A Youths Perspective in South Africa

 In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful حسبنا الله و نعم الوكيل Allah is Sufficient for us, and He is the best Disposer of affairs for us A powerful ayat that brings a level of peace & spiritual upliftment when read during Dhir ( a form of workship by praising the almighty & prophets of Allah).  My question always stumbled upon as to why this Ayat is close to my heart. Upon my quest for spiritual upliftment & research into the revelation of this Ayat, It is narrated that this Ayat was revealed to Prophet Ibrahim ( Abraham) & Prophet Muhammed as they were going through times of difficulties. Both Prophets had different challenges & perspective when the Ayat was revealed, however this Ayat brought a sense of tranquillity to ease the calamities which they were going through.  How beautiful is this Ayat ? taking a trip down memory lane, during the 40 days prayer when my mothers soul has left the body, I heard this Ayat, not understanding ...

The happiest and most satisfied person in this life is the one in that finds a level of contentment. This person sees their situation as the most suitable for them because their Lord put them in that situation. If it is good for me, then God will have put me in that situation. When you are in this station of contentment, you are far from anger because anger is a result of thinking that you can have everything, the way you want it to be.  A meaning of 'pain' is that of 'separation from the Beloved', where the one in pain is a person who, in separation, seeks Union and cure.  One person is content with pain, another with the cure; One is content with Union, another with separation. I am content with whatever the Beloved desires. Be it cure, pain. Union or separation. The true lover prefers the Beloved's desires to his own, and is content with whatever the Beloved desires — be it pain or cure, separation or Union. Another meaning of 'pain' which is closest to i...

Love 💗 decrees that by learning how to love through the love of a person, the sincere beholder could in principle transform his or her love of a person into the love of God. Because love is the most brutal ego annihilation, Being in love means surrendering your ego. The word orgasm in French is called little death. Being in love with anyone is like dying to your old life and being reborn into a new dimension. The relationship is dangerous. It is dangerous because the more you love someone, the more and more you evaporate. And when you have come really close you are no more. It is dangerous because it is suicidal but the suicide is beautiful. Because if you survive this suicide you will walk towards God because you would have experienced the limitations of egoic living and tasted the ecstasy of surrender. One needs to remove all barriers in their heart to obtain the true meaning of love. One has to have a clear perspective in life and have trust and faith in the almighty in whatever ...