Make the initial effort, then ask for help from Allah

As time passes by, to really consistently learn about Quran is getting more and more difficult (for me).

There is always this distraction that pulls me away from memorizing and learning about this amazing devine book of Allah.

I really have to make extra effort in order to overcome this.

I really make doa to Allah to make things easier for me.

Come to really (deeply) think about it is that there are 2 things here:-

1. You make the initial effort
2. You ask from Allah to make it easier for you.

If we think that it is ME that make it a success, then you are missing the point.

Surah Fatihah verse 4
To you (Allah) we enslave ourselves to
and to you (Allah) we ask for help

We make the effort, we ask for help from Allah.

That was why all good things are difficult initially. Just like driving a car, we start from gear 1 (low gear) and we end up in gear 5 (high gear).

Oh Allah. I have made the effort of learning the Quran. Give me the strength to continue learning your book and implement/practice them in my life

Reminder to me to remember being Slave of Allah

What I constantly remind myself is to be SLAVE of Allah.

Meaning to do what Allah commands and abstain from what Allah forbids in order to achieve Taqwa.

This is our Syahadah:

There is no God but Allah (meaning we enslave ourselves to Allah)
Muhammad is the messenger of Allah (by following what Rasulullah did).

That is the essence of being a true Muslim.

To achieve that, we must acquire the knowledge of Quran and implement the sunnah of Rasulullah. 

Whatever happens is the will of Allah and we as slaves will accept the situation with redha.

Oh Allah. Make me among your slaves.

Aamiin

Close friends passed away

In the past 4 weeks (blessed month of Syaaban), I have been attending many of my friends funeral.

Just before the start of Ramadan for this year (1439H) I have attended 6 of my friend's pengkebumian.

They are
1. Hamzah Nordin (Office colleague) 57
2. Nik Nasir (Family Friend) 62
3. Amir Hamzah (University mate) 54
4. Awaluddin (Office colleague) 54
5. Norlia Harun (Distance relative) 60
6. Latifah Md Salleh(Office colleague) 60 

Hamzah and Latifah were very close to me.

Oh Allah. From You we come and to You we return.

My turn will definitely come and this is a reminder to me that I will have to always be a Muslim at all times, because when I die, I want to die as a Muslim.

Ya Rabb, please make me die as a Muslim. Aamiin..