Ramadhan Checklist

I came across this checklist by chance, unfortunately I do not know whom to give the credits for it, but I thought I might share it with the readers of this blog.

1. Make a resolve to win the maximum favour of Allah: perform extra voluntary prayers (Nawaafil), make frequent Du'a and increase remembrance (Dhikr).

2. Try to recite some Qu'ran after every Prayer. In fact if you read 3-4 pages after every Prayer you can easily finish the entire Quran in Ramadan! Study the Quranic Tafseer (commentary) every morning.

3. Invite a person you are not very close with to your home for Iftar, at least once a week. You will notice the blessings in your relationships!

4. Bring life to your family! Everyday, try to conclude the fast with your family and spend some quality time together to understand each other better.

5. Commit to an Islamic study circles to enhance your Islamic knowledge and practice. Plan to complete reading a book on Prophet Muhammad’s (pbuh) life in these 30 days.

6. Donate generously to the masajid, Islamic organizations, and any where people are in need. "This is a month of sharing!"

7. Seek the rare and oft-neglected rewards of 'the night better than a 1000 months', Laylatul-Qadr.

8. Weep in private for the forgiveness of your sins: It is the month of forgiveness and Allah's Mercy! It's never too late.

9. Learn to control your tongue and lower your gaze. Remember the Prophet's warning that lying, backbiting, and a lustful gaze all violate the fast! Abandon foul language forever.

10. Encourage others to enjoin and love goodness, and to abandon everything evil. Play the role of a Da'ee (one who invites to Allah) with passion and sympathy.

11. Experience the joy of Tahajjud prayers late at night and devote yourself purely and fully to Allah in the I'tikaf retreat during the last 10 days of Ramadan.

with thanks: Sarah

Seeking Forgiveness From Allah

"Say: O Ibadi (My slaves) who have transgressed against themselves (by committing evil deeds and sins)! Despair not of the Mercy of Allah, verily Allah forgives all sins. Truly, He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful" (Quran 39:53)

"And those who cry not unto any other god along with Allah, nor take the life which Allah hath forbidden save in (course of) justice, nor commit adultery - and whoso doeth this shall pay the penalty; (68) The doom will be doubled for him on the Day of Resurrection, and he will abide therein disdained for ever; (69) Save him who repenteth and believeth and doth righteous work; as for such, Allah will change their evil deeds to good deeds. Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful. (70) [Quran 25:68-70]

Allahuma innaka 'afuwwun karimun tuhibbul 'afwa fa ‘afu anni
(O Allah! You are the Most Forgiving and Most Gracious! You love to forgive, so forgive my errors and sins)

Maladies of Heart

The heart gets sick as the body does andits cure is in asking for forgiveness and protection.
It also becomes rusty like a mirror does andit is polished by remembering Allah.
The heart can also be naked like the body and can lose its dress and decoration, which is piety,

And it can feel hunger and thirst like the body does, and its nourishment is knowledge, love, trust, and offering service to Allah

- Ibn Al-Qayyim al Jawziyyah

Qualification Test

Test. The word itself rings an alarm in the back of the mind that something/somebody is under some kind of analysis to make it/him qualify for the requirement under consideration. I bought a mobile and tested the clarity of sound, quality of picture, user friendliness, battery backup, memory space and the most important is the comments and experience of the user who have already used it. It is not just in case of mobile, when we decide to do or believe something we take all sort of measure be it buying a home, going to movie, planning a tour each and everything.

One fine day when I was in my imaginary world I decided to sort out the criteria to test the God. I wanted to see whether the God whom I believe is cable of being God? Is he really be worshiped as God? I tried to sort out the test criteria from the experience of the ancestor, the various philosophers, the religious books then I have selected the best of the test from all the above and it was from the Guiding Quran. Why I call Quran as a Guide because it perfectly guided me to phrase the test to test someone who claims to be God.

The test is..

1. He should be one.
2.He Should be Absolute.
3.He Should not have an Start nor an End (Never did He beget. Nor was He begotten)
4.No one should be equal to him.

Anyone who claims to be a God should pass all these four question then only I will consider him as a God and Worship him.



The Guiding Quran Answers all the above four questions in Sura Ikhlaas 112

1. Proclaim, "He is the One and only GOD.

2. "The Absolute GOD.

3. "Never did He beget. Nor was He begotten.

4. "None equals Him."



" There is no God but God(ALLAH). Muhammad is the Prophet of God "

World - Comfort of illusion ..!!

Beautified for men is the love of things they covet; women, children, much of gold and silver (wealth), branded beautiful horses, cattle and well-tilled land. This is the pleasure of the present worlds life; but Allah has the excellent return (Paradise with flowing rivers, etc.) with Him. (سورة آل عمران Chapter #3, Verse #14)

Allahuakbar! The excellent return is with Allah. But we are running behind the pleasure of this transient world ignoring the eternal Heavens of Allah subhantallah.