Hammad Akhtar

Peace be upon you, 🕊

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There is no god but Allah, and

Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.

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Look up at the night sky, and you see the past, light from stars that began its journey millions of years ago- They burn with a brilliance, destined to fade, or explode in a final act of creation- Even in destruction, they cann give life.

Perhaps we are not so different. wee live, we shine, we fade —but in our brief existence, we leave behind something: an idea, a memory, a ripple in the universe:)

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We sometimes fail to realise that when we pray to Allah we are in fact performing a great act of ibadah (worship).

On the surface it might seem as if we are asking out of self-interest, but we are really proving the sincerity of our belief in the tauhid (Oneness) of Allah and our submission to the True God.

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مجھے بھیجا تھا دنیا دیکھنے کو

میں ایک چہرے کو تکتا رہ گیا

(Mujhy bheja tha dunya dekhny ko mein ik chahre ko takta reh gaya)

I was sent to see the world, but I had lost myself in only one face.

—Jaun Elia

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One of the greatest tragedies in life is to lose your own sense of self and accept the version of you that is expected by everyone else.

K.L. Toth

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If somebody hurts you, wrongs you, remember this ayah:

وَلَا يَظْلِمُ رَبُّكَ أَحَدًۭا

And your Lord does injustice to no one.{18:49}

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رمضان كريم

This blessed month is a time purely for worship, and to strengthen & deepen our religious life with sincere intention.

Ramadan gives us the great gift of taqwa (تقوی) so the believers can feel in the depths of their soul that they are in constant need of guidance & sustenence which comes from Allah(ﷻ), and ultimately plants all the goodness in their hearts, refine their speech, and organize the ummah with appropriate standards.

This holy month prepares the muslims with a wakeful heart to be communicative with the words of Almighty himself( Qur'an) and points them in the direction of righteousness.

Ramaḍân is the month in which the Quran was revealed as a guide for humanity with clear proofs of guidance and the decisive authority. So whoever is present this month, let them fast.

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In this dunya, no one will listen to your problems all the time, not even the people you love. When you share your problems too much, you might feel even more vulnerable.

Then?

وَ قَالَ رَبُّکُمُ ادۡعُوۡنِیۡۤ اَسۡتَجِبۡ لَکُمۡ

“And your lord says,

‘Call upon me. I will respond to you."❤️‍🩹

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“I have read in ninety places in the Qur’an that Allah has preordained sustenance and guaranteed it for His creation, and I have only read in one place: ‘Satan threatens you with poverty’ [Surat al-Baqarah: 2:268].”

– Al-Hasan al-Basri (rahimahullah)

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“Whoever reads Surah Al-Kahf on the day of Jumu’ah, will have a light that will shine from him from one Friday to the next.”

— Graded Sahih by al-Albaani in Sahih al-Jaami, #6470

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And it is He ( Allah ) who created the night

and the day and the sun and the moon;

all [heavenly bodies] in an orbit are swimming.

~Surah Al-Hajj v.18

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Surah Al-Kausar, the shortest surah of the Qur'an. This surah was revealed when Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) was experiencing enormously difficult time, hardships, tryanny, opposition, extreme resistance for his preaching of Islam. Allah in order to console him and the rest of the Muslims sent down these profound verses and brought happiness, hope, prosperity and peace amongst believers.

إِنَّآ أَعْطَيْنَـٰكَ ٱلْكَوْثَرَ

Indeed, We have granted you ˹O Prophet˺

abundant goodness.

فَصَلِّ لِرَبِّكَ وَٱنْحَرْ

So pray and sacrifice to your Lord alone.

إِنَّ شَانِئَكَ هُوَ ٱلْأَبْتَرُ

Only the one who hates you is truly cut off from

any goodness.

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Call upon Me; I will respond to you.

~Surah Ghafir v.60

Indeed I am near. I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me.

~Surah Baqarah v.186

And to Allah belong the best names, so invoke Him by them.

~Surah Aʽraf, v.180

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We sometimes fail to realise that when we pray to Allah, we are in fact performing a great act of ibadah (worship). On the surface it might seem as if we are asking out of self-interest, but we are really proving the sincerity of our belief in the tauhid (Oneness) of Allah and our submission to the True God. 

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With the lens of attentive eyes and diligence, I read poetry, as my heart is always sympathetically touched by the poet who speaks gently about grief with his voiceless words, and the great beauty of proverbs in those poetical passages makes his painful experiences expressible...there are diverse emotions in these literary pieces or verses composed with intellectual imagination...

~H. Akhtar

📸: Unknown.

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Surely in the remembrance of Allah hearts do find comfort.

~Surah Ar-Ra'd v.28

Establish prayer for my remembrance.

~Surah Taha v.14

Whoever turns away from my Remembrance will certainly have a miserable life.

~Surah Taha v.124

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رَّبِّ زِدْنِى عِلْمًۭا

“My Lord! Increase me in knowledge.”

~Surah Taha ,ayah 114