Saima Sher Fazal

اماں اور محمد اماں تو رجنے نہیں دیتی! سوتے ہوئے اُٹھا دیتی ہے۔ بیٹھا ہوا ہوں تو کام پر بھیج دیتی ہے۔ پلیٹ بھرنے لگوں تو ابا کے لیے کھانا نکالنا یاد آجاتا ہے۔ ٹی وی کے آگے بیٹھ جاؤں تو تجھے درد ہونے لگ جاتی ہے کہ اب مجھے دبا دے۔ کبھی تو رج لینے دیا کر! او پگلے ! رب سوہنا اپنے بندے کو  مشقت میں ڈالتا ہے۔ مشقت میں نا ڈالے تو بندہ رج جاتا ہے۔ بندہ رج جائے تو بے کار ہوجاتا ہے۔ ارے تو رج جائے تو روز مزدوری پر کیوں جائے۔ تو رج جائے تو زندہ کیسے رہے ۔ یہ جو تجھے رجنے نہیں دیتی نا اماں، تیری پیاس باقی رکھتی ہے۔ پتر جب تک تیری طلب ہے نا تب تک حیاتی۔ اے دنیا تے رب سوہنے نے لنگن آسطے پیدا کیتی اے۔ جیڑا ایتھے رج گیا او اگے کیویں جاوے گا؟ ! دردِ استفہام  سے واقف ترا پہلو نہیں جستجو ئے رازِ قدرت کا شناسا تو نہیں #دنیا جائے آزمائش #ایمان پر لوٹیں #اسلام پر لوٹیں

Wisdom and Maturity bring: Humbleness Humbleness Humbleness “Intellectual modesty is humility as to what I know; intellectual humility is modesty as to what I do not know” Tariq Ramadan Recognition, regard and sincere consideration towards the work and knowledge of one’s elders and predecessors Knowledge that  it’s never us it’s only Allah. Knowledge that power needs to be delegated and shared or else is taken away. Knowledge that the power one has is a responsibility and a trust. Tolerance for those who lack understanding. Understanding that it’s not necessary to walk the same pace but it’s necessary to walk together. The tact to make things simple for others. Patience to slow down and let others catch up. Sense to not belittle other perspectives or other people’s hard work as respect is vital. Patience to listen again to what one already knows with interest and attention. Realisation that real knowledge does not come by searching for it, it is a consequen

Do not settle for less, foster Ehsan!          Ehsan is to be mindful of Allah swt all the time according to the Hadeeth e Jibraeel.(As every thing we do is worship if we do it for him).                       When we smile at a person who might have hurt us for Allah's sake that is Ehsan.         When we help someone and it is not fard then that is Ehsan.      When we answer an accusation or a bad deed with a good one, that is Ehsan!         When we return something we borrowed as soon as possible, that is Ehsan. That extra hour you put in above your duty to give it your best , that is ehsan !                   The effort to beautify every simple action of daily life for the sake of Allah is Ehsan. Ehsan helps maintain the balance in society by eliminating the effects of evil. It is a fruit of Iman.                     Ehsan is what binds humanity and that is why Allah (SWT) loves the Mohseneen!    #havefaith #surrender

On Critical self reflection and thought in Islam: The Islamic paradigm presents to us a mode of critical thinking unique to the modern world. On one hand it beautifies and limits the extent of human rationale and on the other other it persuades him to ponder, explore and question. How so? Allah promises Hidayah to those who are in search of the truth and those who question out of pure intention and not with an intent to find justifications to their own desires. In surah Baqrah and various other surahs of Quran we are shown how the Bani-Israel questioned Musa(AS) not to learn but to justify their own desire. Yet at the same time in various places in the Quran Allah (swt) encourages human thought to ponder, observe and reflect upon his ayahs. Those within the Quran, those outside the Quran and those within our own selves. These ayahs are like indicators pointing like signs towards a truth. Only the one in search of these signs will find them. Sadly though the modern Muslim is to

Trials, Effect and Tauba! Trials and tribulations are a part of every one's life. Life is not a fairy tale. Bad patches , difficulties are inevitable. A lot of people have different ways of dealing with trials. Some good some, some bad, some completely caught unaware! The ones in which a person gets farther from Allah ji are bad, the ones which make a person closer to Allah ji are good. It sounds quite simple but when a person is actually going through a difficult time it gets tough to understand. Its hard because during that suffering if the person has not strengthened his or her defenses before hand, the chance is that he will  fail and fall into depression, anxiety, frustration or stress. During these phases the ability to think or act sensibly in numbed. What then? PREPARE! Yes, that’s it! Prepare before hand. Strengthen your defenses when you are not in any of the aforementioned phases! We know that Allah swt expects a momin to be well prepared. First of lets ponder

The ‘Mullah’ and Us!: Keeping the recent scenario in Focus there is a post circulating around on social media. It’s a quote by Ahmed Deedat a renown Muslim scholar from India. It states how an ‘ignorant Muslim’ is dangerous etc.... What’s really interesting is the presumption that maybe ‘we’ do not come under this label of an ‘ignorant Muslim’.  That maybe it takes a certain dress, a beard and a few violent demonstrations on the roads to prove that we are ‘ignorant muslims’ and ‘dangerous’! Let’s compare our educated selves with this ‘ignorant Muslim’. The ‘ignorant Muslim’ comes out in the streets and harms public property. While the educated Muslim sits inside well furnished homes and curses the ‘ignorant’ for disturbing his routine and peace. The ‘ignorant Muslim’ is maybe a Qari, a vegetable vendor, a butcher, a mechanic so on so forth. While the educated Muslim is a doctor, an engineer, a designer, a teacher, a musician or a model/ actor maybe! The ‘i

“No one can persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either by argument or by emotional appeal” (Marilyn Ferguson) It requires a Paradigm shift. A shift in the way we see things. Only Allah holds the hearts and minds of people and only his ayahs (in nature, inside us and in the Quran) can make one see differently.  So what are we supposed to do? We are supposed to guide them to his ayahs ( in nature, in ourselves and in the Quran) in the most relevant manner according to the space and time we are provided with.  It’s a path one needs to tread by oneself. One can only show the other the guide posts.  That’s our test. If we don’t do it someone else will till his will is done !  It’s better to Surrender to the will of God for if we don’t we will surely be bent to the will of men! #havefaith #surrender