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Many years ago when I was struggling with a specific sin, I got so tired of the repeating cycle of repenting and intentionally falling back into it that one day I sat on the prayer mat and asked Allah to remove the sweetness I found in this sin so it would become less attractive to me.
And it worked! As the days went by, my nafs started finding less "happiness" in that sin and as time passed I found it easier to say no to it. Years later I fell back into it (as we all do) and I realised that the joy I found in this sin was still not there. I realised how easy Allah made it for me to remove this sin from my life by removing the illusion of "joy" from my heart. When you take the first step towards Allah, He will always be there to guide you.🤍
To be free, we must understand that the only One you need to impress and prove yourself to is Allāh The Exalted. If you try to live for the people, you will be left soulless and abandoned.
Ali ibn Abi Talib said:
“Faith begins as a small white spot in the heart, and the more a person increases in faith, the whiter his heart becomes.
But the more a person increases in hypocrisy, the blacker his heart becomes until, when the person becomes a complete hypocrite, his heart becomes black”
[Majmoo’ al-Fataawa of Ibn Taymiyyah (v. 7, p. 191)]
Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله:
“Anger is like a lion; if it's owner sets it free it will eat him. Desire is like a fire; if it's owner starts it, it will burn him.
Pride is like fighting against a king to take his Kingdom, if it does not destroy you it will expel you, and envy is like showing enmity to one who is more powerful than you.
Whoever overcomes his desire and anger, Satan will depart from him, and whoever's desire and anger beat him, Satan will stick to him.”
[al-Fawā’id | Pg. 267]
Menarik Diri dari Kehidupan
Akhir-akhir ini merasa lebih tenang, memang masih ada gelisahnya tapi tidak secemas sebelumnya. Mulai merasa nyaman dengan tidak banyak berinteraksi dengan gawai, tidak cek sosial media, dan fokus dengan alam pikiran dan diri. Di tengah-tengah arus setiap orang ingin mengenalkan dirinya ke publik dengan berbagai macam branding. Justru mulai merasa nyaman ketika tidak dikenal siapapun. Proses ini memberikan refleksi yang sangat banyak. Bahkan saat tulisan ini ditulisa di jam 2 pagi, hikmah itu masih belum berhenti mengalir rasanya. Di saat arus kehidupan seolah menuntut kita untuk dikenal dengan ini dan itu, di saat yang sama banyak sekali kehidupan yang berjalan di tempat-tempat yang jauh yang tak kita kenal, di desa, di dalam gang, di tumpukan gedung-gedung, di jalanan, dan lain-lain. Orang-orang yang bekerja untuk kehidupannya, tidak dikenal siapapun, tapi hati mereka dicukupkan dengan ketenangan, mereka tidak takut miskin, mereka tidak dikhawatirkan dengan hujan yang deras diperjalanan karena tidak memiliki mobil, tidak bingung dengan AC yang mati karena mereka memiliki rumah untuk berteduh. Hati mereka dilapangkan dengan rasa cukup. Sementara sebagian kita gelisah dengan gaji yang cukup besar, apakah nanti cukup untuk ini dan itu. Bahkan di alam bawah sadar kita, kita dihantui ketakutan akan kemiskinan dan terus merasa kurang.
Di saat kita berpikir bahwa kita harus terus menerus bekerja untuk bisa menumpuk harta, memiliki uang yang cukup, kemudian nanti bisa memiliki lebih banyak kesempatan dan waktu luang. Ada orang-orang yang ditempat jauh dan tidak kita kenal. Di sebuah desa, di dalam kontakan, di pesisir pantai. Mereka yang memilih jalan untuk mengabdikan dirinya, memilih jalan yang tidak ada gegap gempita dan hitungan uang yang bisa membuat mereka kaya raya seperti tujuan yang sedang ingin kita capai. Mereka memilih jalan untuk mengajarkan ayat-ayat Tuhan di surau-surau yang lapuk, mereka membantu orang-orang yang tidak mereka kenal, dan banyak lainnya.
Di saat kita merasa bahwa kita harus sangat keras dengan diri kita sendiri agar kita bisa mencapai mimpi-mimpi, membuktikan diri ke orang lain yang meremehkan, menunjukkan bahwa kita ada dan layak diperhatikan. Kita lupa bahwa akhirnya tidak ada orang yang lembut dengan diri kita, karena satu-satunya orang yang kita harapkan bisa bersikap lembut ternyata sama kerasnya, ialah diri kita sendiri. Hingga akhirnya diri kita pun menjadi orang yang sama kerasnya ke orang lain, menjadi lingkaran setan yang tak berujung.
Kini kita sama-sama dewasa, melalui jalan yang kita pilih sendiri-sendiri. Tapi, apakah kita mau berpikir sejenak pada apa yang sedang kita jalani? Apakah benar tidak ada hal yang harus dikoreksi? Jika jalan ini sangat menggelisahkan, apakah kita mau menjalaninya seumur hidup? Sepenting apakah tujuanmu sehingga di saat ini, bahkan kamu tidak pernah bersikap lembut ke dirimu sendiri? Apakah kamu yakin bakal ada umur untuk sampai ke tujuanmu? Kapan terakhir kamu berwelas asih sama diri sendiri? Orang yang selama ini hidupnya begitu keras.
May Allah remove any arrogance in our hearts, and make us humble and modest people, dealing with everyone with love, care, and respect.
Be receptive to change. If you’re a person who is open to the idea of changing the way you think, accepting constructive criticism and not allowing ego to get in your way - it will lead to you becoming the best version of yourself.
You can still cry and have sabr. You can still breakdown, and fall to your knees and still have sabr. It's not about being a robot, it's about surrendering. enduring, trusting in Allah's will, believing that He will find a way for you.
Don't tell people how much of the Qur'an you've read. Let them see the Qur'an in your actions. It isn't about how far you've reached in the Qur'an, but how far the Qur'an has reached in you
Many of us mistake personal pleasure for inner peace. We achieve elements of pleasure from a variety of things - wealth, entertainment etc. But these do not last. They are passing pleasures that always leave us wanting more. True inner peace is a sense of self control, stability and contentment which carries us through all the trials and difficulties of life.
How do we take a better control of ourselves?
Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The strong are not those who defeat people. Rather, the strong are those who defeat their own ego.”
Sharḥ Mushkil al-Āthār 1645
It really is difficult.
The Mind Paradox: it works harder when it desperately needs to rest, creating more tensions which require an even better rest. And because of the time it took to keep working, the resting time will be even shorter. I can't even structurise the sentence well I bet grammarly will cry reading this, but who cares?
What will I do if it is today?
I start to think that my thoughts might all be very close to the truth? What if humans know about when, will they live their life differently? Will they take things more lightly? Or it is never about knowing when, but the capability of just... surrender? Of not questioning, of not avoiding? Of loving God for the chances given up until today?
"Jadi gak lu ulang taun?"
Pertanyaan yang maksudnya nanya acara, tapi bikin senyum dalam hati. Kalau nggak jadi ulang tahun, berarti udah nggak bisa ulang tahun kan. Hehe. Siap ga tuh? Ya siap ga siap yah. Kalau seandainya benar terjadi, semoga tidak dalam keadaan marah pada semua hal.