Fez Meghani – Oh Allah

Perhaps, by chance, I met this brother about a week ago. I was quite impressed with his new video, please check it out.

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

And you would be surprised how true it can be:

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Ramadan Reflections

Ramadan… a time for purification, patience, reflection, learning, understanding, growth, and dates & milk

There is no better time of the year than Ramadan. I am not gonna lie, it is quite difficult to fast living in the west where people around you are eating and drinking all day long. However, at the same time, fasting around coworkers or classmates who are eating and drinking all day makes one realize how valuable fasting is to one’s soul and how much fasting allows one to appreciate the simplicity of being able to grab a cup of coffee in the morning or an apple to snack on during the afternoon.

This Ramadan, in particular, is quite difficult and challenging for me and my wife. We have been tested with having to relocate our home quite unexpectedly and in a very short period of time. Add to that the usual day to day hustle and bustle along with fasting 14 hour days and you can imagine where the struggle comes in.

Tis perhaps God’s plan that we be tried at this point in time. People plan and God plans, however God’s eternal plan always prevails.

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Sami Yusuf – You Came to Me

SubhanAllah, brother Sami has done it again. A heart touching video that makes you contemplate the most High.

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Life is like a box of chocolates

Indeed, life is like a box of chocolates…. You always end up with the damn coconut filled chocolate after everyone else has consumed all the good ones!

Ok, life ain’t really all that bad, but sometimes life is difficult, and sometimes we just end up with what we can take instead of what we wish we had. One thing I have learned in my years on earth is that life is not just about making the right decisions when you have all available options open to you, but life is also about having enough wisdom to choose the right decision when your options have been narrowed. The good news is that the wisdom to know the difference between right and wrong decisions is attainable, the bad news is that sometimes, in order to gain enough wisdom to know the difference, we end up making bad decisions or oversee better ones.

And Allah knows best.

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The most BEAUTIFUL speech!

No matter how much music, poetry, speeches, etc. that you listen to in your life, nothing, absolutely nothing, comes even close to the beautiful speech of God Almighty in the Quran. Don’t believe me…. Listen to the below clip:

The simple joys of a complicated life

I always tell others when they ask me for advice that there is nothing more important in life than yourself. You come first, then your family, then your friends, then the community, well… you get the point. One major piece of advice I always like to offer up, and this is something I even told my wife before we got married, is that life is what you make it. Life is what you make it…. sounds simple enough, but complications can always ensue. I guess part of the problem is that we don’t know what the heck life is sometimes, and the silly little quirks that can potentially make life full of beauty and joy. Perhaps the problem however, is not that we don’t understand life, but that in order to understand life, we must first understand death. An understanding of the subject through its inverse. An interesting proposition some might assume, however quite difficult for most to approach, let alone acheive.

So what is one to do… What can one accomplish from a life full of complications, difficulties, problems, and stress. Life is what you make it, to the extent that you choose to start making and becoming an active participant in life. Don’t sit back and let life pass you by… Take every moment that life presents to you and run with it. Shoot for the moon, and at the very least… at the very least, you will land somewhere among the stars. Life is God’s greatest gift to us and the test lie’s in how we use this life… So don’t abuse it, don’t let life drag you down, and no matter what… don’t let anyone or anything stop you from making life what you wish for it to be.

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Positivity

Positivity and optimism are two of the most valuable emotional tools a human being has at his or her disposal. Instill positivty in your life today, maintain this positivity throughout life, and spread the concept to those who you love.

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Yusuf (Cat Stevens) performs live on Jay Leno

Wow, perhaps the biggest name in Muslim pop music and he got the Jay Leno show!!! MashAllah, about time!!!

Did You Know?

Awesome video, a must see about facts regarding technology and how it is affecting our lives today…