Contemplation and Reflection
Assalam alaykum waramatullah wabarakatuhu,
Subhanallah it has been four months since I last blogged. I have had quite a busy and interesting time of late.
I have been busy with a course which has caused much contemplation and reflection of my life, where it is at the moment and where I would like it to head. Contemplation and reflection is something I hope to incoporate into my life at least on a weekly basis.
Recently I listened to a short reminder which mentioned that we are not grateful for the creations of Allah that surrounds us. We have gardens in which beautiful flowers grow, we take a deep breadth and the fragrance fills our lungs but we take it for granted that the flowers grew there. If we took time out to contemplate on our Lord, His creations and our lives then we will be people who are grateful.
If we don't reflect and contemplate then we live our lives as if there is no purpose to it, we drift and allow circumstances and events to carry us as if we don't have the skills to navigate this world for ourselves.
Reflection and contemplation forces us to confront issues in our lives which needs addressing but we have been unwilling to look at because it is painful or we are currently unwilling to change it. We need to confront issues in our eeman, our character and our relationships with others. Once we contemplate and reflect and we find that what we see falls below standard which is required of a believer then we take steps to correct it. We must correct it.
Everyday we leave our lives just drifting without any direction towards what pleases our Lord is a day wasted and a day in which we are closer to our graves.
We are therefore advised to take time out to contemplate and reflect and slowly take the required steps to transform our lives so that we meet our Lord at the appointed time in a state in which HE is pleased with us and earns us jannah by HIS will.
Subhanallah it has been four months since I last blogged. I have had quite a busy and interesting time of late.
I have been busy with a course which has caused much contemplation and reflection of my life, where it is at the moment and where I would like it to head. Contemplation and reflection is something I hope to incoporate into my life at least on a weekly basis.
Recently I listened to a short reminder which mentioned that we are not grateful for the creations of Allah that surrounds us. We have gardens in which beautiful flowers grow, we take a deep breadth and the fragrance fills our lungs but we take it for granted that the flowers grew there. If we took time out to contemplate on our Lord, His creations and our lives then we will be people who are grateful.
If we don't reflect and contemplate then we live our lives as if there is no purpose to it, we drift and allow circumstances and events to carry us as if we don't have the skills to navigate this world for ourselves.
Reflection and contemplation forces us to confront issues in our lives which needs addressing but we have been unwilling to look at because it is painful or we are currently unwilling to change it. We need to confront issues in our eeman, our character and our relationships with others. Once we contemplate and reflect and we find that what we see falls below standard which is required of a believer then we take steps to correct it. We must correct it.
Everyday we leave our lives just drifting without any direction towards what pleases our Lord is a day wasted and a day in which we are closer to our graves.
We are therefore advised to take time out to contemplate and reflect and slowly take the required steps to transform our lives so that we meet our Lord at the appointed time in a state in which HE is pleased with us and earns us jannah by HIS will.
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