pass. Allahu alim how much good there is in tests like these.<BR/><BR/>Bless you Arima, and thanks again! Hugs!Queen O'Danilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05405302077898466959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6084609868339924297.post-14069609026221055672008-03-30T11:23:00.000+02:002008-03-30T11:23:00.000+02:00In a case like this you should try and remember th...In a case like this you should try and remember the life of the Prophet (Pbuh)...during his life he was afflicted by problems far worse than any of what you describe, his son died, his wife died, his family died, he was tormented by the Quraysh and suffered lack of food, water and many other essential amenities...do you think Allah was punishing him?<BR/>I believe that we are only punished in the afterlife and anything we face now is just a test. Were life to be easy all the time then it would be ridiculously easy to keep the faith whereas with troubles we are challenged to keep our iman and not lose hope.<BR/>قال تعالى : " سيجعل الله بعد عسر يسرا وقال : فإن مع العسر يسرا إن مع العسر يسرا <BR/><BR/>Hardship and Ease [94:1-8] <BR/>In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate<BR/>Did We not expand thy breast for thee and lift from thee thy burden, the burden that weighed down thy back? Did We not exalt thy fame? So truly with hardship comes ease, truly with hardship comes ease. So when thou are empty, labor, and let thy Lord be thy Quest.<BR/><BR/>I hope this cheers you a little and inshallah very soon all this will just be a bad memory and you will have learnt from it and be strengthened as a person.<BR/><BR/>Whenever I feel like this I always think back to my Mother's experience...truly everything hit her at once. She went through a horrible divorce, both her parents died, then my younger sister had a stroke and was in hospital for over 6 months. For a while I think she lost faith a could not believe that Allah could do such a thing to her but alhamdullilah she has returned to her original and very strong iman and actually it is true, after hardship comes ease.<BR/><BR/>Sorry to bombard you with this long comment but I really hate to hear of anyone feeling like this and jus hope that some of this has been a little comforting.<BR/><BR/>Best of luck to youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6084609868339924297.post-62763389536852786822008-03-30T07:59:00.000+02:002008-03-30T07:59:00.000+02:00Awwwww CG--as always u make it all feel better--an...Awwwww CG--as always u make it all feel better--and make me laugh at the same time...hahahah @ the stairs! I love ya girl!Queen O'Danilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05405302077898466959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6084609868339924297.post-561882354225955642008-03-30T07:44:00.000+02:002008-03-30T07:44:00.000+02:00E, you are wearing yourself out!! This is no punis...E, you are wearing yourself out!! This is no punishment. You slipping on the stairs is what happens when a woman tries to do a million things at once while she carries the weight of the world on her shoulders. Don't beat yourself up over this-the stairs seemed to take care of that for you. :P Just take as long as it takes to sort this stuff out. April 1, April 10, May 1...they're just dates. This will happen when it's meant to happen.Susan https://www.blogger.com/profile/06455506176926199209noreply@blogger.com