Laitul Qadr

The NIGHT of Power ... it comes and goes once a year. It allows a chance for redemption .. we can seek and hope to find ...ASK and ye shall be given ! on the 26th night ( before the 27th fast day ) the angels come close to visit us, humans and respond to our requests . The souls for next year ..arriving and leaving this earth are named , we wish for Mercy and HOPE for everlasting freedom from the Hell-Fire. With the truest conviction , one can feel the angels ' presence ... and we can find our way for another year. This is the actual night the first Quranic ayats were given to the Prophet ... so it is apt that we ask for HELP this night .

Bless all who have these convictions ... and can benefit from these bounties . This night may move thru any of the odd-numbered fast days ..so we may have to look for it on a few nights between the 20th and the 28th evenings..after Isha thru to Fajr time . HAPPY HUNTING !!!!

HIS TIME IS THE BEST TIME

As we meander through our lives , we all seek to know what is our purpose ??? Our talents and creativity direct us routinely to seek who we are... BUT the real state of ecstasy is the one in which we truly understand from whence we came . It is our essence that really matters and how we manage its connection with the Source.

As Ramadan once more closes for this year, please hold tight to that thought ... remember to connect OFTEN with your Source and there you will find your own contentment , happiness and grace.

Praise and glorify HIM, his gifts to us all and the earthly bounties that we all share. NOW our eternal HOPE lies in what HIS TIME will give us all in the Hereafter.

THERE IS NO POWER greater than HIS power nor NO TIME BETTER THAN HIS TIME!!!

BIG NIGHTS of prayer !

Now is our time to secure our real happiness ... speaking directly to HIM to ask for fulfillment of our needs . For the next 9 nights , it is believed that there is one night so blessed that anything asked for will bring forth more happiness than on any other night of the year. So we choose to speak nightly ...hoping to be heard .

Deep insights may be known to us where we do not know them under regular circumstances . HOPE lies huge on our horizons and futility is lessened . May we remember to believe and simply act in correspondance with our beliefs.

This preface to Eid simply makes it easier for us to feel the true forgiveness for our individual faults.

Better actions for the future will help us all . GOD speed us all.

Allah is perfect and All powerful and I praise Him!

These words will take us back to where we started one day ... keep repeating them as often as you can . The reward will be that your earthly anxieties will lessen as you beocme totally at peace with HIM. The Hereafter and its safety is all that we can hope for ... keep this as your daily intention thruout your life .

So herein lies the message of RAmadan .. the meat between the bread of life. Patience , perseverance , humbleness and a courageous belief that accepts what is wished for as accomplished before it ever happens . THIS is the essence of TRUE FAITH !

Now you have the seed of TRUE FAITH! Therin lies the real HAPPINESS!

May those who read this blog always believe in " SEEK and ye shall find"; Ask and it shall be given ..in HIS own time" .

HOLD ONTO THE ROPE OF FAITH

As we fast and weaken our hold on the material world because we love HIM more ... the inspirations that come to us today will lead our paths this following year .
Each Ranmadan , these same truths will rise out of the pains we have endured ... and it is so striking that every year , the same points jump up again.

So too lies the ABSOLUTENESS of TRUTH and the virtues that they inspire.

Our HOPE is that once appreciated , we will find a daily peace to hold securely and never feel afloat without an anchor thru any of the perils that we may face .

The tides and trials will flow around us but there is never a real inocuous wave in the ocean of PATIENCE ... we are always safe using HIS ROPE OF FAITH!

nearing Battle of Badr

Today is the 17th day of Ramadan and commemorates a famous battle that took place at Badr . This is a grand memory for a small band of brothers ( about 100) who stood against a mighty Quraish army from Mecca ...and held them back so that they could maintain the Medina fortress. There were many injuries on both sides but the Quraish returned home ..unable to defeat this small faithful band . I was fortunate enough to one day stand upon this soil's battleground at BAdr in Saudi Arabia and could sense the nobleness of the ground upon which I stood . Awesome HOPE for those of us still seeking HIS ways .

As this day falls to us in year 1430 AH , we can gain strength from the knowledge that it will be our truest FAITH that will keep us strong to weather any challenge we face . The patience to stand, defend , and gain insights into who we are ..within our CORE will give us abilities to manage our destinies .

RAMADAN's forgiveness trimester

As we open this trimester of our holy month, we face the Maker to beg for our forgiveness . It is with this certainty that He will forgive, that the soul finds peace and can move on in a "happy" state. Only when we are purified from darkness and evil, do we reach that contented state where our heart is OPEN to soar to its own heights.

Let us all seek and find such bliss !

Peace to all who read this blog.

Middle of Ramadan

As we just complete the days of mercy , ul hum do lillaheh ... we face the days of forgiveness . Happiness is only as near as HIS forgivenenss allows ...for it is when we feel forgiven that we can find true contentment . May Allah allow us this opportunity to accept our faults and make efforts to remain away from them in the future . It is in this path that we can truly become close to HIM ...as his ally and friend . Happiness is to have an open heart to seek HIS truths wherever they fall ... be forgiven and remain open to deserve HIS peace.