Anyone who complains about the test life has brought

Has done themselves two wrongs . . .

They've lost the lesson the test has taught

And they've lost the blessings meant to be sought

There's no other opportunity in life to grow the way you grow through a test

It's hard road is designed to make us our best

There's this incredible beauty behind it

Such as, our capacity is known to Him Alone, although many times we choose to deny it

Yet in it's midst we're humbled to realize

Where our priorities truly lie

Sometimes it takes hypocrisy within to break us, before it is able to make us

Other times we can clearly recognize the signs and rise against the dust

Often when the wind blows over and we catch a glimpse of our reflection

We find ourselves staring back at a different state of creation

If we understood patience is enjoining good regardless of the emotions attached

Then we're staring back at a polished diamond, cleansed, without any scratch

If we choose to take what appears the easy way out, where whispers and emotions dictate our road

Then we're staring back at a diamond discolouring, losing it's clarity; it's value no longer does it hold

At the end of the day, if you choose to to contemplate you'll realize where the benefit lies

And you'll force yourself to submit and sincerely try

..... There's good in all, just keep your cup half full

At some point in life every being will fall

The point is to turn back to Him, Who Controls all

He Knows despite what others say

He's got you covered - make today, a new day!

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SEEKING REFUGE FROM EVILS AS-SAHEEHAH (no. 3137):

Imaam at-Tabaraanee reported in „ad-Du`aa·‟ (3/1425/1339) from a hadeeth of Aboo Hurairah -
radiyallaahu 'anhu - who said:

"From his  supplications was:

[O Allaah! I seek Your refuge from having an evil neighbour, and from having a wife who turns my hair grey before the time of grey hair, and from having a child who is a lord over me, and from wealth which becomes a punishment upon me, and from having a close friend who is deceitful: whose eye watches me and his heart is mindful of me: such that if he sees something good from me he conceals it, and if he sees something evil from me he broadcasts it.]"

[Shaikh al-Albaanee -rahimahullaah- said: "This chain of narration is good..."]

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[Translated by Aboo Talhah Daawood ibn Ronald Burbank]

Quote of the week:

"In spite of the difficulities that "may" occur in the path of loving one another, love does not hurt". "Love is not painful, deceitful or manipulative"!