بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّ حِيْمِ
It is the custom of a lot of people that when they are decorating a home
they usually put up a lot of bright bulbs.
If the bulbs of those lights aren’t bright and shinning it will not
serve its purpose.
Every human being is like a bulb. And the mission of life is to keep that bulb bright and shinning, so that it will be part of the decoration of the Garden on the Day of Resurrection. In that Garden the perquisite of being there is to have a bright and shinning personality. In this connection Allah tells us in the Qur’an;
O ye who believe! Turn to Allah with sincere repentance: In the hope that your Lord will remove from you your ills and admit you to Gardens beneath which rivers flow, - the Day that Allah will not permit to be humiliated the Prophet and those who believe with him. Their light will run forward before them and by their right hands, while they say, "Our Lord! Perfect our light for us, and grant us forgiveness: for Thou hast power over all things". (66:8)
There are two ways of keeping our bulbs bright and shinning. One is to do good. When we do good we add to the brightness of the bulb. Another way is to wipe out the dust and smut that prevents our blub from shinning brightly. The way of doing this is to constantly ask for forgiveness for your Lord.
A lot of people don’t keep this in mind at all. When you reach a point in life concentrate on two things that Allah makes mention of in Surah Nashr;
Celebrate the praises of Thy Lord, and pray for His forgiveness: (110:3)
Keep your light bright and shinning by glorifying Allah, by seeking forgiveness for your shortcomings, by doing good to others and by connecting your lamp to the source of the light; i.e. Prophet Muhammad (pboh) because he is Sirajum Munirah – the lamp that gives light.
Our aspiration is to get into the Garden and the beginning of entry into the Garden is when you will rise with brightening countenances.
In this earth there are limitations. For example Prophet Muhammad (pboh) could not have seen the true personality of Jibreal in this world. It was only when he was outside the dimension of space and time he saw his true personality. So we cannot understand what are the implication and the beauty of having a bright light. It is only when we are resurrected we can understand fully.
Pray to Allah to perfect your light and try your best to avoid those things that soil your light or your soul. The soul is the source of our light and we must never forget that our nafs is impacting upon it.
Our personality comprises of both the body and soul so we need to take care of both. Because man cannot see the soul much attention isn’t given to it. We must understand that the soul is the source of our light and we must polish it in order for it to shine brightly.
May Allah forgive us all and bless us with the ability and understanding to remove the spots we would have put on our light and polish it at the same time.
Every human being is like a bulb. And the mission of life is to keep that bulb bright and shinning, so that it will be part of the decoration of the Garden on the Day of Resurrection. In that Garden the perquisite of being there is to have a bright and shinning personality. In this connection Allah tells us in the Qur’an;
O ye who believe! Turn to Allah with sincere repentance: In the hope that your Lord will remove from you your ills and admit you to Gardens beneath which rivers flow, - the Day that Allah will not permit to be humiliated the Prophet and those who believe with him. Their light will run forward before them and by their right hands, while they say, "Our Lord! Perfect our light for us, and grant us forgiveness: for Thou hast power over all things". (66:8)
There are two ways of keeping our bulbs bright and shinning. One is to do good. When we do good we add to the brightness of the bulb. Another way is to wipe out the dust and smut that prevents our blub from shinning brightly. The way of doing this is to constantly ask for forgiveness for your Lord.
A lot of people don’t keep this in mind at all. When you reach a point in life concentrate on two things that Allah makes mention of in Surah Nashr;
Celebrate the praises of Thy Lord, and pray for His forgiveness: (110:3)
Keep your light bright and shinning by glorifying Allah, by seeking forgiveness for your shortcomings, by doing good to others and by connecting your lamp to the source of the light; i.e. Prophet Muhammad (pboh) because he is Sirajum Munirah – the lamp that gives light.
Our aspiration is to get into the Garden and the beginning of entry into the Garden is when you will rise with brightening countenances.
In this earth there are limitations. For example Prophet Muhammad (pboh) could not have seen the true personality of Jibreal in this world. It was only when he was outside the dimension of space and time he saw his true personality. So we cannot understand what are the implication and the beauty of having a bright light. It is only when we are resurrected we can understand fully.
Pray to Allah to perfect your light and try your best to avoid those things that soil your light or your soul. The soul is the source of our light and we must never forget that our nafs is impacting upon it.
Our personality comprises of both the body and soul so we need to take care of both. Because man cannot see the soul much attention isn’t given to it. We must understand that the soul is the source of our light and we must polish it in order for it to shine brightly.
May Allah forgive us all and bless us with the ability and understanding to remove the spots we would have put on our light and polish it at the same time.
