THE STORY OF MY LIFE The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart. Helen Kelle
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Specially Dedicated To my Friend Julie..Don't Be Despair
I like to dedicate this particular entry to one of my Blog Fan, Julie. Hopefully this entry will make you feel better. I know its easy to say than done, but trust me..what I am about to write is what i have been practicing.
Those who are ignorant have uttered curses at Allah, the Exalted, the Creator of all that exist, so what treatment should we, who are full of faults, expect from people. You will always have to face criticism, which in its onslaught is like an interminable war: it shows no sign of ending. As long as you shine, give, produce and have an effect upon others, then disapproval and condemnation will be your lot in life. Until you escape from people by finding tunnel in the ground or ladder leading to the sky, they will not desist from censuring you, from finding fault in your character. For that reason, as long as you are from the denizens of earth, expect to be hurt, to be insulted and to be criticized.
And here is something you shou should contemplate: a person who is sitting on the ground t=does not fall and people do not kick a dead dog. Therefore their anger toward you can be attributed to you surpassing them in righteousness, knowledge,manners, or wealth. In their eyes you are a transgressor whose wrongs cannot be atoned for - unless you abandon your talents and strip yourself of all praiseworthy qualities, so that you become stupid, worthless, and to them innocuous. This result is exactly what they want from you.
So Julie....remain firm and patient when facing their insults and criticism. If you are wounded by their words and let them have an influence over you, you will have realized their hopes for them. Instead, FORGIVE them by showing them the most beautiful of manners. Turn away from them and do not feel distressed by their schemes. Their disapproval of you increases you in worth and merit.
Verily, you will not be able to silence them, but you will be able to bury their criticisms by turning away from them and dismissing what they have to say.
"SAY: PERISH IN YOUR RAGE" (Quran 3:119)
In fact, you will be able to increase them in their rage by increasing your merits and developing your talents. If you desire to be accepted by all and loved by all, you desire the unattainable.
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kak thank you so much for this!...Im so touched reading it till i print it out and paste it on my cupboard so i can read it everyday to ease the pain im feeling...
I thank allah for getting me to know u kak... after reading all ur blogs, it made me stronger than before.... Thank u so much!
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