Chaotic yet serene?

Assalam-o-alaikum,

Chaotic.  That's how I describe the past few weeks.  Period.

Tonight we could possibly be reading taraweeh prayer and it'll be the beginning of Ramadan, InshaAllah. 

May Allah Ta'lla give us the ability to be patient, to continue our Salah, to keep steadfast in dhikr, to forgive others and ask for forgiveness.  To constantly remember who we are as Muslims.  Keep silent when necessary.  To speak the truth.  To learn something new each day.  To teach ahead.  To guide those gracefully who look up to us.  To give sadqa.  To maintain/better our health and the energy to fulfill all our daily and uninvited tasks.  To strive to be a better Muslims and try to change our smallest flaws, little by little and building ourselves a strong Imaan.  To follow the Sunnah of our Nabi S.A.W (pbuh)  To be kind to each other, to share, and respect and love unconditionally.  To have the courage to be an individual. To acknowledge the freedom Islam provides us.  To wake up every Fajr and say Alhamdulillah to have the taufeeq and through-out the day.  To appreciate all the blessings we have that are oh-so-flawless and countless.  That each day we be wiser and kinder then yesterday.  To fall and hurt, just to get up and fall again....but perceive that Allah Ta'lla is the Most Merciful and what He gives is for the best of us.  We don't know yet.  SubhanAllah.  To give back what we took from others.  To make dua for the smallest things we as humans want.  And to guide us on the straight clean path.  A path to Jannah.  InshaAllah.  To avoid all the unnecessary things that languish us to success.  To fight our sleepy selves during fast. And most importantly, to avoid the pakorey, samosay, rolls, sweet drinks and drowning in cream fruit chaat for aftaari time.  Ameen.  

There is something wondrous about this.  It's serene.  

May we all have the taufeek to fast each day of Ramadan with all the obstacles we may face.  Like Pakistani # issue, load-shedding.  No electricity at 2:30 a.m. and in the afternoon when the scorching sun aims right at you.  We in Canada, our first fast will be about 17-18 hours.  InshaAllah it will be worth it.  InshaAllah.  Ameen. 

الله حفظ 

 

 Strawberry picking a few days ago: