Spiritual Getaway

Dangers of Tongue

2009-11-23T07:28:00.000-08:00

People say, "Your mouth is your tiger, which will anytime devour you".
Our prophet Mohammad advocated : "What a moslem utters is men is safe from the dangers of their own tongue and arms".
Imam Ali Radhiallhu’anhu stated: ”An evil heart lies in its mouth and an angelic mouth lies in its heart".
At times, human beings are against odds, which is the logical consequence of living a life on earth. Often times, we have to deal with inconceivably unwanted shocks.

We'd better watch our mouth because each word counts. Our prophet stated: "Kullu kalam addu’a, each utterance is prayer". That is why we'd better try to control our temper whenever everything seems to get out of hand, not going just the way we want.

The beloved prophet Mumahammad always stated: "Those who defeat enemies are not necessarily called brave, since those who can take full control of themselves when outraged have more audacity than the previously mentioned ".

Seldom do we realize that patient people are already patient even when the first second s/he hears the bad news that strikes without warning, instead of those who are patient after that.

In Hadist, we can find a story about a bereaved mother who just lost her entire family. At the time, Muhammad came along to advise her "Stay patient". After Muhammad went away, the woman asked who the man who gave her advice and she knew afterwards that it was Muhammad (Peace Be upon Him). She then came to see Muhammad to find Him saying :” Real patience is one that arises the first seconds when a disaster hits”.

Wassalamu’alaikum.

On Failure

2009-11-04T05:37:00.000-08:00

This isn't the article I promised but I guess it's worthpublishing as well. I accidentally found this on my facebook favorite quote. I don't even remember I already wrote that. As the quote is also about affecting our spirit or soul, I think publishing it here is not a betrayal towards the blog's major theme.

One great source of failure is found in a lack of concentration of purpose. There will be adverse winds in every voyage, but the able seaman firmly resists their influence, while he takes advantage of every favorable breeze to speed him on his course. So in our aims and pursuits we shall find much to counteract them, much to draw our attention from them, and, unless we are armed with a steadfast purpose, that can subordinate the lesser to the greater, that can repel hindrances, resist attractions, and bend circumstances to our will, our efforts will not be crowned with success.

Assalamualaikum, readers!

2009-11-04T03:20:00.000-08:00

It's always nice to greet people for the first time. And speaking of 'first', this is what I'm about to tell you.

I got inspired to write this blog after reading Umar Sahid's messages in my Facebook inbox every other day or so. I plan to fill this blog with his spiritually inspiring articles, which he'd sent me since a few months ago. While I was writing this very post, I was also waiting for his approval. This is for the sake of courtesy.
I may publish the articles without telling Umar Sahid but I prefer telling him because what I'm going to publish is his writing. But here I'd like to tell you that his writing was originally written in Indonesian and I wanted to translate and rewrite it in English, with my own style of course. Basically, however, I'll do my best to get the message across without having to be someone else.

As soon as Umar Sahid gives his consent, you all can read great articles here.