thought provoking

[DocW]

ON SPENDING:
If you buy things you don’t need, soon you'll have to sell things you need.

ON SAVING:
You save what is left after spending, but spend what is left after savings.

ON TAKING RISK:
Never test the depth of river with both the feet.

ON INVESTMENT:
Don’t put all your eggs in a single basket.

[Hawkeye]

God bestows material wealth and poverty upon individuals for reasons known only to Him. There is good in whatever He bestows. It is not wealth or poverty in itself that is good, but rather the state of mind that has disciplined (and triumphed over) the worldly self and set its sight upon eternal life.


The surest way for the believers to progress is to understand that whatever God gives is designed to perfect them. Regardless of personal circumstances, believers should strive to improve the welfare of others and trust inwardly and outwardly in the All-Mighty and All-Merciful. The best attitude toward this world, which is only a resting place on the way to our everlasting destination, is expressed in this brief poem:


I accept, my Lord, whatever comes to me from You,
For whatever comes to me from You is my good;
Whether a robe of honor comes or a shroud,
Whether a sharp thorn or a sweet, fresh rose,
If it comes with Your blessing,
It is my good that comes. [M. Fethullah Gulen]


Food for thought:
Death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity. The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of our eternity. We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears, we must not demean life by standing in awe of death. To be idle is a short road to death, and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle and wise people are diligent.

Mrs Iffat Hasan

This sounds like fatalism and seems to be teaching that whatever happens to us is for our good.

[DocW]

You must look within for value, but must look beyond for perspective.
-- Denis Waitley

The smallest effort is not lost. Each wavelet on the ocean tost aids in the ebb-tide or the flow; each rain-drop makes some floweret blow; each struggle lessens human woe.
-- Charles Mackay

Mediocrity obtains more with application than superiority without it.
-- Baltasar Gracian

[DocW]

Happiness is not pleasure, it is victory.
-- Zig Ziglar

A friend is someone who makes me feel totally acceptable.
-- Ene Riisna

A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.
-- Len Wein

Enthusiasm: A little thing that makes a BIG difference.
-- Source Unknown

[DocW]

It is only when we have laughed loudly that we really know how to laugh politely. It is only when we have run fast that we know how walking slowly really feels.It is only when we have been very sad that we know what gladness is. It is only when we have felt pain that we know how satisfying the little joys of life can be. Without failure , we cannot know success. Without bereavement, heartache and anguish, we cannot know love. Without chaos,we cannot know order. We need to be ''stretched''.We need to feel and experience all these things. When we experience failure, we say, ''Gosh is this what failure feels like? My God, it feels bad'' and be glad that we felt it, that we experienced it, because we become stronger because of it.
MOH HON MENG

[shaad_lko]

This sounds like fatalism and seems to be teaching that whatever happens to us is for our good.

its talking about things beyond our control, and how to be patient in those. The quote does talk about being diligent and not idle.

[DocW]

What reinforcement we may gain from hope; If not, what resolution from despair.
-- John Milton

All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.
-- Calvin Coolidge

A loser seldom lives in the present, but instead destroys the present by focusing on past memories or future expectations.
-- Muriel James

[DocW]

Time invested in improving ourselves cuts down on time wasted in disapproving of
others.
-- Source Unknown

It's not the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the
difference.
-- Bear Bryant

Always remember when you are on top of the world , that the earth rotates every
24 hrs.
-- Steve G. Makris

[DocW]

Let not your tongue mention the shame of another
For you yourself are covered in shame-

And all men have tongues.


If your eye falls upon the sins of your brother
Shield them and say:-

“O my eye! All men have eyes!”

Imam Shafi (Rahimahullah)


"Never Despair Of The Mercy Of Allah"

' Son of Adam! You are nothing but a number of days, whenever each day passes then part of you has Gone.

[Al-Hasan Al-Basree]

[DocW]

If man was free from urge to commit sin then there would have been no difference between him and angels. The angels lack the urge to sin, as also anger, sexual incitement, hunger and thirst. If man was also deprived of these things then he would have no excellence over the angels. Man enjoys excellence over them because he is endowed with the capacity to do good as well as evil and resists the temptation to do evil.


The angels are not only innocent, they are also devoted exclusively to prostration and glorifying Allah while man is endowed with possibility to commit sin and he resists that urge for the sake of Allah. The merit itself demands that the ability to err and sin should remain in him. With that possibility there, he will continue to struggle against temptation. In the beginning, the struggle will be severe but after mujahidah (striving) it will become mild. He should not be anxious or hopeless because of it nor neglect it.


In short, one should suppress the temptations and urge of the soul through mujahidah so that they are moderated and keep him away from the unlawful. He must continue this all his life. The struggle mitigates with passage of time. [Spiritual discourses by Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani]


Food for thought:
No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow. As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death. Healthy children will not fear life and their elders have the integrity not to fear death. He who doesn't fear death dies only once.

Mrs Iffat hassan

[DocW]

Psalms

God the judge of all

94:8

My people how can you be such stupid fools? When will you ever learn?
God made your ears-Can't he hear? God made our eyes-Can't he see?
He scolds the nations- Won't he punish them? He is the teacher of all-hasn't he any knowledge?
The Lord knows what they think; he knows how senseless their reasoning is.

[DocW]

Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after you good health has vanished
-- Og Mandino

All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions.
-- George Bernard Shaw

Every gun that is fired, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. The world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.
-- Dwight D. Eisenhower

[DocW]

Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
-- Napoleon Hill

Millions of words are written annually purporting to tell how to beat the races,
whereas the best possible advice on the subject is found in the three
monosyllables: Do not try
-- Dan Parker

[DocW]

We are governed not by armies, but by ideas.
-- Mona Caird

[DocW]

The lower self (nafs) is like a child. It is accustomed to sin and disobedience and finds pleasure in these things. It keeps away from obedience. If it is not stopped from sinning, it will never give up its habit. If it is prevented from those things, there certainly will be much difficulty in the beginning but finally it will relent and give up its sinful ways. Man must resist laziness and be submissive and give up his sinful ways.


Allah has given man the character trait of laziness and also courage. Courage is a great thing. It can be compared to rubber which will stretch as much as we pull it. Courage is like that. One can stretch it as much as he wills and take it to heights. The accomplishments of men in this world have courage behind them whether it relates to worldly affairs or religion. Even meaningless pursuits and sinful feats are accomplished through courage. [Spiritual Discourses by Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani]


Food for thought:
Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.
Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.
Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open mind.
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing temper or self-confidence.
Education is being able to differentiate between what we know and what we do not know.

Mrs Iffat Hassan