Sometimes In Life

Here's what I learned: There is a healthy and unhealthy way of "surrendering" الإستسلام Are you surrendering as in "I don't care anymore!/ I give up!", or is it "I surrender to The Creator all my issues and trust his way and still willing to do my part"? I feel like true surrendering was one of the biggest lessons I had to learn over and over again in my life. With every stage of life a new way of...

قَالَ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَهَبْ لِي مُلْكًا لَّا يَنبَغِي لِأَحَدٍ مِّن بَعْدِي ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ الْوَهَّابُ (35) فَسَخَّرْنَا لَهُ الرِّيحَ تَجْرِي بِأَمْرِهِ رُخَاءً حَيْثُ أَصَابَ (36) وَالشَّيَاطِينَ كُلَّ بَنَّاءٍ وَغَوَّاصٍ (37) وَآخَرِينَ مُقَرَّنِينَ فِي الْأَصْفَادِ (38) هَٰذَا عَطَاؤُنَا فَامْنُنْ أَوْ أَمْسِكْ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ More Resources: • Prophet Sulaiman's Prayer - Nouman Ali Khan:...

بَلِ الْإِنسَانُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِ بَصِيرَةٌ (14) وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُ (15) القيامة Al-Qiyaama "No doubt about it human being is in full view of himself, even if they give excuses" Some excuses: "They make me angry, it's their fault. That's why I scream yell and say mean things." "I had really bad parents." "I'm a hopeless case." "God won't except me anyway. I made too many mistakes" "I grew...

⇢ "I'm just an angry person." ⇢ "You know I get angry fast, it's your fault for triggering me." ⇢ "I'm a hopeless case" Is there truth to these statements? Today's Ayas: إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعاً * إِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ جَزُوعاً * وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ الْخَيْرُ مَنُوعاً * إِلَّا الْمُصَلِّينَ* الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَى صَلَاتِهِمْ دَائِمُونَ قُلْ كُلٌّ يَعْمَلُ عَلَىٰ شَاكِلَتِهِ فَرَبُّكُمْ أَعْل...

Where does anger come from and what is it trying to tell us? What does The Quran say about them and where does he place them in our physical form? What I learned from my work in therapy and working closely with clients, is that when anger shows up it’s always there for a reason. And we usually go to anger when we are uncomfortable or maybe just not ready to deal with sadness or fear. Anger directs...

Have you noticed that Allah talks about these two emotions a lot on The Quran? لا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ That's what we will be talking about today. Emotions are a part of us and not all of us. And I believe they are always there for a reason. There to tell us something. Understanding them helps us uncover our values, boundaries, what matters to us. Let's start with: 1- Fear Fear...

"I can't believe this is happening to me again!" "Why isn't God isn't answering my prayers?" Sometimes in life, you may feel like the same thing keeps happening to you over and over again no matter how much you keep running away from it, it follows you. Different people... different job... same situation. Here's what I learned, when things keep happening to us over and over again there is a hidden...

Today's Aya: إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعاً * إِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ جَزُوعاً * وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ الْخَيْرُ مَنُوعاً * إِلَّا الْمُصَلِّينَ* الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَى صَلَاتِهِمْ دَائِمُونَ Two nights ago, I was making pizza, My husband came home from work and asked me if I will forget the pizza in the oven. I told him I won't.. well I did and I burned it. When my husband asked me about the pizza the...

⇢ "I'm not good enough." ⇢ "I'm not perfect, I can't do all of this." Internal dialogs that do exist in most of us-if not all of us. What I want to do today is bring God into the picture. His words from His book. Here is what I learned: " لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا ۚ" God used the word "bette"r not "best" and not "the best". Not الأحسن It's a mercy he doesn't expect the best. He exp...

Day #4 What I Learned ~A Ramadan Series ----- "I wish I was dumb." "Sometimes I wish I could just go back to not knowing." These are statements I hear a lot in my sessions. ⇢ Sometimes in life, we may feel like we know too much for my own good. And now that we know it, we can't un-know it, and that feeling can hurt us. Here is what I learned: When we start becoming more aware of things about ourse...

⇢ Is it enough to connect with The Creator during yoga? Todays Aya: (وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ) And I (Allah) created not the jinn and mankind except that they should worship Me (Alone)" ............... It’s strange how psychology and therapy tell you not to talk about God. Yet what I noticed, is that the clients themselves want to talk about The Creator. They want to...

Today's Question: ⇢ What does success mean to you? Today's Aya: ( إلا من أتى الله بقلب سليم ) (except those who come to Allah with a pure healthy heart) ....................... ⇢ What does success mean to me? I’ve been thinking about this question a lot lately. 🤔 Is it fame? money? influence? prestige? Or is it happiness? Or maybe peace?... We all want success and although we may use the same wor...

Todays Aya: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ قَدْ جَاءَتْكُم مَّوْعِظَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَشِفَاءٌ لِّمَا فِي الصُّدُورِ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ Points Discussed: ⇢ Why don't we change even when we know what we can do better? ⇢ What truly creates shifts and changes? A lot of times we know what we could do differently or better-I may know smoking is bad for me, yet I still do it-why? It's because...