Eid Mubarak!
Ramadaan is a time I will definitely miss. I felt so close to the One, so at peace with who and what I am and what my purpose is on this Earth. I don’t want that feeling to go away. I don’t want this closeness to disappear.
Now is the time the real test begins. Faith is tested in reality, amongst the things we cherish most, our lives need to be governed by the same principles we imbibed during Ramdaan. Even if it was just little changes we made to make ourselves better people. We need to carry on those little things outside of the Holy Month.
Eid for me is a time for celebration, but also the time for real reflection. Will I be able to keep up with the changes I had made during Ramadaan, or will all the lessons be forgotten so quickly, like the flip of a switch, or a press on the remote for the TV.
What have I learnt from Ramadaan? I learned that this life is nothing but a test. Everything material will melt away, we have so many examples of how everything will perish, superpowers will fall, big personalities will die and be forgotten, what seems to be the biggest changes will mean absolutely nothing in the long run. What matters in the end is how you lived your life, what did you DO with your life.
Everybody will be judged at the end. I think we all need to realise that… our every action will be tunred over and analysed, no matter how small, no matter how secret. I need to take a good look at myself before I can lift my head up and judge anybody else. The evil without begins with the evil within. I need to watch myself. Awareness is the first step to enlightenment.
Eid Mubarak.
Muhammad Karim.
Salaams, and Eid mubarak
Ur right, struggle against the self is the hardest struggle of all. I think the way to keeping up that goodness – that level u reached – or trying to keep it up at least, is to consciously plan what u need to do, and remind urself what u need to do, to keep that closeness there.
mankind doesn’t get that except which he strives for, so we need to strive to keep ourselves at the high levels we reached in Ramadaan. obviously it’s a lot harder, and maybe unrealistic to expect us to keep to the exact same levels – but the important thing is to try to be better than u were before the month; even if it’s just a few small and consistent things.
for me this is a new start, in more ways than one, so i’m hoping that this commitment to improvement will stay permanently.
hope you are able to do the same :)
So Glad i stumbled across this post, the month has barely left us and the dunya takes over again. Sitting here clicking endlessly through link after link can numb ones mind from the ultimate reality. Shukran for the reminder. May the blessing gained in the month of Ramadaan remain till the next ramadaan.