Tuesday 8 September 2009

Mercy, Forgivness and Salvation from Hell-Fire: The 3 Parts to Ramadhan...

Hows ramadhan going for you all? Good? Excellent! Not so good for some of you? Fear Not! we've still got time - and time we need to get in all our extra prayers, recitations, charitable acts.
Ramadhan is a month of mercy, a month full of blessings, a month wherein we can get closer to our Creator and His Book and it is also a month of self-reflection - which I've been doing alot also - and a reminder to oneself - what is the purpose of my existence, where am i going in life, am i achieving to the best of my abilities - what can i change about myself - all this is part of self reflection and something we should all do continuously - but in ramadhan we can make it a special self-reflection - like a promise - to do better and leave out all the wrong we may do...forever...
Ramadhan is broken down into three parts - 10 days in 3 parts. The first 10 days are of mercy, followed by 10 days of forgiveness and then the last 10 which are asking Allah to save us from the fire of hell - whose fuels is men and stone - and is something which each and everyone of us would like to save ourselves from...for truly we all want to be in the highest stations of paradise!
The last 10 nights are even more special - the Qur'an was revealed on the Night of Power -which is better than a thousand months - and we need to get extra strong in our worship and prayers - we need to find the night of power - as it falls on one of the odd nights in the last 10 days. Many people also observe itikaaf - seclusion for 10 nights - to worship and become closer to their Beloved - Allah. I have also been blessed with itikaaf twice - so peeps - if you can, go for it - i can't explain my experience in words - but if you do go for it then please remember me and my family in your duas...
Also - don't forget the power of dua - supplication - increase in your duas and make a list of your special duas - the things that you really want in this life and the next and then focus on these duas - and constantly ask for these - they will surely fall on one of the odd nights and they will surely be answered (a tip from the Scholars - may Allah preserve them all - ameen!)...
Ramadhan only comes once a year - who knows if we'll make it to the end and celebrate Eid - and who except Allah knows if we'll see another ramadhan? So lets make a promise together - you and I that we will increase our ibaadah now and get into full turBo flow - the beauty of ramadhan - the mercy of our Lord....

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