Sometimes I begin to think about who's a friend and who's not, but then, when I think back about it, I really don't want to choose who's a friend and who's not. Because, what I have learned thus far is that I have to treat people as to how I want them to treat me, and to put the needs of others before my own needs. I don't know. It confuses me at times, because living life with this kind of principle had never failed to raise many conflicts in my life regarding my own relationships with others.
Maybe that is why people always say that if I keep my relationship with Allah close and good, then my relationship with others will always be close and good. Maybe this is a way from Allah, maybe this is a reminder from Him to tell me that my relationship with Him isn't like how it used to be. Maybe this is a reminder from Him telling me that I'm straying away from His path, and maybe this is His way of teaching me that I should only be dependent on Him and not His creations.
It's not only about my relationship with people, but it's about the whole of my life. Our iman fluctuates, true, but it is us who determines whether it goes up or it goes down, and it is us who makes it stagnant. And though we are fully aware of this, many of us still chooses to let it be stagnant, saying that it'll go up on its own one day, or it'll go down on its own one day, and when that happens, we'll tell people that it is natural and normal. This is the biggest excuse every single one of us make. The biggest excuse just to make ourselves feel better, but no, my friends, no. This is not the way.
Shouldn't we strive to increase our iman on a daily basis? Shouldn't we work hard to spread the true meaning of Islam on a daily basis? Shouldn't we strive to be the best on a daily basis? We should, and this is the kind of spirituality that we need. Allah had never been far away from us, never. Not even a nanosecond. He is always there, and yet, knowing the truth about that, we still work ourselves to distant from Him.
Ah. I guess we are all still striving. Grin. May Allah bless us and aid us in our little endevours.
Maybe that is why people always say that if I keep my relationship with Allah close and good, then my relationship with others will always be close and good. Maybe this is a way from Allah, maybe this is a reminder from Him to tell me that my relationship with Him isn't like how it used to be. Maybe this is a reminder from Him telling me that I'm straying away from His path, and maybe this is His way of teaching me that I should only be dependent on Him and not His creations.
It's not only about my relationship with people, but it's about the whole of my life. Our iman fluctuates, true, but it is us who determines whether it goes up or it goes down, and it is us who makes it stagnant. And though we are fully aware of this, many of us still chooses to let it be stagnant, saying that it'll go up on its own one day, or it'll go down on its own one day, and when that happens, we'll tell people that it is natural and normal. This is the biggest excuse every single one of us make. The biggest excuse just to make ourselves feel better, but no, my friends, no. This is not the way.
Shouldn't we strive to increase our iman on a daily basis? Shouldn't we work hard to spread the true meaning of Islam on a daily basis? Shouldn't we strive to be the best on a daily basis? We should, and this is the kind of spirituality that we need. Allah had never been far away from us, never. Not even a nanosecond. He is always there, and yet, knowing the truth about that, we still work ourselves to distant from Him.
Ah. I guess we are all still striving. Grin. May Allah bless us and aid us in our little endevours.
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